Corporate Profile
Fyffes plc is a leading international importer and distributor of tropical produce.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Fyffes has operations in Europe, the US and Central and South America.
Primary activities – production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of bananas, pineapples and melons.
Fyffes plc is listed on the Irish Enterprise Exchange (IEX) in Dublin and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London.
A commitment to the principles of corporate responsibility is at the heart of the Fyffes brand.
Group Operations
The Group is primarily involved in the production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of bananas, pineapples and melons. Fyffes and its joint ventures own and lease more than 11,000 hectares of land in Central and South America.
The fruit is generally procured and shipped from Central and South America and is sourced under long term supply contracts with purchase prices and charter rates agreed annually.
Fyffes distributes c. 36 million cases of bananas in Europe annually. In addition, the Group’s Turbana joint venture markets c.13 million cases of bananas in North America. Fyffes distributes c. 8 million cases of pineapples each year. In the winter melon category, Fyffes markets c. 8 million cases in both North America and Europe.
The Group owns or leases five state of the art banana ripening centres in the UK and Ireland and a large winter melon distribution centre in Florida.
Our Brand
Fyffes has been importing bananas for 120 years, with the first shipment into the UK in 1888.
Fyffes is the oldest fruit brand in the world dating back to 1929.
Fyffes endurance over 120 years is due to the quality of the fruit to which the Fyffes label is attached and the service levels behind it.
While it is of course most closely associated with the banana, it is also applied to our other produce including Fyffes Gold Pineapples and our winter season melons.
Only the freshest produce selected from the most reliable producers is allowed carry the famous Fyffes blue label.
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| 1929 Prototype | 1929 - 1963 | 1964 - 1994 | 1996 - Onwards |