date:Jul 29, 2013
UK retailer Morrisons is to acquire its first banana-ripening site at Boston, Lincolnshire.
The acquisition is a joint venture with Global Pacific, an established trading partner of Morrisons.
The nine-year-old 58,000 square foot Lincolnshire factory was owned by Del Monte until November 2011, when it ceased operation.
The opening of the Lincolnshire site in Boston will create up to 80 new jobs in the area when the site becomes operational in the autumn. Global Pacific will run the site on be