Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2023

10. Leases

We lease property and equipment under operating and finance leases. We evaluate our leases at inception or at any subsequent modification and classify them as either finance or operating leases. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we recognize a related right-of-use asset and lease liability on the lease commencement date, calculated as the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. Right-of-use assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.

Certain leases include one or more options to renew or options to terminate, which are generally at our discretion. Any option or renewal periods that we determine are reasonably certain of being exercised are included in the lease term, and are used in calculating the right-of-use asset and lease liability. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. We do not separate lease and non-lease components of contracts.

When available, we use the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value; however, most of our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, we must estimate our incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement.

Our operating lease arrangements include leases of agricultural land and certain property, plant, and equipment, including office facilities and refrigerated containers. Many of our leases include predetermined fixed escalation clauses. We recognize rental expense for operating leases on a straight-line basis over the expected term of the lease. We also enter into ship charter agreements for the transport of our fresh produce to markets worldwide. As of the year ended 2023, two of our ships are chartered. The remaining term for our chartered ships is approximately 10 months.

During the year ended December 29, 2023, our 60% owned joint venture in Saudi Arabia entered into a sale and purchase agreement to sell two distribution centers and related assets for a total purchase price of $67.6 million. Contemporaneously with the execution of the sale and purchase agreement, we entered into an operating lease agreement in which we leased back approximately 31% of the facilities for a term of five years. The lease agreement allows for an option to renew for additional terms, subject to the written agreement of both parties.

Our finance lease arrangements include leases of refrigerated containers. For finance leases, we recognize interest expense and amortization of the right-of-use asset.

Lease Position

The following table presents the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2023 and December 30, 2022 (U.S. dollars in millions):


Classification on the Balance Sheet		December 29, 2023			December 30, 2022
Assets
Operating lease assets	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	213.8		$	213.8
Finance lease assets	Property, plant and equipment, net	7.3			8.6
Total lease assets		$	221.1		$	222.4

Liabilities
Current
Operating	Current maturities of operating leases	$	48.6		$	41.6
Finance	Current maturities of debt and finance leases	1.4			1.3
Noncurrent
Operating	Operating leases, less current maturities	142.1			147.3
Finance	Long-term debt and finance leases, less current maturities	6.1			7.3
Total lease liabilities		$	198.2		$	197.5

Weighted-average remaining lease term:
Operating leases		5.8 years			6.5 years
Finance leases		4.5 years			5.7 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases		5.37		%	5.23		%
Finance leases		4.47		%	2.91		%

Lease Costs

The following table presents certain information related to the lease costs for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 29, 2023, December 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (U.S. dollars in millions):


	December 29, 2023		December 30, 2022		December 31, 2021

Finance lease cost
Amortization of lease assets	$	1.5	$	1.4	$	0.3

Operating lease cost	72.1		66.3		61.9
Short-term lease cost	7.0		5.3		8.4
Variable lease cost	7.4		5.1		5.9
Total lease cost	$	88.0	$	78.1	$	76.5

Other Information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases for fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021 (U.S. dollars in millions):


	December 29, 2023		December 30, 2022		December 31, 2021

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$	58.1	$	51.2	$	41.2

Financing cash flows for finance leases	1.3		1.3		0.3
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	51.0		59.6		78.8
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities	0.2		0.1		9.9

Undiscounted Cash Flows

The following table reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total remaining years to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities recorded on the balance sheet as of December 29, 2023 (U.S. dollars in millions):


	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
2024	$	59.5	$	1.6
2025	40.7		1.6
2026	34.4		1.6
2027	29.2		1.6
2028	22.5		1.5
Thereafter	52.2		—
Total lease payments	238.5		7.9
Less: imputed interest	47.8		0.4
Total lease liabilities	$	190.7	$	7.5