The story
Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) was created in 1989 when RJR Nabisco sold the fresh fruit division of Del Monte Foods to Polly Peck. 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, Fresh Del Monte was acquired by Mohammed Abu-Ghazaleh in 1996 and went public a year later. Later, it acquired Del Monte Europe in 2004 and the American vegetable packaging company Mann Packing in 2018. Fresh Del Monte Produce sold Mann Packing to Church Brothers in 2025.
In January 2026, it was announced that FDP 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Fresh Del Monte Produce, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6