date:Mar 25, 2014
ught up in extracting the most value from what they had, which included property assets in Ireland and Britain. So instead of having a crack at Chiquita, they opted for a spin-out of Fyffes into three plcs Fyffes, Total Produce and Blackrock Land International.
Perhaps they would have pulled it off, as Fruit Importers of Ireland founder Neil McCann pulled off his coup by acquiring Fyffes itself back in 1986. Or maybe it would have been a massive mistake. We will never know.
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