1.0.0.3 false Debt and Financing Arrangements false 1 $ false false Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 2 Debt and Financing Arrangements [Abstract] 0 hnz_DebtAndFinancingArrangementsAbstract hnz false na duration string Debt and Financing Arrangements. false false false false false true false false false 1 false false 0 0 false false Debt and Financing Arrangements. false 3 Debt and Financing Arrangements 1 us-gaap_DebtDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0   <div style="margin-left: 0%"> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"> <tr> <td width="6%"></td> <td width="94%"></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(12)<b>  </b> </font> </td> <td> <b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Debt and Financing Arrangements</font></b> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"> On June 12, 2009, the Company entered into a three-year $175 million accounts receivable securitization program. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company sells, on a revolving basis, its receivables to a wholly-owned, bankruptcy-remote-subsidiary. This subsidiary then sells all of the rights, title and interest in a pool of these receivables to an unaffiliated entity. After the sale, the Company, as servicer of the assets, collects the receivables on behalf of the unaffiliated entity. The amount of receivables sold through this program as of October 28, 2009 was $126.3 million. The proceeds from this securitization program are recognized on the statements of cash flows as a component of operating activities. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"> On July 29, 2009, H. J. Heinz Finance Company (“HFC”), a subsidiary of Heinz, issued $250 million of 7.125% notes due 2039. The notes are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company. The proceeds from the notes were used for payment of the cash component of the exchange transaction discussed below as well as various expenses relating to the exchange, and for general corporate purposes. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"> On August 6, 2009, HFC issued $681 million of 7.125% notes due 2039 (of the same series as the notes issued in July 2009), and $217.5 million of cash, in exchange for $681 million of its outstanding 15.590% dealer remarketable securities due December 1, 2020. In addition, HFC terminated a portion of the remarketing option by paying the remarketing agent a cash payment of $89.0 million. The exchange transaction was accounted for as a modification of debt. Accordingly, cash payments used in the exchange, including the payment to the remarketing agent, have been accounted for as a reduction in the book value of the debt, and will be amortized to interest expense under the effective yield method. Additionally, the Company terminated its $175 million notional total rate of return swap in August 2009 in connection with the dealer remarketable securities exchange transaction. See Note 14 for additional information. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"> During the second quarter of Fiscal 2010, the Company entered into a three-year 15 billion Japanese yen denominated credit agreement (approximately $167 million). This credit agreement is yen LIBOR based and has been effectively converted to a U.S. dollar fixed rate facility using cross-currency interest rate swaps. See Note 14 for additional information. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">  </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"> The Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants as of October 28, 2009. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false No definition available. No authoritative reference available. false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true