Business Segment Data (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) segment major_business_line	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of major business lines | major_business_line			1
Number of business segments | segment			3
Net sales	$ 1,069.5	$ 952.7	$ 3,448.0	$ 3,132.2
Gross profit	52.6	58.3	237.4	280.6
Other fresh produce
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	584.9	468.0	1,879.8	1,542.3
Banana
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397.4	409.2	1,308.3	1,353.8
Prepared foods
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	87.2	75.5	259.9	236.1
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,069.5	952.7	3,448.0	3,132.2
Gross profit	52.6	58.3	237.4	280.6
Operating Segments | Other fresh produce
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	584.9	468.0	1,879.8	1,542.3
Gross profit	37.7	44.4	131.3	147.8
Operating Segments | Banana
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397.4	409.2	1,308.3	1,353.8
Gross profit	10.3	5.7	86.2	98.8
Operating Segments | Prepared foods
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	87.2	75.5	259.9	236.1
Gross profit	4.6	8.2	19.9	34.0
North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	709.3	576.9	2,187.5	1,833.8
Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	137.5	134.7	507.4	501.9
Middle East
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	104.2	121.3	346.1	392.0
Asia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	110.1	108.3	358.6	360.0
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	8.4	$ 11.5	48.4	$ 44.5
Mann Packing | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	142.5		339.9
Gross profit	5.7		23.6
Mann Packing | North America | Other fresh produce
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	128.7		307.4
Gross profit	3.4		17.6
Mann Packing | North America | Prepared foods
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	13.8		32.5
Gross profit	$ 2.3		$ 6.0