December 25, 2009

Maui Land and Pine harvests last crop

The Honolulu Advertiser

Field workers at Hawai'i's last major pineapple plantation have picked their last pineapples.

Maui Land and Pineapple Co. shut down its century-old agricultural operation yesterday to focus on real estate development.

MLP says its pineapple business has lost $115 million since 2002 and is no longer financially sustainable.

The company is laying off about 285 employees. About 133 workers are being offered positions in the company's other businesses.

Hawai'i's major pineapple producers have shifted growing operations to foreign countries such as the Philippines, where labor is cheaper.

Former and current Maui Land employees hope to form a new company that would continue growing, packing and selling Maui Gold fresh pineapples.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091225/BUSINESS14/912250351/-1/NLETTER03/Maui-Land-and-Pine-harvests-last-crop

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MAUI LAND & PINE

and

DAVID COLE

and

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BISHOP ESTATE

and

BARACK OBAMA

and

PUNAHOU SCHOOL

and

OPRAH WINFREY

and

STEVE CASE

and

THE HAWAII SUPERFERRY

and

THE HAWAII NATURE CONSERVANCY

and

FAYE WATANABE KURREN

and

JUDITH NEUSTADTER FUQUA

and

DAVID C. FARMER

and

HAUNANI APOLIONA

and

HENRY PAULSON

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See also:

PARADISE PAVED

THE VULTURES ON MAUI LAND & PINE

VULTURES IN THE HAWAII NATURE CONSERVANCY

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