Long-term Debt (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended											0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Oct. 31, 2012 November 30, 2012 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 December 31, 2012 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 January 31, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 February 28, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 March 31, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 April 30, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 May 31, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 June 30, 2013 [Member]	Dec. 28, 2011 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2009 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member] January 31, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member] April 30, 2013 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 14, 2012 September Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 September Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Term Loan A [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Term Loan B [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Bullet Loan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Fifth Third Bank [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member]	Jul. 18, 2011 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member] Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Dec. 29, 2009 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member] Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member] Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member] Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Marshall T. Reynolds [Member] Limited Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Installment notes payable to banks [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Installment notes payable to banks [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Installment notes payable to banks [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Installment notes payable to banks [Member] Maximum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Notes payable to related party [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Notes payable to related party [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Term loan facility with a syndicate of banks, collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Term loan facility with a syndicate of banks, collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Term loan A with a syndicate of banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Term loan A with a syndicate of banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Term loan B with a syndicate of banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Term loan B with a syndicate of banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Bullet loan A with a syndicate of Banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Bullet loan A with a syndicate of Banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Bullet loan A with a syndicate of Banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Bullet loan A with a syndicate of Banks collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member] Maximum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Revolving line of credit loan facility with a syndicate of banks, collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Revolving line of credit loan facility with a syndicate of banks, collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Note payable to Lessor [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total indebtedness	$ 39,801,770	$ 48,785,504																																	$ 677,167	$ 1,175,784			$ 2,500,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 37,884,224	$ 19,762,000	$ 0	$ 6,277,744	$ 0	$ 3,350,000	$ 0			$ 8,425,496	$ 9,725,496		$ 65,719	$ 0
Accrued Deferred fee (interest) Bullet loan B, Due June 30, 2013	31,171	0
Debt Discount	(1,287,527)	0
Less current portion revolving line of credit	8,425,496	9,725,496
Less long-term portion revolving line of credit	0	0
Less current portion long-term debt	29,998,791	38,629,011
Less current portion obligation under capital lease	13,014	0
Less debt discount	(1,287,527)	0
Long-term debt, net of current portion and revolving line of credit	2,651,996	430,997
Interest Rate (in hundredths)																												3.25%	3.25%																16.00%								0.00%	6.02%
Quarterly installment payment	2,100,000																																								1,225,000		238,000				1,900,000
Basis of interest rate														30-day LIBOR										LIBOR											prime rate						LIBOR		LIBOR				LIBOR				LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)														0.24%										0.16%																			8.00%				8.00%				6.00%
Continuing operations [Abstract]
Long-term debt, net of current portion and revolving line credit	99,291	430,997
Long-term capital lease obligation	52,705	0
Current portion of long-term debt and revolving line of credit	36,238,560	42,419,353
Long-term notes payable to related party	2,500,000	0
Current portion of capital lease obligation	13,014	0
Debt Discount	(1,287,527)	0
Total debt from continuing operations	37,616,043	42,850,350
Liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations - debt	2,185,727	5,935,154
Total indebtedness	39,801,770	48,785,504																																	677,167	1,175,784			2,500,000	0	0	37,884,224	19,762,000	0	6,277,744	0	3,350,000	0			8,425,496	9,725,496		65,719	0
Debt maturity date																																					Nov. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013				Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Maturities of long-term debt and revolving line of credit [Abstract]
2013	37,149,774
2014	2,613,108
2015	15,932
2016	15,652
2017	7,304
Total indebtedness	39,801,770	48,785,504																																	677,167	1,175,784			2,500,000	0	0	37,884,224	19,762,000	0	6,277,744	0	3,350,000	0			8,425,496	9,725,496		65,719	0
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	13,600,000																			13,000,000				15,000,000	15,000,000								3,000,000	3,000,000
Reserve against the Credit Agreement borrowing base																								1,450,000
Cash collateral held by the Administrative Agent													2,000,000
Cash collateral released by issuing subordinated unsecured promissory note												2,000,000	2,000,000						500,000
Forbearance fee (in hundredths)	2.00%																							0.25%
Interest rate, maximum (in hundredths)	6.00%
Interest rate, minimum (in hundredths)	4.00%
Additional interest rate on term loan (in hundredths)	2.00%
Amount Borrowed			10,400,000
Extension fee related to letters of credit and unused revolving credit (in hundredths)																				0.10%
Term debt paydown remaining provision of contribution agreements																				500,000
Minimum EBITDA																				400,000
Warrants issued (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001
Warrant issued (in hundredths)	30.00%
Debt instrument, restructuring amount																		9,025,496.00			20,000,000	6,277,743.89	4,000,000
Proceeds from loan advance																															3,000,000
Accrued interest converted for equity instruments																														147,875
Common shares exchanged for a subordinated unsecured promissory note (in shares)																														1,311,615
Debt conversion ratio																														2.40
Debt conversion, discount on transaction (in hundredths)	42.50%																													42.50%
Ownership interest in outstanding common stock (in hundredths)	50.00%																												50.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity sublimit for letter of credit	10,000,000																															3,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity sublimit for swing line loans	3,000,000																															3,000,000
Outstanding borrowings, Eligible receivable, Maximum (in hundredths)	85.00%																							85.00%
Outstanding borrowings, Eligible Receivable, Reduced (in hundredths)	80.00%
Outstanding borrowings, amount, maximum	5,000,000																							6,000,000
Outstanding borrowings, eligible inventory, maximum (in hundredths)	50.00%																							50.00%
Post-default increase in interest rate (in hundredths)	2.00%																							2.00%
Fixed charge coverage ratio (in hundredths)																1.0	1.10
Leverage ratio (in hundredths)													3.30
Leverage ratio (in hundredths)													3.10
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, quarter ending January, 31, 2011 (in hundredths)																										1.0
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, quarter ending January 31, 2012 (in hundredths)																										1.1
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio thereafter (in hundredths)																										1.20
Maximum leverage ratio, quarter ending April, 30, 2010 (in hundredths)																											6.5
Maximum leverage ratio step-downs, quarters ending April, 30, 2010 through April 30, 2011 (in hundredths)																											0.5
Maximum leverage ratio, quarters ending April, 30, 2011 through April 30, 2012 (in hundredths)																											0.25
Minimum EBITDA Period	600,000			1,100,000	1,600,000	2,600,000	3,350,000	4,100,000	5,200,000	5,550,000	5,900,000
Minimum EBITDA, quarter ending April 30, 2010																										2,700,000
Minimum EBITDA, six months ending July 31, 2010																										5,400,000
Minimum EBITDA, nine months ending October 31, 2010																										8,900,000
Minimum EBITDA, twelve months ending January 31, 2011																										11,800,000
Minimum EBITDA, twelve months ending January 31, 2012																										14,300,000
Maximum capital expenditures period I	1,000,000
Maximum capital expenditures period II		2,000,000	2,000,000
Maximum capital expenditures period thereafter	2,500,000
Administrative Fees, Amount Paid	100,000
Monthly Administrative Fee	15,000
Third party deposit of cash collateral with administrative agent																																2,500,000
Subordinated unsecured promissory note																												2,500,000	0
Wall Street Journal prime rate (in hundredths)																												3.25%	3.25%																16.00%								0.00%	6.02%
Line of Credit Facility, Reduced, Borrowing Capacity			15,000,000
Percentage of excess cash flow by which credit facility is required to be repaid (in hundredths)	75.00%
Prepayment obligation paid													0	0	2,000,000
LIBOR 30 Day													30 days
LIBOR 60 Day													60 days
LIBOR 90 Day													90 days
Variable rate basis														30-day LIBOR										LIBOR											prime rate						LIBOR		LIBOR				LIBOR				LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)														0.24%										0.16%																			8.00%				8.00%				6.00%
Amount of hedged item													25,000,000
Interest paid	3,463,000	3,598,000	5,256,000
Accrued expenses	129,000	162,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs	571,790	436,855	372,610
Fair value of interest-bearing debt and revolving credit facilities	700,000
Purchases restated as cash activities which were previously reported as non-cash activities		$ 621,000	$ 459,000