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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Financial Statements of Consignment Arrangements | Amounts recorded for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 in the financial statements pursuant to consignment arrangements are as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Sales |  | $ | 28,139 |  | $ | 30,721 |  | $ | 30,620 |
Cost of Sales |  |  | 25,177 |  |  | 27,759 |  |  | 27,679 |
Gross Margin |  | $ | 2,962 |  | $ | 2,962 |  | $ | 2,941 |
Grant Date Fair Value Calculations for Stock Options |
|  | 2013 |
Risk-free interest rate |  | 0.70% |
Expected volatility |  | 44.30% |
Dividend yield |  | 2.60% |
Expected life (years) |  | 5.0 |
Reconciles Shareholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | The following table s reconcile shareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interest related to the Salsa Lisa acquisition, and FreshRealm, LLC (in thousands).
|  |  | Year ended |  | Year ended |
Salsa Lisa noncontrolling interest |  |  | October 31, 2015 |  | October 31, 2014 |
Noncontrolling interest, beginning |  |  | $ | 270 |  | $ | (57) |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest of Salsa Lisa |  |  |  | — |  |  | (152) |
Other |  |  |  | 15 |  |  | 479 |
Noncontrolling interest, ending |  |  | $ | 285 |  | $ | 270 |
|  |  | Year ended |  | Year ended |
FreshRealm noncontrolling interest |  |  | October 31, 2015 |  | October 31, 2014 |
Noncontrolling interest, beginning |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | (180) |
Noncontrolling interest contribution |  |  |  | — |  |  | 4,627 |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest of FreshRealm |  |  |  | — |  |  | (417) |
Deconsolidation of FreshRealm |  |  |  | — |  |  | (4,030) |
Noncontrolling interest, ending |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | —- |

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