Business Segment Data (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2016 USD ($) major_business_line	Jun. 26, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of major business lines \| major_business_line			1
Net sales	$ 1,088.6	$ 1,134.1	$ 2,106.7	$ 2,142.5
Gross Profit	145.4	114.0	286.1	214.4
Operating Segments [Member] \| Banana [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	497.4	513.8	956.0	968.1
Gross Profit	66.5	44.6	115.4	80.7
Operating Segments [Member] \| Other Fresh Produce [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	496.8	523.7	977.7	988.3
Gross Profit	59.9	54.9	136.9	105.6
Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Food [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	94.4	96.6	173.0	186.1
Gross Profit	$ 19.0	$ 14.5	$ 33.8	$ 28.1

Number of Major Business Lines

No definition available.

Name:	fdp_NumberofMajorBusinessLines
Namespace Prefix:	fdp_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1,2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GrossProfit
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_SegmentReportingInformationLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis=us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=fdp_Product1Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=fdp_Product2Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=fdp_Product3Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: