Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Net sales	$ 820.9	$ 771.4
Cost of products sold	657.6	620.1
Gross profit	163.3	151.3
Selling, general and administrative expenses	96.6	93.2
Restructuring charges	(0.3)	2.3
Non-cash asset impairment charges	1.9	39.1
Pension settlement charge	23.5	0.0
Gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	(1.0)	(0.9)
Loss on disposal of businesses, net	0.5	0.0
Operating profit	42.1	17.6
Interest expense, net	18.7	18.5
Other expense , net	3.6	3.0
Income (loss) before income tax expense and equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net	19.8	(3.9)
Income tax expense	11.8	6.0
Net income (loss)	8.0	(9.9)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.6)	(1.2)
Net income (loss) attributable to Greif, Inc.	$ 5.4	$ (11.1)
Class A Common Stock
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders:
Basic earnings per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders (usd per share)	$ 0.10	$ (0.19)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders:
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders (usd per share)	$ 0.10	$ (0.19)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic (shares)	25,787,769	25,697,512
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, diluted (shares)	25,792,441	25,704,023
Cash dividends declared per common share:
Cash dividends declared per common share (usd per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.42
Class B Common Stock
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders:
Basic earnings per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders (usd per share)	0.13	(0.29)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders:
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Greif, Inc. common shareholders (usd per share)	$ 0.13	$ (0.29)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic (shares)	22,000,000	22,100,000
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, diluted (shares)	22,000,000	22,100,000
Cash dividends declared per common share:
Cash dividends declared per common share (usd per share)	$ 0.62	$ 0.62