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Segment Reporting | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | 1 2. Segment Information The Company manages its business on the basis of two reportable segments — th e primary segment is the packag ing and sale of fruits and vegetables and secondarily, the packaging and sale of snack products and finally, other products. The Company markets its product almost entirely in the United States. Export sales represented 7.7%, 8.5%, and 9.0% of total sales in 201 7, 201 6, and 201 5, respectively. In 201 7, 201 6, and 201 5, the sale of Green Giant vegetables accounted for 1 0%, 1 1%, and 13% of net sales, respectively. “Other” in the table below represents activity related to can sales, trucking, seed sales, and flight operations.
|  | Fruit and |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Vegetable |  | Snack |  | Other |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 1,210,170 | $ | 12,430 | $ | 23,081 | $ | 1,245,681
Operating income |  | 26,543 |  | 945 |  | 1,633 |  | 29,121
Interest expense, net |  | 9,518 |  | 17 |  | 137 |  | 9,672
Income tax expense |  | 6,475 |  | 355 |  | 584 |  | 7,414
Identifiable assets |  | 940,300 |  | 2,833 |  | 2,886 |  | 946,019
Capital expenditures |  | 30,969 |  | 225 |  | 1,318 |  | 32,512
Depreciation and amortization |  | 23,525 |  | 346 |  | 953 |  | 24,824
2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 1,239,179 | $ | 12,336 | $ | 23,845 | $ | 1,275,360
Operating income |  | 87,120 |  | 1,164 |  | 265 |  | 88,549
Interest expense, net |  | 7,923 |  | 18 |  | 103 |  | 8,044
Income tax expense |  | 25,551 |  | 372 |  | 76 |  | 25,999
Identifiable assets |  | 888,968 |  | 2,697 |  | 3,662 |  | 895,327
Capital expenditures |  | 9,232 |  | 52 |  | 682 |  | 9,966
Depreciation and amortization |  | 20,438 |  | 351 |  | 948 |  | 21,737
2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 1,246,115 | $ | 11,667 | $ | 28,568 | $ | 1,286,350
Operating income |  | 18,865 |  | 779 |  | 710 |  | 20,354
Interest expense, net |  | 6,778 |  | 12 |  | 72 |  | 6,862
Income tax expense |  | 3,775 |  | 225 |  | 221 |  | 4,221
Identifiable assets |  | 798,640 |  | 3,235 |  | 4,573 |  | 806,448
Capital expenditures |  | 22,177 |  | 157 |  | 1,400 |  | 23,734
Depreciation and amortization |  | 20,445 |  | 367 |  | 1,022 |  | 21,834
The fruit and vegetable segment, consisting of Green Giant, canned fruit and vegetables and frozen products, represented 99%, 99% and 99% of assets and 97%, 10 0% and 102% of pre-tax earnings in 201 7, 201 6 and 201 5, respectively.
Classes of similar products/services: |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (In thousands)
Net Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |
Green Giant * | $ | 119,812 | $ | 144,310 | $ | 161,993
Canned vegetables |  | 705,297 |  | 746,501 |  | 754,556
Frozen |  | 98,597 |  | 94,710 |  | 94,648
Fruit |  | 286,464 |  | 253,658 |  | 234,918
Snack |  | 12,430 |  | 12,336 |  | 11,667
Other |  | 23,081 |  | 23,845 |  | 28,568
Total | $ | 1,245,681 | $ | 1,275,360 | $ | 1,286,350
* Green Giant includes canned and frozen vegetables exclusively for B&G Foods.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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