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2 Comments on “Chiquita Banana: The Original Commercial”
And those bananas don’t exist today. They were called, “Big Mikes” and there was a banana blight that killed all the trees. Today we eat Cavendish bananas.
Chiquita still exists as it is a brand, not the product, but we do eat Cavenish bananas. They are suppose to be sweeter and firmer than the Gris Michel .
The story of the Chiquita Brand is not a pretty story as it caused the civil war in Guatemala so they could keep their farms.
July 18, 2023 at 3:23 pm
And those bananas don’t exist today. They were called, “Big Mikes” and there was a banana blight that killed all the trees. Today we eat Cavendish bananas.
https://time.com/5730790/banana-panama-disease/
July 18, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Chiquita still exists as it is a brand, not the product, but we do eat Cavenish bananas. They are suppose to be sweeter and firmer than the Gris Michel .
The story of the Chiquita Brand is not a pretty story as it caused the civil war in Guatemala so they could keep their farms.
https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/history-of-the-gros-michel-banana