XML 30 R109.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v2.4.0.6

Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Oct. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2012 Collateral [Member] | Dec. 19, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] | Dec. 19, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Payment of principal for first eight quarters [Member] | Dec. 19, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Payment of principal for next twelve quarters [Member] | Dec. 19, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Term Loan [Member] | Dec. 19, 2012 Subsequent Event [Member] Revolving Multicurrency Credit Facility [Member]
Senior secured credit agreement |  |  | $ 1,000,000,000 |  |  |  |
Revolving multicurrency credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  | 800,000,000
Term loan |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000,000 |
Credit facility expiring |  |  | December 2017 |  |  |  |
Credit facility additional borrowing capacity |  |  | 250,000,000 |  |  |  |
Term loan quarterly repayment |  |  |  | $ 2,500,000 | $ 5,000,000 |  |
Leverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA | 4.00 | 3.75 |  |  |  |  |
Interest coverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA | 3.00 |  |  |  |  |  |

X
- Definition Credit Agreement Consolidated Leverage Ratio + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_CreditAgreementConsolidatedLeverageRatio
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Credit Facility Additional Borrowing Capacity + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_CreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Interest Coverage Ratio + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_InterestCoverageRatio
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Line Of Credit Facility Expiration Year + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_LineOfCreditFacilityExpirationYear
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Repayments Of Term Loan Facility + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_RepaymentsOfTermLoanFacility
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Revolving Credit Facility Capacity + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_RevolvingCreditFacilityCapacity
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Senior Secured Credit Agreement + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_SeniorSecuredCreditAgreement
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Term Loan Facility + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | gef_TermLoanFacility
Namespace Prefix: | gef_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant