Chiquita

Chiquita Brands International Inc. adalah produsen dan distributor pisang dan produk makanan lainnya. Perusahaan ini . berkantor pusat di Charlotte, North Carolina. Chiquita adalah penerus perusahaan United Fruit Company dan menguasai pangsa pasar distribusi pisang di Amerika Serikat. Perusahaan ini juga menjadi pemilik dari perusahaan distributor asal Jerman, Atlanta AG, yang diakuisisi tahun 2003. Chiquita sebelumnya dimiliki oleh pebisnis asal Cincinnati, Carl Lindner, Jr., yang saham mayoritasnya di perusahaan tersebut berakhir setelah kebangkrutan pada tahun 2002. Perusahaan ini lalu berganti nama menjadi Chiquita.

Chiquita Brands International Inc.

Jenis	Umum
Kode emiten	NYSE: CQB
Industri	Pertanian
Didirikan	1863
Kantor pusat	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Tokoh kunci	Edward F. Lonergan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Produk	Buah-buahan
Pendapatan	$3.07 miliar USD (2012)
Laba bersih	$405 juta USD (2012)
Karyawan	10,000 (2007 est)
Situs web	www.chiquita.com

Kantor pusat Chiquita di Charlotte, North Carolina

Pada bulan Maret 2014, Chiquita dan Fyffes mengumumkan persetujuan merger menjadi ChiquitaFyffes dalam transaksi per saham di mana saham Chiquita akan setara dengan 50.7% dari perusahaan merger. Merger ini akan membentuk perusahaan distributor pisang terbesar di dunia.

Bahan bacaan terkait

• Bender, Nicholas (May–June 2001). "Banana report". Columbia Journalism Review. 
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• Frantz, Douglas (July 17, 1998). "Mysteries behind story's publication". The New York Times. hlm. A14. 
• Stein, Nicholas (September–October 1998). "Banana peel". Columbia Journalism Review. 
• Mike Gallagher & Cameron McWhirter, "Chiquita Secrets Revealed," Diarsipkan 2003-11-04 di Wayback Machine. Cincinnati Enquirer, May 3, 1998.
• "The Business and Human Rights Management Report—Chiquita Brands International", Ethical Corporate Magazine, Nov. 2004.
• Bucheli, Marcelo (2005). Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia: 1899-2000. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9934-5. 
• Bucheli, Marcelo (July 2008). "Multinational Corporations, Totalitarian Regimes, and Economic Nationalism: United Fruit Company in Central America, 1899-1975". Business History. 50 (4): 433–454. doi:10.1080/00076790802106315. 
• Bucheli, Marcelo (November 2005). "Banana Wars Maneuvers". Harvard Business Review. 83 (11): 22–24. 
• Bucheli, Marcelo (2005). "The Octopus and the Generals". Harvard Business School Case (9–805–146). 
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• Bucheli, Marcelo; link (2003). "United Fruit Company in Latin America". Dalam Moberg, Mark; Striffler, Steve. Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in the Americas. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-3196-4. 
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• Bucheli, Marcelo; link (2004). McCusker, John, ed. History of World Trade Since 1450. New York: Macmillan. 
• Taylor, Gary (2004). Smart Alliance: How a Global Corporation and Environmental Activists Transformed a Tarnished Brand. New Haven: Yale University Press. 
• "The Importance of Corporate Responsibility", Economist Intelligence Unit, January 2005.
• "Chiquita Brands: A Turnaround That Is Here to Stay", Winslow Environmental News, January 2004.
• "The banana giant that found its gentle side", 'Financial Times, December 2002
• '"Chiquita Wins Raves for Outstanding Sustainability Reporting", Greenbiz.com, April 3, 2003

Pranala luar

• Chiquita Brands International official site
• Chiquita Bananas official site Diarsipkan 2021-01-28 di Wayback Machine.
• United Fruit Historical Society: This site contains a detailed chronology of the history of Chiquita, biographies of the company's main protagonists, and an extensive bibliography.
• CounterPunch, 17 July 2009, From Arbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America Diarsipkan 2009-07-20 di Wayback Machine. with video report by Democracy Now!
• Chiquita Lauded for Human Rights Abuses Diarsipkan 2011-08-08 di Wayback Machine. by Dan Kovalik, CounterPunch, January 12, 2010
• Chiquita: Between Life and Law Al Jazeera, June 2009
• The Chiquita Papers at The National Security Archive
• Chiquita Asks Court To Block Suits Blaming Banana Giant For Violent Deaths In Colombian Civil War. Associated Press, September 2013.