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Retirement Plans (Details 6) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Retirement Plans (Details 6) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan
Retirement Plans
Number of multiemployer plans	2
Number of contribution schedules providing for higher contributions from participating employers	2
Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan \| New CBA covering hourly workers
Retirement Plans
Increased contributions percentage for each of the three years covered by the new CBA	0.055
Term of CBA	3 years
UFW Pension Fund A
Retirement Plans
Contributions	$ 909,000	$ 817,000	$ 746,000
Estimated unfunded vested benefit	28,300,000
Withdrawal liability rate (as a percent)	7.00%
Period of limitation of payments	20 years
Withdrawal liability	$ 15,400,000

Represents the term of collective bargaining agreement (CBA) under the plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Represents the number of contribution schedules providing for higher contributions from participating employers under the multiemployer plan.

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Represents the estimated amount of obligations that will recognized if there is a withdrawal from a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Represents the period of limitation of payments under the plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Represents the withdrawal obligation rate established under the plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Represents the number of multiemployer plans.

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Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plans by the employer. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 80

-Section 50

-Paragraph 11

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Increase (decrease) in the employer's contractual contribution rate to the multiemployer plan. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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Amount of the obligation recognized by withdrawing from a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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