The group's principal activity is to process and sell vegetables and fruits. The group operates in two segments: food and non-food segment. The food segment includes canned vegetable, frozen vegetable and fruit products. The group processes canned and frozen vegetables for pillsbury under the green giant brand name. The non-food segment provides trade sales of cans and ends. The products are sold to retail and institutional markets under branded labels of libby's, blue boy, aunt nellie's farm kitchen and seneca. On 27-May-2003, the group acquired 100% of the membership interest in chiquita processed foods llc. The group sold three former chiquita processed foods plants and related assets on 17-Jun-2003 and an additional plant of chiquita processed foods and related assets on 06-Aug-2003.
