Fruit distributor Fyffes has reaffirmed its interest in acquisitions in the US and the Far East but has stayed mum on reports linking it to a deal in the Philippines.

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The Ireland-based company is rumoured to be looking at buying Lapanday, a company reputed to be the second-largest banana exporter in the Philippines.


However, Fyffes declined to comment when contacted by just-food today (1 October).


“We’re not making any comment, this is pure speculation,” a spokesman for Fyffes said from Dublin.


“The company has made no secret of the fact that it would like to make acquisitions and that it is on the look-out in the US and the Far East.”

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