Here is a link that will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about bananas.....well....almost everything....ggg.
web.net
It wonder if they are trying to put a deal together with Pyffes:
Top 50 European Food & Drink Companies
Ranking is based on worldwide food and drink sales in millions of U.S. dollars.
Rank Company Location
Food Sales
Total Sales
Net Profit
1 Nestle SA Switzerland 45,149 47,030 2,349
2 Unilever Plc/NV UK/Netherlands 24,268 49,527 2,679
3 Diageo UK 20,749 22,80 NA
4 Danone France 13,331 14,334 578
5 Eridania Beghin Say France 8,676 8,676 261
6 Cadbury Schweppes Plc UK 8,511 8,511 985
7 Associated British Foods Plc UK 6,926 8,657 908
8 Tate & Lyle Plc UK 6,657 8,118 343
9 Heineken nv Netherlands 6,238 6,238 335
10 Besnier SA France 4,579 4,579 80
11 Dalgety Plc UK 4,335 4,335 100
12 Allied Domecq Plc UK 4,293 7,402 1,002
13 Scottish & Newcastle Plc UK 3,622 5,573 476
14 Avonmore Food Plc Ireland 3,570 3,570 75
15 MD Foods Amba Denmark 3,500 3,500 76
16 Bass Plc UK 3,409 8,742 441
17 Campina Melkunie Netherlands 3,347 3,347 13
18 United Biscuits Plc UK 3,306 3,306 30
19 Pernod Ricard SA France 3,253 3,253 231
20 Sodiaal France 3031 3,031 17
21 Unigate Plc UK 2,932 4,017 443
22 Ets J Soufflet SA France 2,880 2,880 16
23 Northern Foods Plc UK 2,863 2,863 304
24 The Albert Fisher Group Plc UK 2,825 2,825 -201
25 Carlsberg A/S Denmark 2,717 2,717 161
26 Tomkins Plc UK 2,638 5,995 378
27 Interbrew Belgium 2,583 2,583 97
28 Hillsdown Holdings Plc UK 2,539 3,134 213
29 Novo Nordisk Industri A/S Denmark 2,500 2,500 292
30 Compagnie Laitiere Europeene France 2,421 2,421 NA
31 Koninklijke Bols Wessanen Netherlands 2,403 2,403 94
32 Manaba NV Netherlands 2,250 2,250 NA
33 Socopa SA France 2,219 2,219 NA
34 Friesland Dairy Foods Holding Netherlands 2,209 2,209 26
35 Leaf Group BV Netherlands 2,195 2,195 116
36 A Moksel AG Germany 2,069 2,069 7
37 Irish Dairy Board Ireland 1,981 1,981 29
38 LVMH Moet Hennessy France 1,932 5,085 691
39 Orkla ASA Norway 1,888 3,563 240
40 AMF Milch & Fleisch. Austria 1,874 1,874 0
41 Kerry Co-op Dairies Ltd Ireland 1,863 1,863 57
42 Danish Crown Group Denmark 1,842 1,842 29
43 Bongrain SA France 1,777 1,777 58
44 Arla AB Sweden 1,723 1,723 -6
45 Fyffes Plc Ireland 1,692 1,692 38
46 Danisco A/S Denmark 1,689 2,448 57
47 Fromageries Bel SA France 1,587 1,587 NA
48 Ferrero SpA Italy 1,551 1,551 58
49 Whitbread Plc UK 1,511 5,037 526
50 Vestjyske Stagterier Denmark 1,499 1,499 58
Source: Datamonitor NA=Not Available
Here's a link that dicusses the emerging European banana market and China's role for import/exports...(also, Europe is thelargest importer of bananas worldwide):
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