| Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the production, transportation, distribution, and marketing of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables worldwide. The company also produces prepared fruit and vegetables, juices, beverages, snacks, and desserts. It offers various fresh-cut fruit products, including bananas, pineapples, melons, grapes, and other non-tropical fruits, such as grapes, apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, avocados, and kiwis; and fresh-cut vegetable products comprising broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, celery, and various greens; as well as prepared salads, such as coleslaw and potato salad. In addition, the company engages in ocean freight and trucking, plastics and box manufacturing, and poultry farming businesses, as well as involves in growing grains on leased farms; and the ownership and operation of grain silos for the storage of grains. It markets and distributes its products to retail stores, food clubs, wholesalers, distributors, and foodservice operators under DEL MONTE brand name North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in George Town, Cayman Islands. |