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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 27, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | Investments consist of the following:
|  |  |  | Successor |  | Predecessor
Equity Investment |  | % Owned |  | October 27, 2013 |  | April 28, 2013
|  |  |  | (in millions)
Campofrío Food Group (CFG) |  | 37% |  | $ | 349.9 |  |  | $ | 376.2 |
Mexican joint ventures |  | 50% |  | 122.1 |  |  | 129.6 |
Other |  | Various |  | 27.8 |  |  | 26.6 |
Total investments |  |  |  | $ | 499.8 |  |  | $ | 532.4 |
Schedule of Equity in (Income) Loss of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | (Income) loss from equity method investments consists of the following:
|  |  |  | Successor |  | Predecessor
|  |  |  | September 27 - October 27, 2013 |  | July 29 - September 26, 2013 |  | Three Months Ended
Equity Investment |  | Segment |  |  |  | October 28, 2012
|  |  |  | (in millions)
CFG (1) |  | International |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | (1.3 | )
Mexican joint ventures |  | International |  | (1.4 | ) |  | (0.9 | ) |  | (5.9 | )
All other equity method investments |  | Various |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Income from equity method investments |  |  |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | (6.7 | )
|  |  |  | Successor |  | Predecessor
|  |  |  | September 27 - October 27, 2013 |  | April 29 - September 26, 2013 |  | Six Months Ended
Equity Investment |  | Segment |  |  |  | October 28, 2012
|  |  |  | (in millions)
CFG (1) |  | International |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (1.4 | )
Mexican joint ventures |  | International |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 2.1 |  |  | (5.5 | )
All other equity method investments |  | Various |  | 0.3 |  |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (0.5 | )
(Income) loss from equity method investments |  |  |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | (7.4 | )
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(1) | CFG prepares its financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. Our share of CFG’s results reflects U.S. GAAP adjustments and thus, there may be differences between the amounts we report for CFG and the amounts reported by CFG.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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