Information regarding our operations in different segments - Gross Profit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018
Segment reporting information
Net sales	$ 359,332	$ 296,419	$ 903,601	$ 808,752
Cost of sales	323,557	263,349	800,152	717,403
Gross profit	35,775	33,070	103,449	91,349
Fresh products [Member]
Segment reporting information
Net sales	206,989	149,834	474,779	410,554
Cost of sales	181,668	134,903	400,902	366,246
Gross profit	25,321	14,931	73,877	44,308
Calavo Foods [Member]
Segment reporting information
Net sales	24,832	25,340	68,258	66,290
Cost of sales	22,000	17,199	52,671	44,622
Gross profit	2,832	8,141	15,587	21,668
RFG [Member]
Segment reporting information
Net sales	127,511	121,245	360,564	331,908
Cost of sales	119,889	111,247	346,579	306,535
Gross profit	7,622	9,998	13,985	25,373
Elimination between Fresh products and RFG [member]
Segment reporting information
Sales and Cost of Sales Eliminated	500	300	1,400	1,000
Elimination between Calavo Foods and RFG [member]
Segment reporting information
Sales and Cost of Sales Eliminated	1,000	800	2,700	2,500
Elimination between Fresh products and Calavo Foods [member]
Segment reporting information
Sales and Cost of Sales Eliminated	200	100	400	200
Operating segments
Segment reporting information
Revenue less sales incentives	361,037	297,628	908,061	812,273
Net sales	365,069	302,146	918,578	825,027
Cost of sales	325,263	264,558	804,613	720,924
Operating segments \| Fresh products [Member]
Segment reporting information
Revenue less sales incentives	207,730	150,217	476,586	411,605
Net sales	208,284	150,817	478,209	413,297
Cost of sales	182,346	135,254	402,521	367,209
Operating segments \| Calavo Foods [Member]
Segment reporting information
Revenue less sales incentives	25,796	26,166	70,911	68,760
Net sales	28,357	29,405	77,762	78,048
Cost of sales	22,952	17,739	54,775	46,200
Operating segments \| RFG [Member]
Segment reporting information
Revenue less sales incentives	127,511	121,245	360,564	331,908
Net sales	128,428	121,924	362,607	333,682
Cost of sales	119,965	111,565	347,317	307,515
Intercompany eliminations
Segment reporting information
Net sales	(1,705)	(1,209)	(4,460)	(3,521)
Cost of sales	(1,706)	(1,209)	(4,461)	(3,521)
Intercompany eliminations \| Fresh products [Member]
Segment reporting information
Net sales	(741)	(383)	(1,807)	(1,051)
Cost of sales	(678)	(351)	(1,619)	(963)
Intercompany eliminations \| Calavo Foods [Member]
Segment reporting information
Net sales	(964)	(826)	(2,653)	(2,470)
Cost of sales	(952)	(540)	(2,104)	(1,578)
Intercompany eliminations \| RFG [Member]
Segment reporting information
Cost of sales	$ (76)	$ (318)	$ (738)	$ (980)

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