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Long-Term Debt (Credit Agreement) - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Aug. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Dec. 19, 2012 | Feb. 28, 2010
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal payment | $ 25,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 1,186,500,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 1,266,500,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 3,129,800,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt |  |
Principal due over the next twelve |  | 4,300,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal |  |  |  |
Total borrowing capacity available in line of credit facility |  | 770,200,000 gef_LineOfCreditFacilityExcessOfBorrowingAvailability |  |  |  |
Change in outstanding letter of credit |  | 15,900,000 gef_IncreaseDecreaseInLettersOfCredit |  |  |  |
Debt extinguishment charge |  | 0 us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount | 1,300,000 us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount | 0 us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount |  |
Deferred financing cost associated with amended credit agreement |  | 3,400,000 us-gaap_DebtorReorganizationItemsWriteOffOfDeferredFinancingCostsAndDebtDiscounts |  |  |  |
Current portion |  | 17,600,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent | 10,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 1,087,400,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent | 1,207,200,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent |  |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Leverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA |  | 4.00 gef_DebtInstrumentCovenantAnnualEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember |  |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest coverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA |  | 3.00 gef_DebtInstrumentCovenantInterestCoverageRatio / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |  |  |  |
Amended Credit Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |
Option to borrow loan under senior secured credit facility |  |  |  |  | 250,000,000 gef_LineOfCreditFacilityAdditionalBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |
Maturity date of credit facility |  | Dec. 31, 2017 |  |  |  |
Write off of unamortized deferred financing costs |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember
Amended Credit Agreement |  | 169,200,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember | 222,900,000 us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |  |  |
Current portion |  | 17,300,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 151,900,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement |  | 1.65%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Actual interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement |  | 1.62%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_AmendedCreditAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Multicurrency Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility |  |  |  |  | 800,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_MulticurrencyCreditFacilityMember |
Term Loan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility |  |  |  |  | 200,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_TermLoanMember |
Amortization of term loan for first eight quarters |  |  |  |  | 2,500,000 gef_LongTermDebtAmortizationInEachQuarterEndForFirstEightQuarters / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_TermLoanMember |
Amortization of term loan for next eleven quarters |  |  |  |  | $ 5,000,000 gef_LongTermDebtAmortizationInEachQuarterEndForNextElevenQuarters / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = gef_TermLoanMember |

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