Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

We lease agricultural land and certain property, plant and equipment, including office facilities and refrigerated containers, under operating leases. We also enter into vessel charter agreements for the transport of our fresh produce to markets worldwide using 12 chartered refrigerated vessels.  Terms for vessel charter agreements range between 3 to 10 years.  The aggregate minimum payments under all operating leases and vessel charter agreements with initial terms of one year or more at December 30, 2011 are as follows (U.S. dollars in millions):

2012	$	66.8
2013	58.5
2014	38.6
2015	36.9
2016	35.5
Thereafter	110.1
	$	346.4

Total expense for all operating leases and vessel charter agreements, including leases with initial terms of less than one year, amounted to $66.8 million, $91.2 million and $102.2 million for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

We also have agreements to purchase the entire or partial production of certain products of our independent growers in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Cameroon, Colombia, Chile, United States, and the Philippines that meet our quality standards. Total purchases under these agreements amounted to $704.6 million, $722.2 million and $671.4 million for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.