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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Acquisitions (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014 Company | Oct. 31, 2013 Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2012 Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Acquisitions | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired | 0 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired | 0 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
Purchase Price, net of Cash | $ 53.5 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |
Goodwill | 880.2 us-gaap_Goodwill | 998.4 us-gaap_Goodwill | 971.0 us-gaap_Goodwill
Total 2014 Acquisitions [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Acquisitions | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gef_TwoThousandFourteenAcquisitionsMember |  |
Purchase Price, net of Cash | 53.5 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gef_TwoThousandFourteenAcquisitionsMember |  |
Tangible Assets, net | 2.5 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gef_TwoThousandFourteenAcquisitionsMember |  |
Intangible Assets | 22.1 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gef_TwoThousandFourteenAcquisitionsMember |  |
Goodwill | $ 25.9 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gef_TwoThousandFourteenAcquisitionsMember |  |

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- Definition Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266 + Details
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