Fyffes Group Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Fyffe, E W, Son & Co
- Fyffe, Edward W
- Fyffe, Hudson, & Co Ltd
- Elder Dempster
- Elders & Fyffes Ltd
- United Fruit Corp
- FII Plc
- Fyffes Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- Spain
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Fruit & vegetables distribution
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Tea & coffee distribution
Notes:
Traces origins to a long established tea importing business, in due course known as E W Fyffe Son & Co and managed by Edward W Fyffe. 1888 started to import and distribute bananas from Canary Islands. From c1897 known as Fyffe, Hudson & Co and from about that time controlled by banana growers as Fyffe, Hudson & Co Ltd. 1901 merged with the important fruit importing division of Liverpool shipping company, Elder Dempster, to form Elders & Fyffes Ltd. 1902 a substantial interest acquired by United Fruit Corp of USA and fully owned by them from 1913. Became Fyffes Group Ltd in 1969. Sold by United Brands, by then owners of UFC, in 1986 to FII Plc of Ireland which in due course changed its name to Fyffes Plc in 1990
Publications:
- Caribbean Banana Trade. From colonisation to globalization by Clegg, Peter
- 'Development of the international trade in bananas with special reference to their carriage by sea' in K Friedland (ed), Maritime Food Transport by Davies, Peter N
- First hundred years. Fyffes and the banana, 1888-1988 by Davies, Peter N
- Fyffes and the Banana. Musa Sapientum. A centenary history, 1888-1988 by Davies, Peter N
- International Banana Trade by Roche, Julian
- Merchant Fleets. No 31. Elders & Fyffes and Geest by Haws, Duncan
- Yes! We have some. The story of Fyffes by Beaver, Patrick
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Fyffe, E W, Son & Co
- Fyffe, Edward W
- Fyffe, Hudson, & Co Ltd
- Elder Dempster
- Elders & Fyffes Ltd
- United Fruit Corp
- FII Plc
- Fyffes Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- Spain
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Fruit & vegetables distribution
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Tea & coffee distribution
Notes:
Traces origins to a long established tea importing business, in due course known as E W Fyffe Son & Co and managed by Edward W Fyffe. 1888 started to import and distribute bananas from Canary Islands. From c1897 known as Fyffe, Hudson & Co and from about that time controlled by banana growers as Fyffe, Hudson & Co Ltd. 1901 merged with the important fruit importing division of Liverpool shipping company, Elder Dempster, to form Elders & Fyffes Ltd. 1902 a substantial interest acquired by United Fruit Corp of USA and fully owned by them from 1913. Became Fyffes Group Ltd in 1969. Sold by United Brands, by then owners of UFC, in 1986 to FII Plc of Ireland which in due course changed its name to Fyffes Plc in 1990Publications:
- Caribbean Banana Trade. From colonisation to globalization by Clegg, Peter
- 'Development of the international trade in bananas with special reference to their carriage by sea' in K Friedland (ed), Maritime Food Transport by Davies, Peter N
- First hundred years. Fyffes and the banana, 1888-1988 by Davies, Peter N
- Fyffes and the Banana. Musa Sapientum. A centenary history, 1888-1988 by Davies, Peter N
- International Banana Trade by Roche, Julian
- Merchant Fleets. No 31. Elders & Fyffes and Geest by Haws, Duncan
- Yes! We have some. The story of Fyffes by Beaver, Patrick