{{Short description|American food company}} {{Distinguish|Del Monte Foods}} {{Infobox company | name = Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. | logo = Fresh Del Monte logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = Public | traded_as = {{NYSE|FDP}}<br />S&P 600 Component<br />Russell 2000 Component | predecessor = Del Monte Corporation (fruit division) | founded = {{Start date and age|1989}} | hq_location_city = Coral Gables, Florida | hq_location_country = U.S. | key_people = {{ubl|Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh (Chairman & CEO)|Mohammed Abbas (EVP & COO)|Monica Vicente (SVP & CFO)}} | num_employees = 45,000 <ref name="finance.yahoo.com">[https://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=fdp FDP: Profile for FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC. - Yahoo! Finance<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | industry = Agriculture | products = Fruit<br />Tin cans <br />Juice<br />Poultry | revenue = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|4.32 billion|link=yes}} (2023)}} | website = {{URL|freshdelmonte.com}} }} '''Fresh Del Monte Produce Incorporated''' is an American producer, distributor, and marketer of prepared, fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Incorporated in George Town, Cayman Islands, its US executive office is located at 241 Sevilla Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida.<ref name="Fresh Del Monte FAQ">[https://archive.today/20130628032912/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=108461&p=irol-faq Fresh Del Monte FAQ]</ref>
Their products include prepared fruit and vegetables, juices, beverages, snacks, and desserts sold under the Del Monte brand in Europe, Middle East and Africa, as well as fresh products worldwide under the Del Monte, UTC, ROSY and other brands. A key product is its Del Monte Gold pineapple.<ref name="freshdelmonte.com">[http://freshdelmonte.com/ Fresh Del Monte Incorporated Website]</ref>
Fresh Del Monte also operates a shipping line called Network Shipping and has a trucking operation called Tricont Trucking. In addition, they have food and beverage operations that sell freshly prepared food products in convenient locations.
==History== Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDMP) was created in 1989 when RJR Nabisco sold the fresh fruit division of Del Monte Foods to Polly Peck.<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0458-3035 | agency = Associated Press | title = British Conglomerate to Buy Part of Del Monte From RJR | work = Los Angeles Times | access-date = 2015-02-09 | date = 1989-09-08 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-08-fi-1943-story.html }}</ref> Later, Mexican businessman Carlos Cabal Peniche acquired FDMP after Polly Peck collapsed.
After Peniche fled Mexico and his company was seized by that country's government,{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Fresh Del Monte was acquired by Mohammed Abu-Ghazaleh in 1996<ref>{{Cite web | title = Arabian Business Power 500 2013 – ArabianBusiness.com | accessdate = 2015-02-09 | url = http://www.arabianbusiness.com/arabian-business-power-500-2013-493796.html?view=profile&itemid=493682#.VNgYGS6xWDg }}</ref> and went public a year later.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Fresh Del Monte Sells 16 Million Shares At $16 – Orlando Sentinel | access-date = 2015-02-09 | url = https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/10/24/fresh-del-monte-sells-16-million-shares-at-16/ }}</ref> Later, it acquired Del Monte Europe in 2004<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0362-4331 | title = COMPANY NEWS; FRESH DEL MONTE TO BUY DEL MONTE FOODS EUROPE | work = The New York Times | accessdate = 2015-02-09 | date = 2004-07-16 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/business/company-news-fresh-del-monte-to-buy-del-monte-foods-europe.html }}</ref> and the American vegetable packaging company Mann Packing in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Del Monte agrees to buy Mann Packing for $361m| work = The Salinas Californian| accessdate = 2018-09-04| url = https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2018/02/06/del-monte-buys-mann-packing-361-million/310714002/}}</ref> Fresh Del Monte Produce sold Mann Packing to Church Brothers in 2025.<ref>https://www.thepacker.com/news/industry/church-brothers-farms-acquires-mann-packing-assets</ref>
In January 2026, it was announced that FDMP had agreed to acquire the bulk of assets of California-based Del Monte Foods for approximately $285 million through a court-supervised sale under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The assets to be acquired include Del Monte Foods’ vegetable, tomato and refrigerated fruit businesses and associated brands and facilities, with the deal subject to final court approval and customary regulatory clearances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Shivam |date=2026-01-16 |title=Fresh Del Monte acquires bulk of Del Monte Foods' assets |url=https://www.just-food.com/news/del-monte-foods-asset-acquisition/ |access-date=2026-01-17 |website=Just Food |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Other companies with the name Del Monte== Del Monte Kenya is a subsidiary of Fresh Del Monte Produce involved in the cultivation, production, and canning of pineapple products.
However, the Florida-based company is not affiliated with Del Monte Pacific Limited and its subsidiaries Del Monte Foods in the United States and Del Monte Philippines, Del Monte Panamerican in Central America, or Del Monte Asia Pte Ltd which is a part of the Kikkoman Corporation.
Except for its Kenyan unit, the firms using the name continue to market pineapples, bananas, and other produce under a licensing agreement for the Del Monte label in their respective exclusive geographical territories.<ref name="DMPL-other">{{cite web |title=Other Del Monte Companies |url=https://www.delmontepacific.com/dmpl_worldwide-0/other-del-monte-companies |website=Del Monte Pacific |publisher=Del Monte Pacific Limited |access-date=20 October 2025 }}</ref>
== See also == *Chiquita Brands International *Dole Food Company *Fyffes
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== External links == *{{official website|1=http://www.freshdelmonte.com/}} {{Finance links | name = Fresh Del Monte Produce | symbol = FDP | reuters = FDP.N | bloomberg = FDP:US | sec_cik = FDP | yahoo = FDP | google = FDP }}
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