16 Mar Creating the world’s biggest banana company
US fruit firm Chiquita Brands and Irish rival Fyffes, Europe's largest distributor, have struck an all-stock deal to create the world's biggest banana supplier....
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01 Aug Introducing the banana vending machine
Nice bit of fresh fruit marketing innovation out of Queensland, Australia, where a major banana grower has launched a specially designed fresh banana vending machine in a Brisbane food court. This neatly bypasses traditional supply channels and supermarkets, and no doubt has a dandy premium...
23 Aug Good news for banana lovers: Help may be on the way to slow that rapid over-ripening
A solution may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about one of the world's favourite fruits ― bananas and their tendency to all-too-quickly ripen, soften and rot into an unappetising mush....