Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 26, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 26, 2012 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Minimum	Oct. 31, 2014 Minimum Building	Oct. 31, 2014 Minimum Machinery and Equipment	Oct. 31, 2014 Maximum	Oct. 31, 2014 Maximum Building	Oct. 31, 2014 Maximum Machinery and Equipment	Oct. 25, 2013 Swap USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2014 Euro Term Loan USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Senior Notes Due In 2017	Oct. 25, 2013 Senior Notes Due In 2017	Oct. 31, 2014 Fair Value Hedging USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Fair Value Hedging Euro Term Loan EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2014 Foreign Exchange Contract USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 Foreign Exchange Contract USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 Foreign Exchange Contract Cash Flow Hedging USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2013 Foreign Exchange Contract Cash Flow Hedging USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 U.S. Government	Oct. 25, 2013 U.S. Government
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Sales revenue percentage																							4.00%	6.00%
Fair market value of long-term debt and short-term borrowings	$ 639,400,000		$ 639,400,000	$ 711,600,000
Maturities of forecasted transactions using forward exchange contracts			24 months
Derivative notional amount																		125,000,000	396,200,000	369,000,000	283,000,000	271,300,000
Fair value of foreign currency forwards contracts, liabilities																			14,600,000	2,300,000
Net loss on extinguishment of debt			(533,000)	(946,000)	0									(500,000)			(500,000)
Amount of interest rate swap agreement						175,000,000							175,000,000
Senior Notes maturity year															2017
Fixed interest rate of swap agreement																6.625%
Proceeds from issuance of long-term credit facilities		175,000,000	25,000,000	175,000,000	30,000,000
Gain on termination of interest rate swap		2,900,000
Accumulated gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustment	(61,135,000)		(61,135,000)	35,397,000	12,300,000
Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions			6,500,000	(1,700,000)	(3,500,000)
Estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment								15 years	3 years		30 years	10 years
Depreciation expense			56,200,000	55,400,000	52,400,000
Depreciation expense included in discontinued operations			5,000,000	5,000,000	4,200,000
Assets under capital leases	$ 43,100,000		$ 43,100,000	$ 47,100,000
Estimated amortization of intangible assets							2 years			20 years
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from computation of earnings per share			136,200	162,100	627,475
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute basic earnings per share			31,840,000	31,173,000	30,749,000
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute diluted earnings per share			32,448,000	31,738,000	31,282,000
Weighted average number of share outstanding basic and diluted	31,907,000