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  2. Banana Massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Banana Massacre ( Spanish: Matanza/Masacre de las bananeras[ 1]) was a massacre of workers of the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) that occurred between December 5 and 6, 1928, in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta, Colombia. A strike began on November 12, 1928, when the workers ceased to work until the company would reach an ...

  3. United Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe.

  4. The Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    The Fruit Company is an American company that was founded in 1942 by Roy Webster. The company, still privately owned and led by CEO Scott Webster, has become known for their "classic baskets and gift towers featuring Northwest-grown pears and apples". [2]

  5. Standard Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    Standard Fruit Company (now Dole plc) was established in the United States in 1924 by the Vaccaro brothers. Its forerunner was started in 1899, when Sicilian Arberesh immigrants Joseph, Luca and Felix Vaccaro, together with Salvador D'Antoni, began importing bananas to New Orleans from La Ceiba , Honduras .

  6. Tropicana Products - Wikipedia

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    Tropicana Brands ( / ˌtrɒpɪˈkænə / TROP-ih-KAN-ə) is an American fruit-based beverage company. It was founded in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi in Bradenton, Florida. Between 1998 and 2021 it was a subsidiary of PepsiCo.

  7. Boston Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    Merged with United Fruit Company in 1899. The Boston Fruit Company (1885-1899) was a fruit production and import business based in the port of Boston, Massachusetts. Andrew W. Preston and nine others established the firm to ship bananas and other fruit from the West Indies to north-eastern America. [1] [2] [3] At the time, the banana was ...

  8. Andrew Preston (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Preston was born in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts on June 29, 1846. [1] He married Frances E. Gutterson on August 5, 1869, and they had one daughter. [1] In 1884, Preston and nine others formed the Boston Fruit Company, an event marking the birth of the modern banana business.

  9. Frank H. Buck Company - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Fruit exchange would handle all shipping of fruit produced on the orchards. In 1940, packing and shipping operations merged with the Vacaville Fruit Company. [11] Following the death of Frank H. Buck (Jr.) in 1942, the company land was sold by his estate, part of which later became the location of California Medical Facility .

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