Accounting policies (policy)	9 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Revenue Recognition, Bill and Hold Arrangements [Policy Text Block]	In the nine months ended December 28, 2013, the Company sold $150,345,000 of Green Giant finished goods inventory to General Mills Operations, LLC (“GMOL”) for cash, on a bill and hold basis, as compared to $151,240,000 for the nine months ended December 29, 2012. Under the terms of the bill and hold agreement, title to the specified inventory transferred to GMOL. The Company believes it has met the criteria required for bill and hold treatment.
Business Combinations Policy [Policy Text Block]	Potential Acquisition-- On December 16, 2013 the Company signed an Asset Purchase Agreement to serve as the stalking horse bidder related to the potential acquisition of certain canning operations assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Allens, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $148.0 million, subject to a working capital adjustment, plus the assumption of certain liabilities. Allens, Inc. filed a petition for bankruptcy on October 28, 2013 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Arkansas (the “Court”) and the bankruptcy case is currently pending. On January 7, 2014 the Court approved bid procedures for the auction that allows other qualified bidders to submit higher or otherwise better offers, as required under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The auction is scheduled to be held on February 3, 2014 and if the Company is ultimately successful in its acquisition of these assets the closing of the acquisition is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. If Allens, Inc. accepts an offer other than the Company's Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company will be entitled to be paid a break-up fee and a reimbursement of its transaction expenses up to a specified maximum amount. The business, with plants located in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, is a processor of canned vegetables including southern vegetables in the United States. The Company deposited $7,500,000 into an escrow fund upon signing the Asset Purchase Agreement and the remainder of the purchase price is expected to be funded with a combination of available cash and borrowings from the Company's Revolver.

Disclosure of accounting policy for completed business combinations (purchase method, acquisition method or combination of entities under common control). This accounting policy may include a general discussion of the purchase method or acquisition method of accounting (including for example, the treatment accorded contingent consideration, the identification of assets and liabilities, the purchase price allocation process, how the fair values of acquired assets and liabilities are determined) and the entity's specific application thereof. An entity that acquires another entity in a leveraged buyout transaction generally discloses the accounting policy followed by the acquiring entity in determining the basis used to value its interest in the acquired entity, and the rationale for that accounting policy.

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