Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended																3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Oct. 23, 2012	Aug. 08, 2011	Oct. 23, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Unsecured Debt [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Reduction in Volume [Member] CENTRAL AMERICA [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] GUATEMALA [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] CHILE [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] CHILE [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] JORDAN [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Banana [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Banana [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Banana [Member] COSTA RICA	Dec. 30, 2011 Banana [Member] COSTA RICA	Dec. 31, 2010 Banana [Member] BRAZIL [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Banana [Member] GUATEMALA [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Banana [Member] GUATEMALA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Banana [Member] GUATEMALA [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Banana [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Banana [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Mar. 30, 2012 Banana [Member] Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] COSTA RICA	Dec. 31, 2010 Banana [Member] Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] GUATEMALA [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Other Fresh Produce [Member] CENTRAL AMERICA [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Other Fresh Produce [Member] CENTRAL AMERICA [Member]		Dec. 31, 2010 Other Fresh Produce [Member] BRAZIL [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Other Fresh Produce [Member] CHILE [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Fresh Produce [Member] CHILE [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Other Fresh Produce [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Other Fresh Produce [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Other Fresh Produce [Member] Facility Closing [Member] BRAZIL [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Prepared Food [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Prepared Food [Member] UNITED KINGDOM [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Prepared Food [Member] JORDAN [Member]	Dec. 30, 2011 Melon Program Rationalization [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Melon Program Rationalization [Member] Facility Closing [Member] BRAZIL [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Buildings [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Maritime Equipment (Including Containers) [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Machinery and Equipment [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Furniture, Fixtures and Office Equipment [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Automotive Equipment [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Buildings [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Maritime Equipment (Including Containers) [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Machinery and Equipment [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Furniture, Fixtures and Office Equipment [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Automotive Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Period for providing financials statements from one of the subsidiary's	3 months
Concentration risk, percentage	11.00%
Other accounts receivable, value added taxes receivable current	$ 22.2	$ 20.3
Other accounts receivable, allowance for value added tax receivable current	1.0	1.6
Other accounts receivable, value added taxes receivable noncurrent	12.4	24.6
Other accounts receivable, allowance for value added tax receivable noncurrent	11.6	12.5
Ownership interest	20.00%
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)																																							10 years	5 years	3 years	3 years	5 years	40 years	20 years	20 years	7 years	10 years
Definite-lived intangibles, weighted average amortization period (in years)	19 years 3 months 18 days
Amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets	0.7	1.4	1.5
Asset impairment charges	2.2	16.7	38.7											4.7	1.3	0.8	0	0	0	6.1	1.8	2.2			(1.9)	7.9	[1]	0	0	1.1	1.0	4.3		0.2	1.4	0.7	7.9
Write-off of inventory							0.9			1.2	0.5	0.5	0.4											2.0									0.7					4.9
Insurance recoveries								2.0	1.3														0.2	2.6
Advertising and promotional costs	19.7	22.2	20.4
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1.2	3.4	2.3
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	523.2					500.0
Reduction in capitalized debt issuance sosts					1.2
Term of facility						5 years
Line of credit facility	122.0	209.8				500.0
Debt issuance cost capitalized				1.6
Foreign exchange gain (loss)	$ 4.4	$ 8.3	$ 5.3

[1] (1) Includes melon goodwill impairment of