>Del Monte goes bankrupt and starts selling their assets

>Chiquita lay off thousands of workers, closes plants and almost provokes a civil war in panama

where were you when buying a banana suddenly became a luxury?

>>21467986 (OP)
Is this because of the tariffs? Maybe it will be good for these countries to be rid of United Fruit

>>21467994
no, del monte went to shit due to bad management, and chiquita due to the syndicates turning against them, chiquita will probably be moving all their operations to asia and abandon the american continent.

I don't really like bananas so I don't care

>>21468013
>asian bananas
damn, they’re all going to be small now aren’t they

>>21468047
this also affect other products, mostly fruits.

I should only be eating things that can be grown within 100 miles of me anyway

>>21467994
Imagine believing the billionaire real estate mogul from NYC gives a flying fuck about your banana prices compared to multi national corporate profits.

First of all this "news" story doesn't even mention Houston, the national banana port of entry. So how could I possibly trust these "journalists"?

>>21468073
This is why I vote for the party of the working man

>>21468066
Based.

>>21468061
It's better that way. You have to use or eat a banana as soon as you peel them. Small bananas' smaller packaging makes things easier

>>21468061
those have always existed

>>21468126
>>21468164
Why would a woman want puny asian bananas when they could have MASSIVE AND VIRILE WESTERN BANANAS.

it's the end of the banana republic

>>21467986 (OP)
I remember this happening in WW1
It was rough back then

>>21468073
Freeport but close enough I suppose.

>>21468174
The small ones ive tried were much "fruit" and berry tasting than normal ones. There's this one vid I saw years ago where some guy was talking about the diff variety of bananas that exist but people can't really sell for various reasons, like one blue colored one that he said tasting like ice cream or something but no one would buy a blue banana cause they dumb and want yellow.

>>21467986 (OP)
Good. we have no business running agriculture. do it in third world countries and ship it in.
>but muh tariffs
as if we can't just decide no tariffs on food

"Del Monte goes bankrupt and starts selling their assets"

Who eats canned fruit or veg? That's why.

>>21467986 (OP)
Imagine not having some banana trees in your backyard to give you a bunch for free every now and then

who cares? Dole has by far the best bananas anyway. if you buy any other brand you're a retard

>>21468061
they come with a fortune cookie

>>21467986 (OP)
Bananas are grown in loads of other nations. It's honestly kind of stupid how much they cost in the USA. They aren't expensive, but if you bought $5 worth of bananas in Panama you would have a full trunk, back seat, passenger seat, and still have to strap some to the roof of your shit box car.

>>21470902
banana "trees" can only give bananas once, you have to cut them down and plant a new one when you want more bananas

>>21468514
Smaller bananas seem to have more flavor like how smaller fish often tastes better than bigger fish

>>21468061
kek

wasnt there also a new fungus threatening their whole mono-culture of cavendish?

>>21470602
I think they're the most expensive of the canned slop. I mean if im buying canned vegs im buying the no name brand for .80c vs 1.50 for muh name brand
I mean its fucking green beans, I dont think you're going to taste the difference

>>21467986 (OP)
You have no idea how evil fruit companies are. They can die.

>>21468013
Supporting terrorism and being found liable for murder didn't really help Chiquita.

>>21470602
>Who eats canned fruit or veg? That's why.
they're one of the biggest sources of fresh pineapple for food distro

>>21471964
almost right but still retarded.
the stem that has finished fruiting dies, but it regrows new shoots from its corm. those will fruit next and make more offshots. if you dont have frost in winter and enough rain, bananas are a plant once and forget about it crop.

>>21467994
This guy knows what's up. Fuck United Fruit.

>>21468061