Notes Payable and Long-Term Obligations Debt After Refinancing (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended						1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Feb. 19, 2014	May 31, 2012	Feb. 19, 2014 Federal Funds Rate	Feb. 19, 2014 London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)	Feb. 19, 2014 Term Loan Facility	Feb. 19, 2014 Term Loan Facility Eurodollar	Feb. 19, 2014 Term Loan Facility Federal Funds Rate	Feb. 19, 2014 ABL Facility D	Feb. 19, 2014 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Oct. 31, 2014 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Dec. 31, 2012 Kettle Foods	Dec. 31, 2010 Kettle Foods	Feb. 19, 2014 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.	May 31, 2012 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.	Feb. 19, 2014 Maximum Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.	Feb. 19, 2014 Tranche term loan Term Loan Facility	Feb. 19, 2014 March 15, 2016 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Feb. 19, 2014 On or after March 15, 2017 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Feb. 19, 2014 Equity Offering 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Feb. 19, 2014 Equity Offering Maximum 7% Senior Notes due March 2019	Feb. 19, 2014 Equity Offering On and after March 15, 2018 7% Senior Notes due March 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Guaranteed loan maturity term														10 years
Newly-issued senior notes, face amount														$ 21.2		$ 225.0
Penalty rate													4.00%
Warrants to purchase common stock, issued			4,420,859	4,420,859											4,420,859	4,420,859
Exercise price of warrants, value															44.2
Warrants exercise inducement fee															15.0
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners															10.00%		30.00%
Debt instrument, secured term loan facility, term							4 years 6 months
Applicable Rate					0.50%	1.00%		1.00%	0.50%
Debt instrument, additional borrowing availability																		100
Senior secured leverage ratio							4.50
Base rate floor								1.00%
Debt instrument, amortize rate							1.00%
Revolving credit facility										125
Sublimit for issuance of letters of credit										20
Swing line facility for same day borrowings										$ 12.5
Borrowing base rate, accounts receivable										85.00%
Borrowing base rate, eligible inventory										70.00%
Borrowing base rate, liquidation value of inventory										85.00%
Debt instrument, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio										110.00%
Line of credit percentage of maximum availability, falls below										12.50%
Line of credit percentage of maximum availability										10.00%
Cash collection, number of business days										5
Debt instrument, interest on notes payable description												March 15 and September 15 of each year
Redemption of notes as a percentage of principal amount											107.00%								103.50%	101.75%		100.00%	100.00%
Debt instrument redemption price percentage, if ownership change																				101.00%
Blended interest rate	5.28%	6.33%
Short-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest Rate	1.67%	6.26%
Redemption of notes with cash proceeds of equity offerings																					35.00%