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RFG Business Acquisition (Details Textual) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2011 | Jun. 01, 2011 | Oct. 31, 2010 | Oct. 31, 2012 Non-competition agreements [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Trade secrets/recipes [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] | Oct. 31, 2011 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] | Jun. 01, 2011 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] | May 25, 2011 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Term One [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Term Two [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Term Three [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Term Four [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Trademarks [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Non-competition agreements [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG) [Member] Trade secrets/recipes [Member]
Business Acquisition (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership interest acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |  | $ 16,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition purchase price, additional earn out consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 84,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition cash paid to seller |  |  | 13,362,000 |  |  |  | 14,200,000 |  | 14,230,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition number of shares issued related to common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  | 43,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) , Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |
Minimum sliding scale earn out payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14,000,000 | 27,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 months | 12 months | 15 months | 12 months |  |  |  |
Business acquisition contingent consideration agreed to pay |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 27,000,000 |  |  |  |
Business acquisition contingent consideration number of shares to be issue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 827,000 |  | 434,783 |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration | 3,179,000 | 2,630,000 |  | 1,521,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24,000,000 |  | 60,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) , Revenue achievement period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years |  |  |  |
Cost incurred for Business acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets |  |  | 8,690,000 |  |  |  | 8,690,000 |  | 8,690,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 7,400,000 | 920,000 | 200,000 | 170,000
Weighted-Average Useful Life |  |  |  |  | 5 years | 11 years 10 months 24 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 years | 8 years | 5 years | 3 years
Net increase to contingent considerations | $ 400,000 | $ 500,000 |  |  |  |  | $ 600,000 | $ 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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