Talk:Polly Peck

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I have asssessed this article as being of high importance, as the company's collapse and subsequent collapse was an important milestone in the development of UK accounting standards, by increasing the importance which investors subsequently placed on cash flow statements. --Gavin Collins 15:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I think the existing first paragraph needs to get a heading, and a new first paragraph has to be added that summarises why Polly Peck is notable, kind of like an intorduction? ByebyeKitty (talk) 12:55, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Fruit

The following sentence would appear to be demonstrably wrong, but i don't know the truth, so looking for help in working it out: By 1990 five firms had emerged as the dominant actors in fresh fruits and vegetables in western Europe and North America, these were the ex-banana giants: Chiquita, Dole, and Del Monte Tropical and the two new upstarts: Polly Peck International and Albert Fisher. The issues are that Fyffes isn't mentioned, and it was clearly one of the five dominant actors, and Polly Peck seems to appear twice, as PPI and as Del Monte, which it bought in the late '80s. Anyone know just what is actually intended in this snip, which has been here for at least two years? As a minor point, i'm not exactly sure what is meant by ex-banana giants either. Cheers, Lindsay^Hi 06:40, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Dole and Chiquita were (and are) certainly not "ex" giants - they remain banana and fruit giants. We need some better sourcing generally for this article and you are right, this bit is innacurate. We can look for sources. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 07:31, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Ditto Fyffes, which is where my shop gets them half the time. & d'you see what i mean about Del Monte and PPI being the same? Thanks, James. Cheers, Lindsay^Hi 16:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)