The International Pineapple Organization (IPO) is pleased to announce that industry interest in the upcoming IPO Global Pineapple Conference to be held in Costa Rica (November 01 & 02, 2013), is creating quite a groundswell among the major stakeholders.
The IPO was created in April of 2011 with the intent of gathering the diverse efforts in the entire GLOBAL Pineapple Supply Chain under one roof. The IPO is a solution oriented, Market Driven Organization (MDO) that seeks to address critical issues that affect the Pineapple industry in a proactive manner.
With a major Paradigm shift in the way that Pineapples are distributed away from the Big 3 (DOLE, DEL MONTE and CHIQUITA) to a fractionalized network of second tier companies, the timing is ripe for a restructuring of how information and standards are disseminated.
The current market situation for the Pineapple industry is the scenario that makes perfect sense for the process to begin that hopefully will lead to the creation ultimately of a USDA/AMS Research and Promotion Board to help grow per capita consumption of Pineapples in the USA.
The IPO was created in April of 2011 with the intent of gathering the diverse efforts in the entire GLOBAL Pineapple Supply Chain under one roof. The IPO is a solution oriented, Market Driven Organization (MDO) that seeks to address critical issues that affect the Pineapple industry in a proactive manner.
With a major Paradigm shift in the way that Pineapples are distributed away from the Big 3 (DOLE, DEL MONTE and CHIQUITA) to a fractionalized network of second tier companies, the timing is ripe for a restructuring of how information and standards are disseminated.
The current market situation for the Pineapple industry is the scenario that makes perfect sense for the process to begin that hopefully will lead to the creation ultimately of a USDA/AMS Research and Promotion Board to help grow per capita consumption of Pineapples in the USA.
