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Property, Plant, and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2022
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, 

 

2022

2021

 

Land

    

$

11,008

    

$

11,008

Buildings and improvements

 

45,733

 

46,133

Leasehold improvements

 

19,030

 

25,114

Equipment

 

121,441

 

115,942

Information systems - hardware and software

 

11,920

 

11,598

Construction in progress

 

8,307

 

5,802

 

217,439

 

215,597

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(104,129)

 

(97,317)

$

113,310

$

118,280

Depreciation expense was $15.0 million, $14.5 million and $13.9 million for fiscal years 2022, 2021, and 2020. Included in property, plant, and equipment are finance leases. Amortization of finance leases was $1.8 million, $1.8 million and $1.0 million for fiscal years 2022, 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 Prepared’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, 2021, Prepared’s portion of the Green Cove facility has ceased operations. The Company’s Grown avocado operations at this facility will continue in operation and are not affected.

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.