Autumn Fyffes Times 2018

Issue No. 10 | September 2018

Fyffes Times

happy anniversary to us!
130 years of fyffes bananas

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nContents [4-5] It’s our 130th
Anniversary!
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[6]New Dundalk [22]Serving up [44]Help us light our
video launched. Pineapple! Birthday candles!

[7]Fyffes competition [23]Say it with [44]Kids Colour me in!
funds school sensory Flowers...
room. [45-46]Be Part of the
[24-25]Ghana - Fyffes Times!
[8]Largest container Gateway to West Africa.
ship to ever berth in
Cork. [26]A Japanese
Halloween.
[9] Learning the Trade
& Spot the Label. [27]25 Years
promoting our Brand.,
[10]The Fascinating
World of Banana Finger
Labels.

[11]Highline
Mushrooms continues
to grow & Fyffes
Underground.

[28] Total Blow Out!

[12-13]No waste [29]New Pens a 130 years ago Edward Wathen Fyffe -
initiative gives Dubai Colour Stage 1! pictured right - shipped the first two
workers a boost of bunches of bananas from the Canary
energy. [30]Meet the Islands! Now that’s worth celebrating!
Banana Slug!
[14]Spotlight on
Michaela Schneider. [31]All Washed Up!

[15]The Carbon [32-39]Pets Love
Footprint of a Banana. Fyffes!

[16-17]Fyffes [40]Call me Banana!
Volunteers securely & Clara Loves Bananas!
rooted in Costa Rica!
[41]Anyone for Cake?
[18]Sending & Baby News!
Postcards.
[42-43]Recipes -
[19]World Emoji Day Anniversary Banoffee
Pie & Fyffes Creepy
[20-21]Chasing the Halloween Pineapples
Blues. with Fruity Skewers.

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it’s our 130th anniversary!

On 20th September 2018 it will be 130 as the company’s main product. banana carton for trade show display
years exactly since Fyffes began trading So it was that Edward began a journey boards, a special section on our websites,
in bananas. On that date in 1888 Edward founded on innovation and unique engaging social media posts and even a
Wathen Fyffe looked on excitedly as the partnerships, that would see his business special banana finger label!
first 2 stems of fruit were unloaded in the become the first branded fruit company
courtyard outside his tiny office at 148½ and the world’s largest Fairtrade banana Thank you for all your help so far – here’s
Fenchurch Street, London. supplier. And later still of course, Fyffes to the next 130 years!
would expand into pineapples, melons
Even though the bananas had arrived and mushrooms. Today, 130 years on
a few days early, they were already very and with Sumitomo as a new business
ripe! Edward hurriedly arranged for partner, we begin the next chapter in our
the smelly fruits to be taken to Covent company’s remarkable history! Edward
Garden Market and offered for sale. To his would be pleased!
great surprise they made a small profit.
Admittedly, there were problems with To celebrate 130 years of partnership
transportation, but with work the banana and innovation, we will be running a
idea could be winner! During the next promotional campaign during the month
few years, banana importation became of September. There will be colourful
very successful and bananas replaced tea trade advertising and a “then & now”

CELEBRATING 130 YEARS
OF PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION

[1888 - 2018]

From the moment that those first two stems of Canary Island bananas arrived outside our
small London office on September 20th, 1888, we’ve been passionate about bananas.
Over these past 130 years we’ve worked with growers, shippers and retailers to develop industry
leading techniques that improve efficiency, support sustainability and deliver consistent quality.
Thank you for your support.
Here’s to the next 130 years!

To discover more, visit Fyffes.com

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new dundalk video launched fyffes competition funds
school sensory room
The story of Dundalk FC and its Formally launched by Fyffes The first video – launched in 2014
achievements in domestic and Ireland managing director Gerry and entitled ‘Every Step of the Way’ It was an extra special back-to-school day for 11-year- The room has many features including a climbing wall,
European competitions continues Cunningham at an event in Oriel – depicted the Club’s emergence old Saoirse Hayes from Kinsale, Co Cork, as the sensory a trampoline, a bouncing ball area, rope ladders, tactile
to be told on film with the release of Park recently, ‘The Next Chapter’ from times of difficulty. ‘The Town’, room she designed for her school opened for use for the areas and multiple mirrors.
another production, funded by the is in the style of its three popular released a year later, placed an first time. The rainforest-themed multi-sensory room has
Club’s main sponsor, Fyffes. predecessors, each of which focused emphasis on the people of Dundalk been two years in the making and will benefit all 306 Emma Hunt-Duffy, Marketing Manager Fyffes Ireland
on a distinctly different aspect of the and the importance of the club to students who attend Scoil Naomh Eltin in Kinsale. said ‘It’s great to see this project brought to life! Saoirse’s
Entitled ‘The Next Chapter’, it is the Dundalk FC story. the region. The 2016 launch of ‘The idea was chosen from hundreds of entries from all
fourth video in the series produced Captain’s Armband recalled the Saoirse, a sixth class student, came up with the design around the country, and it’s fantastic that the multi-
by Fyffes since its sponsorship of the Speaking at the launch, Gerry story of Dundalk FC as seen through when she entered a ‘Fyffes Go Bananas’ primary school sensory room will have such a positive impact within
Club began. Like its predecessors, Cunningham said: “As with all clubs in the eyes of Club captains, past and design competition which invited budding young the school’.
it will be shared on YouTube and major competitions, strong backing present. architects to submit ideas as to how best to incorporate
other social media channels such has a vital role to play. As a company a multi-sensory space into a mainstream school.
as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. strongly rooted in Dundalk, Fyffes To-date, these first three videos
It will also feature on Dundalk FC, is proud that the sense of security have attracted over 1 million views Saoirse took first prize in the competition two years
Fyffes and other sporting websites. our sponsorship brings allows across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter ago and her winning design was unveiled at the start
administrators, team managers, and other online media. In that, they of September after it was brought to life and installed
The storyline of this latest video players and coaches to focus more are said to have had a ‘beneficial by Adam & Friends in the school during the summer
deals with the Club’s response to the effectively on the important task of influence’ in helping to create an months.
challenge being set by rivals and its winning matches”. international awareness of Dundalk
disappointment at having missed out FC and in giving the Club an aura of Susan O’Hanrahan, principal of Scoil Naomh Eltin, Kinsale, with sixth class student Saoirse Hayes
on winning their fourth league title Responding, Dundalk FC Chairman, solidity and success similar to that and her teacher Dara Neary in the new multi-sensory room which was designed by Saoirse.
in a row last year. Coverage is also Michael Treacy said: “Fyffes ongoing enjoyed by leading clubs in the UK
given to the benefits their success sponsorship is helping the Club and elsewhere.
has brought to Oriel Park in terms of achieve success and is providing a
player morale, team confidence and way for us to share our journey as the ‘The Next Chapter’ can be viewed on
future development. team’s story unfolds”. the Fyffes Ireland YouTube channel:

CLICK HERE!

Gerry Cunningham far right with 07
three members of Dundalk FC.

largest container ship to Learning the trade
ever berth in cork, ireland
Antonia Carlowitz from Hamburg, Germany, visited
June 2018 saw the Port of Cork’s deepwater terminal scale of Fyffes importation business. We alone have 312 the UK this summer as part of her apprenticeship
unload a mega cargo of fruit - including millions of containers of fruit on this vessel at the moment - most at Interweichert. She is half way through a 3 year
bananas. The MV Polar Costa Rica eased past Roche’s of them are bananas, and the rest are pineapples. This is program and spent one week in England to learn
Point, Ireland after its 10-day transatlantic voyage the ship’s first call, and we’ve taken about 50 containers about Fyffes UK Operations.
and docked at the port facility in Ringaskiddy. A off here in Cork but the ship will deliver the rest of our
huge logistics operation kicked in to unload part of containers to the UK and Europe next, for distribution Antonia with Roger Crudge, Quality
its massive cargo of bananas predominately, but also all over the UK and to nine countries across Europe. And Assurance Manager during her visit
pineapples and melons, direct from plantations across then we’ll do it all again next week.””
Central America. With a deadweight tonnage of 43,600 to Fyffes UK Head Office & Banana
tonnes, the 230-metre long ocean-going giant was The mega fruit delivery from Central America to Cork Ripening Centre, Basingstoke.
carrying hundreds of huge containers, each containing occurs weekly, but it normally arrives in a slightly smaller
several pallets which in turn contained dozens of smaller vessel.
boxes of fruit.
Despite the size of the MV Polar Costa Rica, the
The MV Polar Costa Rica has capacity for 1,000 con- discharge operation took between six to eight hours.
tainers which means the ship could carry about 132m The Port of Cork said the efficiency of the entire
bananas - if that was its only cargo. operation highlights its capability as a Tier 1 port.
As the Port of Cork recently began construction of
Fyffes, took 50 containers containing about 7million the new Cork Container Terminal in Ringaskiddy, it is
bananas off the ship. anticipated that these size vessels will soon become
regular visitors to the Port of Cork.
Con Connolly, Port Operations Manager with Fyffes, said
“Vessels of this size are calling to Cork because of the

spot the label!

How many times can you spot our celebratory
130th Anniversary finger label throughout the
Fyffes Times?

Send your answer to Carolyn at cuglow.com.
First two correct answers drawn at random will
win a Fyffes goodie bag!

Mike Cartledge presents and

08 unveilis the plaque.

the fascinating world of highline mushrooms continues to grow:
banana finger labels! company acquires fifth farm in western canada

Millions of people in the world have hobbies but it takes In mid-July Highline Mushrooms welcomed Highline is delighted with the acquisition of 4SK which allows
a real banana lover to collect banana finger labels! And the latest member of its expanding family the company to continue its focus on producing the highest
yes, there are people who collect them! Click on the link with the acquisition of the ultra-modern quality mushrooms within the North American marketplace.
to take a look at German website Riehl and see how many farm known as 4SK or, to give it the full and
of our Fyffes labels you recognise. We’ve even spotted our proper title, “Four Seasons King” in British
130th Anniversary limited edition finger label on there! Columbia, Canada.

CLICK HERE! The Dutch-style farm consists of 12 growing
rooms of 9,400 ft2 each (875m2) with the
010 full range of associated equipment. With
a staff headcount of 60 people it currently
produces over 100,000 lbs of mushrooms on
a 6-week cycle. The Christiaens-built farm
brings Highline’s total number of locations
in Canada to nine: five in British Columbia,
three in Ontario and one in Alberta.

FYFFES UNDERGROUND

It’s surprising what’s hidden beneath the roads of
Basingstoke, home to our UK Head Office. Wonderful
murals depicting Fyffes trucks back in the day have been
carefully painted on under road subways and depict our
trucks from as early as the 1930’s.

Julie Mulley, Fyffes Administrator, came across the two
murals you see on her lunchtime walk. The murals have
in fact been there for sometime and were created as part
of a sponsorship deal with local museum Milestones back
in the year 2000. Other local businesses have also been
painted in various murals around Basingstoke.

It’s great to know that 130 years of Fyffes lives on under
the roads of Basingstoke.

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NO WASTE INITIATIVE GIVES 15
DUBAI WORKERS A BOOST OF ENERGY

In soaring Dubai temperatures of 42° celsius, Ric
Bokx, General Manager Middle-East, Paul van Vlijmen,
Sales Executive Middle-East and the rest of the team
came up with a genius and generous plan to help local
construction company, ALEC near Marina Gate, Dubai.
With their quick thinking, they put 120 boxes (1200
bananas) of yellow bananas to good use, they were
perfectly edible but had simply gone past their best for
supermarket sale.
Nearly 2000 workers on the Marina Gate building site,
tasked with working long hours in unbelievably hot
weather enjoyed an exceptionally welcome banana
delivery by our Fyffes partner delivery team - RSA
Logistics. Hungry workers were delighted with the
banana donation and no doubt it fuelled them with
energy for the big build.
What a fantastic team effort from Fyffes Dubai!

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SPOTLIGHT ON the carbon footprint of a banana!
MICHAELA SCHNEIDER
Callum Salter is an Ecology and Conservation student had the highest carbon dioxide emissions to the
Michaela Schneider, Business Development Manager at Manchester Metropolitan University here in the lowest. The five items were: a banana, a cafe latte, a
for Continental Europe, Fyffes was recently elected to UK. As part of his studies, Callum recently undertook cheese burger, the manufacture of a computer and
join the SIFAV Steering Committee. Under the SIFAV a Carbon Literacy Project with the aim of informing a car driving in congested traffic for 5 days a week all
program, members have committed to a target of 100% the general public about climate change and how to year (This is actually the order of lowest to highest).
sustainably sourced produce from ‘risk’ countries by reduce your own personal impact on the environment. The five items were chosen as they are readily
2020. Read on to learn more about Michaela and her Callum tells us his story... available and used everyday and all have hidden costs
role... that you don’t think about. Strangely, roughly half the
Our Carbon Literacy experiment took place at award people who took part assumed that bananas were the
Can you please tell us about yourself, and what GAP and Rainforest Alliance, or collaborate in industry winning festival bluedot, Jodrell Park, Cheshire, UK Set highest carbon emitting item when, in fact they were
motivated you to apply for a position in the SIFAV SC? initiatives. For example, through the World Banana against the backdrop of the iconic Lovell telescope, the least in our line up. Fortunately, now they know
Firstly, I would like to thank you for this election. SIFAV is Forum (WBF), Fyffes is in working groups that relate to bluedot is an intergalactic festival of music, science, the real facts.
such an important initiative to drive a more sustainable living wage and health and safety. Fyffes is the largest arts, culture and the exploration of space. Named
supply, and it is great to now be an active member. As exporter of organic and Fairtrade bananas, and supports bluedot because from space, our planet is but a blue There are hidden environmental costs in all of our
an engagement towards higher sustainable standards farmers in the adoption of organic and Fairtrade dot. everyday lives and in general we, as responsible
is key to Fyffes and to me personally, it offers a good standards. Our mission: to ask festival-goers to rank five humans should think more about where our everyday
opportunity to drive changes in our industry. everyday household objects from what they thought items are produced and come from.
At the moment, there is an ongoing process to optimize
What are your goals for contributing to SIFAV while our sustainability strategy. Based on an external and
serving on the SC? internal review, a materiality matrix has been developed
With more than 20 years’ experience in fresh produce, to understand the interests and priorities of our clients,
I’m looking forward to contributing in setting milestones workers, communities, NGOs, standard bodies and other
for a more sustainable supply. As dialogues throughout interested parties. The aim is to better align our approach
the business are important to improve existing standards and engagement to the SDGs. As we are still working on
and polices, I see a high potential in exchanging and this new foundation it is too early to share anything.
discussing possibilities to define appropriate tasks and
to come to sustainable consensuses. Joining at this How was your first SC meeting, what were your first
stage, sets a high focus on SIFAV beyond 2020 and my impressions?
aim is to define appropriate key areas and criteria for this Firstly, I got a very warm welcome. Secondly, the
important next phase of SIFAV and for our industry. atmosphere was very friendly and the dialogues took
place in an open and straightforward manner. This is
Can you tell us a bit about the Fyffes sustainability the right attitude and platform to address issues and to
strategy, both currently and for the future? discuss challenges!
Fyffes has a strong overall commitment to CSR and
sustainability across the supply chain. Our engagement Do you have any messages for the wider group of SIFAV
is based on our Code of Conduct and values. partners?
Long-term relationships, supporting our client I’m looking forward to collaborating and exchanging
initiatives and working together with smallholders is with partners to drive a more sustainable approach for
key to Fyffes. Memberships in industry initiatives like our industry. Every step is important, and we have a
WBF, SIFAV, ETI and ABNB are fundamental to improving great platform to drive changes for our industry.
conditions. Fyffes is also active in establishing and So, let’s work on it together as best as possible to
shaping best practice standards for the industry. For this, make it happen!
we work together with standards bodies like GLOBAL

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fyffes volunteers securely rooted in costa rica!

On 4 August, twelve fantastic volunteers allowing their animals to enter the protected
travelled to Costa Rica’s National Monument area and cause damage.
Guayabo, located approximately 2 hours Fyffes Volunteers were tasked with re-fencing
outside of San Jose, Northwest of the country a stretch of fence along the boundary of the
close to the city of Turrialba. The National reserve and planting trees along the outer part
Monument consists of a number of Pre-Hispanic of the reserve, consisting of three types of native
architectural structures which make up part trees; Costa Rica’s National tree the Guanacaste,
of what once was one of the longest occupied the Cortes, which is a very famous tree in Central
cities, from 1000 BC to 1400 AD. It was thought America for its brief but spectacular displays of
that over 5,000 inhabitants lived here at one yellow flowers in the dry season and last but
stage. Today the site is renowned for the not least the Sota-Caballo tree. This tree can be
engineering techniques employed which have found in some of our banana farms being used
stood the test of time. as a gallery tree along watercourses, employed
The site is located within a 233 hectare reserve; for its low spreading branches that provide
this wilderness area protects the remnants of a protection to the watercourse and allow the
Cloud Forest, which is situated between 990m airplanes spraying to pass over easily.
and 1300m above sea level. After all our hard work we were treated to a
The event was organised with Pro Parques guided tour of the National Monument and
who coordinate projects between private shared a lovely lunch together in a nearby
sector companies, volunteers and with Costa restaurant.
Rica’s national parks and reserves, to protect We would like to thank all our Tree-mendous
and improve them. The National Monument volunteers who gave up their Saturday’s to come
Guayabo needed urgent help in order to protect and participate. Next time we hope to see even
the park from livestock, where local farmers were more volunteers.

Group photo at the National Monument Guayabo The National Monument Guayabo Sherree Badillad, Ignacio Martinez and Steven O’Hora Yuji Nobumoto
Giovanni Vega’s family
Planting trees, left to right Steven O’Hora, Stella Davis,
Gilbert Rojos, Sherree Badillad and Jose Oliveira

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sending postcards world emoji day

Check out our fantastic Summer e-postcards - they use our World Emoji Day took place on 17 July and in
colourful produce images to inspire thoughts of happy the spirit of all things emoji, we put out the
summer days. All five cards feature on our website page and below message on our Facebook page. Let
encourage visitors to the site to send a postcard via e-mail to us know what you think the emojis say to be
fill someone’s day with a little tropical magic. New postcards in with a chance of winning a Fyffes banana
will be added throughout the year. shaped USB stick. Send your answer to Carolyn
at [email protected] by 1 October 2018. Two
To send someone a card and brighten their day, click on the lucky winners drawn at random will win.
link below.

CLICK HERE!

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go to fyff es.com

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chasing The Blues

Nicolette Johns rocks the world of Fyffes and interviews Steven van Zandt

Nicolette Johns, Fyffes’s Shipping In a coup for The Blues Alone website and has his own radio programme in the US.
Administrator based in Rotterdam, is a keen for Nicolette personally, she was invited to The interview lasted 30 minutes and Nicolette
follower of Blues music and she and her interview the legendary Steven van Zandt on said Steven van Zandt was very relaxed and
husband José are well known faces on the Saturday 14 July at the Blues Peer Festival in easy to talk to and was an incredibly nice guy.
Blues circuit in The Netherlands and Belgium. Peer, Belgium. Steven van Zandt is best known If you wish to read the interview, it’s available
She also runs The Blues Alone website and as a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen and the E at www.thebluesalone.nl
has written articles for the site since 2011 Street Band, whom he joined in 1975 to 1984,
reporting on everything from reviews to leaving to continue his own projects such as Far left: Bruce Springsteen with
discussions on all aspects of Blues music. Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. He re- Steven van Zandt.
Nicolette has seven volunteers throughout joined the E Street band in 1999 and continues
The Netherlands who are writers and to play with them to this day. Middle: Steven van Zandt with
photographers and who attend festivals Bruce Springsteen admits that van Zandt James Gandolfini in The Sopranos.
and/or concerts such as John Hiatt, Nick was partially responsible for the signature
Cave, James Taylor, Neil Young and The guitar line in ‘Born To Run’, his best-known Right: Steven van Zandt with
Rolling Stones. José is a highly respected song. van Zandt is also a well-known actor, Nicolette Johns.
photographer of Blues artists and his his most famous roles being Silvio Dante and
photographs have been used by well-known The Sopranos series which ran from 1999-
artists such America’s Seasick Steve and 2007 and in Lilyhammer (Norwegian comedy
renowned British Blues Artist, Ian Siegal, series 2012-2014). He also works as a record
including the album cover for Siegal’s ‘Man & producer, runs the Rock and Roll Forever
Guitar’ album. Foundation “TeachRock” (Teachrock.org) and

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serving up pineapple! say it with flowers...

Chris Fava, fanatical Wimbledon fan has turned up at detail on the front of the jacket shows the names of Colombians have an incredible zest for life and love But of course, the focus is on the flowers and the
Wimbledon since 2013 dressed in spectacular outfits the men’s Wimbledon champions just as the actual festivals. Taking over Colombia’s second city for a exhibition gardens in the city’s Botanical Gardens.
befitting of Wimbledon. Last years outfit saw him don trophy does. week every summer, the Medellin Flower Festival is Colombia’s tropical climate and varied geography
a hawk outfit giving a nod to Rufus the Hawk, the an expression of national and regional pride and the means that they can and do grow just about anything.
bird of prey who keeps piegeons away from the grass There’s no telling what Chris has planned for next people of Medellin have always seen it as a chance
courts. Prior to that, Chris has dressed as the blue sky, year. Having already dressed as a strawberry and with to celebrate what is bold, bright and beautiful about This year the pineapple gardens were a particular
the sun and even a strawberry. This year, Chris arrived the popularity of bananas for tennis players, maybe their city. highlight with this wonderful display overflowing
in an eye catching, outrageous, bespoke golden suit to 2019 will see him dressed as a Fyffes banana! with life and colour.
emanate the Wimbledon Men’s trophy. As such, there is a huge programme of cultural
events including free outdoor concerts of classical,
You would need to be eagle eyed to have noticed STRITA’SWNBWOERTIMRABILELLSEAADBNOODNUC-TRTEHAEM! rock and electronic music, art exhibitions, public
that the Wimbledon champions’ trophy has a performances, food roadshows and cookery classes.
pineapple on the top. The reason why there is a oWbuaitm-ntpaboArnlnoeanauvdbsaimoonswnugtbeotepbru4rleaan1bnmydfaaeiounnrnrsngaa!ecns2Tnha,hre1eesar9dagtp5lyulekay!pgrvaepborrlfyeaaygtheeres The whole city gets involved with a carnival-like
pineapple on top of the trophy remains a mystery but atmosphere everywhere.
there are a number of theories. There are very few
facts about the pineapple’s origin but it is believed
it dates back to the fruit’s use as a symbol of honour,
welcoming and celebration.
Chris is pictured below in his trophy ensemble. The

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ghana - gateway to west africa

Bananas are a popular food amongst Ghanaians. and not entirely “perfect” remember that they
They are sold at the roadside as well as in some of probably taste just as good and wonderfully
the developing supermarkets in the larger towns sweet.
and cities, with many people working on banana Our Fyffes goodies also made it all the way to
plantations. Ghana! The two ladies in the bottom right hand
picture are mother and daughter and work on
Contrary to what you may think, the bananas a banana plantation. They were delighted with
seen in the photographs may be look very ripe their Fyffes pens and banana shaped keyrings!
and marked but taste absolutely delicious. So,
perhaps next time you are out shopping and
see that some of the bananas look a bit marked

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a japanese halloween 25 years promoting our brand

It’s good to see our Japanese partners, Sumitomo In Tokyo, young people gather in lively As the UK’s Brand Manager and the company’s Brand
are truly on board with Halloween. Read on to see parts of the city like Shibuya and Roppongi, Representative, Paul Barrett has been promoting
how the Japanese celebrate this spooky night.... dressed as fanciful creatures or perhaps animated our Blue Label for 25 years. At an event to mark the
characters, strolling along the streets and turning occasion, Andy Denham-Smith, Director, presented
Halloween, the evening of October 31, is them into a party. Their photos will probably end Paul with the traditional commemorative watch. A
known as a time for children to dress up in up on social media and local clubs and restaurants good time was had by all and everyone especially
frightening costumes and go door to door in get in on the act to help people enjoy themselves. enjoyed the Freddy Fyffe cake!
their neighborhood. The custom began long
ago in Europe to pray for a good autumn Special sales counters at department stores
harvest and chase away bad spirits. Since offer costumes, together with makeup sets and
around 2010 it has grown in popularity in accessories. The economic ripple effect from
Japan too, although it is mostly celebrated this fad is growing year by year and looks set to
by people in their 20s and 30s who enjoy continue globally.
“cosplay,” having fun by putting on “costumes”
to “play.”

Left: Andy Denham-Smith
awards Paul Barrett his

026 25 year Fyffes watch.

Total blow out! new pens a colour stage 1!

Imagine if you had to blow up all of these Fyffes To win one of our fabulous inflatable bananas, answer It seems even our pens are starting their life green!!! Question: Which fruit is the main ingredient
inflatable bananas! Well, that’s exactly what happens the following question: The NEW colour stage 1 green banana pen is rare of Banoffee Pie?
when we order a batch of our famous one metre long amongst the thousands of colour stage 6 yellow
inflatables. The order was placed with a UK company These words all describe either a single banana or pens we ordered. A) Fyffes Gold pineapple
who have the inflatables maufactured in China. Prior to a group of bananas. Arrange them in order of the B) Mango
dispatching our order, they inflate every single banana number of bananas from smallest to largest. Answer the following to be one of the first to get C) Fyffes banana
to test they are up to standard! That was a staggering hold of a set of our new pens, one green and one
1000 bananas on our last order Bunch, Finger, Hand, Cluster. yellow. Perhaps the green one will turn yellow! Send your answer to Carolyn at [email protected]
by 1 October 2018. The first two correct answers
The effort we make to ensure our fruit is top quality is Send your answer to Carolyn at [email protected] drawn at random win!
truly second to none, even when it comes down to our by 1 October 2018. The first two correct answers drawn
inflatable fruit! at random win!

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meet the banana slug! all washed up!

Of course the Ariolimax californicus numb, making chewing all but For perspective, an average-sized Shetland islanders were intrigued Shetland islanders started sharing
slug is a rather fabulous thing – it’s impossible. banana is 18-20cm. Its colour can and bemused to find tropical photos of their pineapple finds and
other name is ..........the Banana change depending on its diet, pineapples washed up on local have enjoyed the island being given
Slug!! Who knew there was even Despite its unappetizing exterior, light exposure, and the amount beaches, albeit that they were a bit a tropical twist. The story of
such a thing as a banana slug?! Well, the banana slug is actually an of moisture in their environment - shrivelled. It is thought the fruit was the missing fruit was even the
there is and it’s delightfully yellow amazing little creature. Usually ranging from yellow, to yellow with from containers lost overboard in subject of a local festival with
and banana shaped. Moreover, found in forested areas of the black spots (like a ripe banana!) and the Atlantic last year. Two containers locals dressing as pineapples and
the giant Banana Slug has more pacific coast, the banana slug is a more rarely- green and white. filled with pineapples and bananas pineapple tins!
than just its size and resemblance integral part of the ecosystem in were lost from the cargo ship
to a certain yellow fruit as a claim which it lives. Banana slugs are avid Whether you like slugs or not, Lombok Strait; a ship thought to One thing is for sure, this is as
to fame. It is the colour which recyclers, chomping on materials this little fella truly is the unsung have been used by Del Monte on tropical as the Shetland Islands is
first attracts. Even those averse in that are found on the forest floor champion of the forest! 22 October 2017. The loss was likely to get with its usual climate
general to slugs can find the banana - leaves, dead plants, mushrooms, attributed to bad weather. a little less tropical than that of the
variety compelling, they have soft animal poop - and leaves behind home of the pineapple!
bodies and no obvious shell. the digested remains as a nutrient Experts reported at the time they
- rich soil called humus. believed beaches in Shetland and
Fascinatingly, the Banana Slug’s the Western Isles would be the
mucus doesn’t taste very nice and The banana slug is the second most likely destination for the cargo
contains an anesthetic which can largest slug in the world, to wash up and sure enough the
make the predator’s mouth tissue measuring up to 24cm in length. pineapples started to drift onto
Shetland’s beaches 10 months later.

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petS love fyffes! PetsItL’sooveffiFciyaflfes! Paddy & Oreo

It’s official, pets really do love Fyffes and here are the Black labrador Paddy, pictured far left
pictures to prove it! We have been inundated with munches up his banana at fast speed,
pictures of everything from dogs to chickens who love a while his little friend, guinea pig Oreo
Fyffes! It’s wonderful to see how many of your pets really savours every bite!
do love Fyffes fruit, although we are told some pets did
just prefer to pose with fruit rather than eat it! Either way, Owner: Simon Yendley, Bristol Fruit Sales.
we are truly delighted with the response. Fyffes pens are
on the way to all those who sent in pictures.

Pippin and Alfie Buddy Pip & Scout Archi

Cockatiels Pippin and Alfie munch on some dried Six year old Buddy had a lick of Pip, aged 8 years was quick to jump for the You can see from the smile on his face, cute
banana chips. We’re sure they must be made from banana but the jury is out as to banana leaving 5 year old Scout looking on in puppy Archi adores Fyffes!
Fyffes bananas! whether he he will ever eat any! He sheer disappointment!
even tried banana with peanut butter, Owner: Simona Chocheva, Fyffes Rotterdam.
Owner: Lisa Smith, Fyffes Basingstoke. maybe he just prefers pineapple! Owner: Eimear Lynch, Fyffes Costa Rica.

032 Owner: Jamie MacGregor,
Fyffes Basingstoke.

PetsItL’sooveffiFciyaflfes!

Puh & Coco Happy little chihuahuas, 13 year old Puh and 5 year old Coco Millie Lilly

have taken to modellng and seem to love pineapple just as Lovely little Welsh Springer Spaniel Lilly is a four year old Shar Pei. She wasn’t too impressed
much as banana! Owner: Marlon Chacón, Fyffes Costa Rica. Millie is just 3 ½ months old and with banana and had to be lured towards it by a piece
already loves bananas! of cheese! But we know, it’s only a matter of time before
Lilly realises what she’s missing!
Owner: Phillip Panter, Fyffes Coventry. Owner: Sarah Geary, Fyffes Coventry.

Tanque Buttons Meiko Bailey

Check out 3 year old Tanque who loves Fyffes Five year old Buttons was delighted to Like his Mum, 10 year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cute, little Cockapoo Bailey is just 6 months old
Gold Pineapple, maybe not to eat but he pose for his photographer, 11 year old Meiko loves Fyffes bananas!
certainly likes to pose with pineapple! Eilidh - David Paterson’s daughter. Owner: Jacqui Dickson, Fyffes Livingston and already loves his bananas. Before tucking in, he
Owner: Leonardo Retana, ANEXCO, Owner: David Paterson, Fyffes Livingston.
Costa Rica.
always checks the quality - just like his owner, QC

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pets love fyffes!

Violet Rusty Bunty Big Girl & Dolly

Striking a pose, Violet guards This is 12 year old Australian rescue dog Rusty. 14 year old cat Bunty was a little camera Meet Big Girl (left) a Wyandotte chicken and Dolly (right), a Polish chicken. Both approached
her bananas! As you can see he adores bananas and is shy but will definitely be eating these the bananas with caution but then realised they were Fyffes and tucked in!
guarding them with his life! off camera!

Animal Menagerie!

It seems Jon Tugwell, Fyffes
Basingstoke has quite the
animal menagerie at home.
All of the animals on this
page are owned by Jon.

Ted & Moon Rocky PetsItL’sooveffiFciyaflfes!

It’s clear to see, rabbits Ted (Left) and Moon (right) love their bananas! Rocky is a very large Goldfish with a penchant for 037
pineapple - Fyffes Gold pineapple!

pets love fyffes! Jax Loca, Chantelle and Tutus

Loving Fyffes fruits since June 2017 This is 1½ year old fox terrier Meet black labrador Chantelle, age 9 and
mix Jax who was rescued from her daughter golden labrador, Loca who
a shelter in Alabama. Jax is now is 4 years old along with their best friend
living the dream and enjoying Tutus the guinea pig! They all love Fyffes!
bananas in Florida.
Owner: Joshua Guiles, Sol Owner: Przemyslaw Madej & Dagmara

Group Marketing, Florida, USA. Aranin, Fyffes Normanton

PetsItL’sooveffiFciyaflfes!

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Venus is our first pet to love green bananas and as you
can see she has loved Fyffes since the day she was born!
Owner: Rebeca Morales, Fyffes Costa Rica.

call me banana! anyone for cake?

Did you know that Banana is currently the Fyffes Livingston, Scotland held a cake
7978th most popular girl’s name in 2018? bake in August and raised £200 for the
Marie Curie Cancer Charity. Here’s a
Fruit names in general have peaked toast to such a fantastic amount - let’s
in popularity over recent years with have a slice of cake to celebrate!
Clementine, Cherry, Plum, Peaches and
Strawberry leading the way.

Banana should surely be in the top Fyffe!

CLARA LOVEs baby news! cbsAuhoablgarolgalnpDoNbCfpewaoEyawidrWn@rpdogMbifyclF!ayuytyStbnmfufeofifreeanmeedsstdss.oyrcJytetaouoochmntueeedirv/e
BANANAS!
antoni
Meet lovely little Clara - age 16 months.
Clara loves bananas just like her Mum Congratulations to Ewelina Jaskulska,
Cheila Fernandes who works at Fyffes Fyffes Livingston and partner Jaroslaw
Basingstoke. She always has a big smile Napawa on the birth of their son Antoni.
on her face when she visits us, maybe it’s Antoni was born on 28 July 2018 and
because she loves our fruit so much! We weighed 4.2kgs. Very cute!
think Clara deserves a few Fyffes goodies
for such a cute picture. Well done! sonia

Congratulations to Corino Berco, QA
and Madalin Iliuta, Forklift Driver both
from Fyffes Coventry. Baby Sonia was

born on 20 August 2018 at 8.19am
and weighed 3.4kgs. Ahhh....

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anniversary banoffee pie FYFFES creepy hALLOWEEN
PINEAPPLE WITH FRUITY SKEWERS

For the cake: Preparation Time: 15 - 20 minutes 1 pineapple To carve the pineapple, lie pineapple on its side on
275g/10oz unsalted butter Wooden skewers a chopping board. Cut off the top and base with a
225g/8oz digestive biscuits, crushed Cooking Time: 2 - 3 minutes (2 - 3 hours chilling time) Bananas sharp knife.
½ tsp. ground ginger or ground cinnamon Marshmallows
For the filling Serves: 7 - 8 Dark or milk chocolate Sit pineapple upright and cut out the middle of the
1 x 397g can of sweetened condensed milk pineapple with a long sharp knife Make sure to cut
150g/6oz caster sugar Melt 100g/4oz butter in a pan over a gentle heat. Take at least 1cm from the edges so you leave a sturdy
3 bananas, peeled off the heat and stir in the biscuits and spice. Press shell to carve later. Once you’ve cut all the way
225ml/8floz double cream, lightly whipped the biscuit mixture around the sides and base of a around, lift the outer skin away from the centre.
loose-based flan tin. Chill for 20–30 minutes until set. Alternatively, use a Fyffes pineapple corer! Set
To decorate: middle of the pineapple aside for later.
3 tbsps. grated chocolate In a non stick medium pan put the milk, sugar and
remaining butter. Over a very gentle heat dissolve Lie pineapple on its side and use a sharp and short
the sugar before bringing to the boil, stirring all the bladed knife to carefully cut out a face design.
time. Stir until the mixture turns a pale golden brown Be careful not to press or cut too rigorously as
colour , then pour into the prepared case. Leave to the pineapple skin isn’t as sturdy and brittle as a
get set and cold. pumpkin. Once you’ve cut out the eyes and mouth,
place pineapple on a board or plate, and place top
Slice the bananas and arrange half on top of the of pineapple with the crown back on top.
caramel. Put a quarter of the bananas into the
whipped cream and spread ontop of the caramel. If you wish to illuminate the pineapple, it’s best to
Decorate with the remaining bananas and grated use LED tea light candles.
chocolate. Serve in slices.
Make skewers with the saved pineapple, cut
Cook’s tip: into chunks, as well as chopped banana and
marshmallows. Drizzle skewers with melted
The secret to a perfect caramel is to cook it slowly chocolate, and enjoy.
and make sure you stir the mixture all the time. If you
don’t it will get stuck on the base of the pan so the
mixture will have brown flecks in.

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gCategory FOR THE KIDS Colour me in!

Meet Fido!

Fido is Freddy Fyffes pet dog! You can see he loves
eating bananas from the shape of his body!

help us light our birthday candles! PrizeaTwNfpwaiErlonolWtneluaaFpbcscrtlkaehuiyndcsradwieonnycnifaneFleasinyvo!tefefafresbaosluer Colour in the picture to be in with a chance to win a
Freddy Fyffes apron plus a fantastic metre long Fyffes
What better way to celebrate Click on the link and help us light our inflatable banana! Send or scan in your completed
our 130th Anniversary than Birthday candles. sheet to Carolyn Uglow at Fyffes Basingstoke or
with a giant banana cake? e-mail:[email protected] by Monday 1 October 2018.
CLICK HERE! Please ensure you put the child’s name and age on their
entry and your name and place of work. Winners will be
announced on Monday 15 October 2018.

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Be part of the fyffes times! byocBMuwSegoFenlnyonofnaCd1wf5eaeyf@rOsaooofunfjclyuyrtttfntoanhfebeseaetsewbt.irfccasi2rogtN0smo!t1E8tW.o

From 10 September we will be working on
the next edition of the Fyffes Times.

To make it an even better read, we need snippets of
news and stories from as many of our locations as
possible. It can be factual news about developments
and projects, stories about a local event, an
introduction to a new member of staff, even a story
about your hobby or out of work interest. And,
whatever the subject, photos always add to the appeal.

The deadline for any material to reach us is
Monday 15 October 2018. Please e-mail your
stories to Carolyn at [email protected].

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