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Avocados de Jalisco | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Avocados de Jalisco | 17. Avocados de Jalisco In August 2015, we entered into Shareholder’s Agreement with various partners which created Avocados de Jalisco, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Avocados de Jalisco). Avocados de Jalisco is a Mexican corporation created to engage in procuring, packing and selling avocados in Jalisco Mexico. This entity is 80% owned by Calavo and was consolidated as of October 31, 2015. Avocados de Jalisco is currently building a packinghouse located in Jalisco, Mexico and such packinghouse is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2016. The portion of the entity owned by others has been reflected as a noncontrolling interest and amounts to $1.0 million as of October 31, 2015.

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