General	12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2011
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General Reference in this Report to Fresh Del Monte, “we”, “our” and “us” and the “Company” refer to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. We were incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands in 1996 and are engaged primarily in the worldwide production, transportation and marketing of fresh produce. We source our products, which include bananas, pineapples, melons and non-tropical fruit (including grapes, apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, avocados, citrus and kiwis) and tomatoes, primarily from Central America, South America, Africa and the Philippines. We also source products from North America and Europe and distribute our products in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East. Products are sourced from our company-owned farms, through joint venture arrangements and through supply contracts with independent growers. We have the exclusive right to use the DEL MONTE^® brand for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and other fresh and fresh-cut produce and certain other specified products on a royalty-free basis under a worldwide, perpetual license from Del Monte Corporation, an unaffiliated company that owns the DEL MONTE^® trademark. We are also a producer, marketer and distributor of prepared fruit and vegetables, juices and snacks and we hold a perpetual, royalty-free license to use the DEL MONTE^® brand for prepared foods throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and countries formerly part of the Soviet Union. Del Monte Corporation and several other unaffiliated companies manufacture, distribute and sell under the DEL MONTE^® brand canned or processed fruit, vegetables and other produce, as well as dried fruit, snacks and other products in certain geographic regions. Certain amounts from 2009 and 2010 have been reclassified to conform to the 2011 presentation. We reclassified 2009 operating cash flows to conform to the 2010 presentation primarily related to contribution from noncontrolling interest and foreign currency translation adjustment. In addition, as a result of our decision to exit our grain operations in Argentina during 2010 and the elimination of third-party ocean freight services from Northern Europe to the Caribbean during 2009, we have combined the other products and services segment with the other fresh produce segment in 2011 due to the relative size of the remaining operations. We are required to evaluate events occurring after December 30, 2011, our fiscal year end, for recognition and disclosure in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 30, 2011. Events are evaluated based on whether they represent information existing as of December 30, 2011, which require recognition in the Consolidated Financial Statements, or new events occurring after December 30, 2011, which do not require recognition but require disclosure if the event is significant to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We evaluated events occurring subsequent to December 30, 2011 through the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

General

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Reference in this Report to Fresh Del Monte, “we”, “our” and “us” and the “Company” refer to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

We were incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands in 1996 and are engaged primarily in the worldwide production, transportation and marketing of fresh produce. We source our products, which include bananas, pineapples, melons and non-tropical fruit (including grapes, apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, avocados, citrus and kiwis) and tomatoes, primarily from Central America, South America, Africa and the Philippines. We also source products from North America and Europe and distribute our products in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East. Products are sourced from our company-owned farms, through joint venture arrangements and through supply contracts with independent growers. We have the exclusive right to use the DEL MONTE^® brand for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and other fresh and fresh-cut produce and certain other specified products on a royalty-free basis under a worldwide, perpetual license from Del Monte Corporation, an unaffiliated company that owns the DEL MONTE^® trademark. We are also a producer, marketer and distributor of prepared fruit and vegetables, juices and snacks and we hold a perpetual, royalty-free license to use the DEL MONTE^® brand for prepared foods throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and countries formerly part of the Soviet Union. Del Monte Corporation and several other unaffiliated companies manufacture, distribute and sell under the DEL MONTE^® brand canned or processed fruit, vegetables and other produce, as well as dried fruit, snacks and other products in certain geographic regions.

Certain amounts from 2009 and 2010 have been reclassified to conform to the 2011 presentation. We reclassified 2009 operating cash flows to conform to the 2010 presentation primarily related to contribution from noncontrolling interest and foreign currency translation adjustment. In addition, as a result of our decision to exit our grain operations in Argentina during 2010 and the elimination of third-party ocean freight services from Northern Europe to the Caribbean during 2009, we have combined the other products and services segment with the other fresh produce segment in 2011 due to the relative size of the remaining operations.

We are required to evaluate events occurring after December 30, 2011, our fiscal year end, for recognition and disclosure in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 30, 2011. Events are evaluated based on whether they represent information existing as of December 30, 2011, which require recognition in the Consolidated Financial Statements, or new events occurring after December 30, 2011, which do not require recognition but require disclosure if the event is significant to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We evaluated events occurring subsequent to December 30, 2011 through the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.