In a world where everything from T-shirts to washing machines is now made in low-cost countries like China, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. says it can no longer afford to grow its own pineapples in Hawaii.
'It would be cheaper for the company to buy pineapples on the open market than for the company to grow, market and distribute Hawaiian pineapples,' the company said in a statement.
Del Monte's Hawaiian operations will close when the latest crop matures in 2008, another sign that virtually anything can be outsourced to save money."
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