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Antonio Floirendo, Sr. (November 20, 1915 – June 29, 2012) was a Filipino entrepreneur and landowner whose main business was his 6000-hectare banana plantation in Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines, earning him the title as the "banana king" during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
The Gleaner, a Jamaican newspaper, had reported on the exporter in 1920, saying there were two men who had garnered respect from Jamaicans, one was Marcus Garvey the Pan-African leader, and the other was the banana king, A.C.Goffe. A primary exporter along with his brothers and Italian partner Antonio Lanasa in the Lanasa & Goffe Steamship and ...
1916 advertisement for the United Fruit Company steamship service Routes of United Fruit Company steamship service (1924) Dinner menu, T.E.S. Chiriqui, 1935 USS Taurus, which was built as San Benito in 1921, may have been the world's first turbo-electric merchant ship SS Abangarez, a United Fruit banana boat, c. 1945
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The average price of a pound of bananas was 58 cents in March 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but had increased to 63 cents by February 2024.
Smoothie King’s GLP-1 Support Menu is available now at all locations nationwide. The Dallas-based company now has about 1,200 restaurants across the country. Smoothie King
Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president of the United Fruit Company , the world's most influential fruit company at the time.
The initially seasonal shake debuted (and departed) back in 2011. Chick-fil-A fans on social media have been repeatedly begging for its return in the 13 years since — there are also a pair of ...