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Property, Plant, and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2021
Property, Plant, and Equipment  
Property, Plant, and Equipment

4. Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

October 31, 

 

2021

2020

 

Land

    

$

11,008

    

$

11,008

Buildings and improvements

 

46,133

 

44,984

Leasehold improvements

 

25,114

 

33,047

Equipment

 

115,942

 

108,505

Information systems - hardware and software

 

11,598

 

11,385

Construction in progress

 

5,802

 

5,244

 

215,597

 

214,173

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(97,317)

 

(83,903)

$

118,280

$

130,270

Depreciation expense was $14.5 million, $13.9 million and $13.0 million for fiscal years 2021, 2020, and 2019. Included in property, plant, and equipment is finance leases. Amortization of finance leases was $1.8 million and $1.0 million for fiscal years 2021 and 2020.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, and has subsequently issued several supplemental and/or clarifying ASU's (collectively, "Topic 842"), which requires a dual approach for lease accounting under which a lessee would account for leases as finance leases or operating leases. Both finance leases and operating leases result in the lessee recognizing a right of use asset and a corresponding lease liability. For finance leases, the lessee would recognize interest expense and amortization of the right-of-use asset, and for operating leases, the lessee would recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis. See Note 17.

On October 18, 2021, the Company announced the closure of RFG’s food processing operations at its Green Cove Springs (near Jacksonville), Florida facility, as part of its Project Uno profit improvement program. As of November 15, the Green Cove facility of RFG has ceased operations. The Company’s Fresh avocado operations at this facility will continue in operation and are not affected. RFG will continue to serve customers of this location from its other food processing locations, primarily in Georgia.

The closure resulted in a reduction of 140 employees, impairment of leasehold improvements, writedowns of inventory and other assets, and certain cash expenditures for the relocation of machinery and equipment and the closure of the leased facilities. See Note 18 for further information.