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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Financial statements of consignment arrangements | Amounts recorded for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 in the financial statements pursuant to consignment arrangements are as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Sales |  | $ | 28,297 |  |  | $ | 38,327 |  |  | $ | 54,736 |
Cost of Sales |  |  | 25,893 |  |  |  | 34,859 |  |  |  | 48,713 |
Gross Margin |  | $ | 2,404 |  |  | $ | 3,468 |  |  | $ | 6,023 |
Reconciles shareholders' equity attributable to noncontrolling interest | The following table reconciles shareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interest (in thousands):
|  | Year ended October 31, 2012 |  |  | Year ended October 31, 2011 |
Noncontrolling interest, beginning |  | $ | 462 |  |  | $ | 575 |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |  |  | (105 | ) |  |  | (113 | )
Noncontrolling interest, ending |  | $ | 357 |  |  | $ | 462 |
Grant date fair value calculations for stock options | The following assumptions were used in the estimated grant date fair value calculations for stock options issued in 2011 and 2010:
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
Risk-free interest rate |  | 0.96% - 1.40% |  | 1.70%
Expected volatility |  | 32.63% - 60.00% |  | 47.37%
Dividend yield |  | 2.5% |  | 2.5%
Expected life (years) |  | 1.5 - 4.0 |  | 4.0
Segment of goodwill and impairment losses | The following table reconciles by segment goodwill and the impairment losses recognized for the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2012 (in thousands):
|  | Fresh products |  |  | Calavo Foods |  |  | RFG |  |  | Total |
Goodwill, beginning November 1, 2010 |  | $ | 3,997 |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,084 |
Goodwill addition from RFG acquisition |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 14,265 |  |  |  | 14,265 |
Goodwill, ending October 31, 2011 |  |  | 3,997 |  |  |  | 87 |  |  |  | 14,265 |  |  |  | 18,349 |
Calavo Salsa Lisa Goodwill impairment losses |  |  | — |  |  |  | (87 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (87 | )
Goodwill, October 31, 2012 |  | $ | 3,997 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,265 |  |  | $ | 18,262 |

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