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INVESTMENTS IN AND RECEIVABLES FROM AFFILIATES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2019
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of investments in, receivables from, and equity in earnings of affiliates | Investments in and receivables from affiliates consist of the following:
(in thousands) | Segment |  | % Owned |  | April 28, 2019 |  | October 28, 2018
MegaMex Foods, LLC | Grocery Products |  | 50% |  | $ | 206,480 |  |  | $ | 205,148 |
Foreign Joint Ventures | International & Other |  | Various (26-40%) |  | 69,998 |  |  | 68,005 |
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 276,478 |  |  | $ | 273,153 |
Equity in earnings of affiliates consists of the following:
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
(in thousands) | Segment |  | April 28, 2019 |  | April 29, 2018 |  | April 28, 2019 |  | April 29, 2018
MegaMex Foods, LLC | Grocery Products |  | $ | 13,479 |  |  | $ | 12,934 |  |  | $ | 23,981 |  |  | $ | 32,522 |
Foreign Joint Ventures | International & Other |  | (188 | ) |  | 552 |  |  | 768 |  |  | 4,495 |
Total |  |  | $ | 13,291 |  |  | $ | 13,486 |  |  | $ | 24,749 |  |  | $ | 37,017 |

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