Information regarding our operations in different segments (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2013 Segment	Jan. 31, 2012
Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	3
Net sales	139,499,000	$ 117,394,000
Gross margin	13,124,000	11,902,000
Fresh products [Member]
Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Net sales	85,067,000	71,136,000
Gross margin	6,769,000	5,969,000
Inter-segment sales and cost of sales eliminated in consolidation	9,800,000	5,000,000
Calavo Foods [Member]
Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Net sales	11,930,000	11,279,000
Gross margin	3,088,000	3,408,000
Inter-segment sales and cost of sales eliminated in consolidation	3,100,000	$ 2,900,000

Inter-segment sales and cost of sales eliminated in consolidation.

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Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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