Haliimaile Pineapple Company (HPC) is turning out consistently super sweet Maui Gold Pineapple. I’m amazed at the quality. Small Co.=better!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – The Maui News
SUPPORT NEW COMPANY BY BUYING PINEAPPLE
Well, it’s a new year and the first thing I would like to do is say thank you to all involved in the new Haliimaile Pineapple venture. Kudos to all for keeping this legacy alive and the jobs that go with it.
I will buy one pineapple a week, and I urge the rest of the Maui community to do so as well. We must help prove that agriculture can thrive here on Maui, so I ask all of you to join me in this.
Big mahalo to the Erdmans and everyone involved.
Just one pineapple a week: I will, will you?
Tim Garcia
Makawao
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Pine land to cost $420K a year | The Honolulu Advertiser
By Rick Daysog
Advertiser Staff WriterA group that plans to restore pineapple growing on Maui will pay $420,000 a year to lease agricultural lands held by Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
Haliimaile Pineapple Co. also will pay $680,000 to purchase ML&P’s farm equipment, supplies and customer lists, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ML&P announced in November that it was shutting down pineapple operations after nearly 100 years of plantation-scale farming on the Valley Isle. The company harvested its final crop last month and laid off 206 workers.
But Haliimaile — whose principals include former ML&P executives Doug MacCluer and Ed Chenchin and Ulupalakua Ranch owner Pardee Erdman — said last week they plan restore pineapple farming on 950 acres of ML&P’s 3,000-acre pineapple operations .
The new company said it also will take over ML&P’s Maui Gold brand and will hire back 66 displaced pineapple workers.
Maui Gold Pineapple – D. Otani Produce
From the Fields of Haliimaile in upcountry Maui to the shores of Kahului for packing until it hits Oahu soil. D. Otani produce is there every step of the way ensuring their clients the highest quality produce before it gets delivered.
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