The banana industry in the Canary Islands is concerned about Chiquita's expansion in Europe.
2025-10-09 00:00
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Chiquita, a U.S. multinational originally founded as the United Fruit Company in 1899 by Minor Keith, has established its largest ripening center in the EU in Cortenuova (Bergamo, Lombardy) and has begun planting 20,000 banana trees in Sicily, aiming to start marketing them by mid-2026.
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