Guarantor Finanical Information Income Statement (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Net Sales	$ 292,714	$ 362,916
Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	219,431	263,967
Warehouse, processing and delivery expense	35,584	38,526
Sales, general and administrative expense	29,876	35,654
Restructuring charges	2,225	0
Depreciation and amortization expense	6,571	6,613
Operating (loss) income	(973)	18,156
Interest expense, net	(10,188)	(10,193)
Other Expense	(2,299)
Interest expense - unrealized loss on debt conversion option	0	(11,340)
Other Income		442
Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries and joint venture	(13,460)	(2,935)
Income taxes	1,369	(4,373)
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries	0	0
Equity in earnings of joint venture	1,469	3,008
Net (loss) income	(10,622)	(4,300)
Comprehensive loss	(10,244)	(1,076)
Parent
Net Sales	168,784	225,719
Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	128,564	164,229
Warehouse, processing and delivery expense	21,298	24,111
Sales, general and administrative expense	16,699	21,335
Restructuring charges	1,247
Depreciation and amortization expense	3,301	3,369
Operating (loss) income	(2,325)	12,675
Interest expense, net	(5,991)	(6,923)
Other Expense	0
Interest expense - unrealized loss on debt conversion option		(11,340)
Other Income		0
Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries and joint venture	(8,316)	(5,588)
Income taxes	710	(3,642)
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries	(4,485)	1,922
Equity in earnings of joint venture	1,469	3,008
Net (loss) income	(10,622)	(4,300)
Comprehensive loss	(10,244)	(1,076)
Guarantors
Net Sales	68,572	71,752
Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	50,714	51,787
Warehouse, processing and delivery expense	8,302	8,546
Sales, general and administrative expense	7,430	8,291
Restructuring charges	573
Depreciation and amortization expense	2,244	2,246
Operating (loss) income	(691)	882
Interest expense, net	0	0
Other Expense	0
Interest expense - unrealized loss on debt conversion option		0
Other Income		0
Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries and joint venture	(691)	882
Income taxes	92	(297)
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries	(121)	36
Equity in earnings of joint venture	0	0
Net (loss) income	(720)	621
Comprehensive loss	(2,086)	617
Non-Guarantors
Net Sales	66,567	77,195
Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	51,362	58,975
Warehouse, processing and delivery expense	5,984	5,869
Sales, general and administrative expense	5,747	6,028
Restructuring charges	405
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,026	998
Operating (loss) income	2,043	5,325
Interest expense, net	(4,197)	(3,270)
Other Expense	(2,299)
Interest expense - unrealized loss on debt conversion option		0
Other Income		442
Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries and joint venture	(4,453)	2,497
Income taxes	567	(645)
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries	0	0
Equity in earnings of joint venture	0	0
Net (loss) income	(3,886)	1,852
Comprehensive loss	(3,853)	5,185
Eliminations
Net Sales	(11,209)	(11,750)
Cost of materials (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	(11,209)	(11,024)
Warehouse, processing and delivery expense	0	0
Sales, general and administrative expense	0	0
Restructuring charges	0
Depreciation and amortization expense	0	0
Operating (loss) income	0	(726)
Interest expense, net	0	0
Other Expense	0
Interest expense - unrealized loss on debt conversion option		0
Other Income		0
Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries and joint venture	0	(726)
Income taxes	0	211
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries	4,606	(1,958)
Equity in earnings of joint venture	0	0
Net (loss) income	4,606	(2,473)
Comprehensive loss	$ 5,939	$ (5,802)