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Information Regarding Our Operations in Different Segments - Gross Margin (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 194,791us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 168,165us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales	176,986us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	154,524us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross margin	17,805us-gaap_GrossProfit	13,641us-gaap_GrossProfit
Fresh products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	111,649us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember	99,722us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember
Cost of sales	102,932us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember	93,514us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember
Gross margin	8,717us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember	6,208us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_FreshProductsMember
Calavo Foods [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	14,623us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember	12,856us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember
Cost of sales	11,030us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember	10,262us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember
Gross margin	3,593us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember	2,594us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_CalavoFoodsMember
RFG [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	68,519us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember	55,587us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember
Cost of sales	63,024us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember	50,748us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember
Gross margin	$ 5,495us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember	$ 4,839us-gaap_GrossProfit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cvgw_RfgMember

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