"DelMonte" news and stories

Bratwurst. Photo: Keaggy.com.

A few of the best stories spied elsewhere on the Web this week:

Grillwalkers are the newest street-food trend in Germany. Vendors with propane canisters strapped to their backs and grills suspended from their necks sell freshly grilled sausages to passersby.

U.K. man finds an apple that's perfectly split, half green and half red. Experts say that the odds of finding an apple with such perfect symmetry are more than 1 million to one.

Nationwide, restaurants participate in Share Our Strength's Great American Dine Out to benefit child hunger through Sep. 27.

Someone left a bacon bookmark in a U.K. library book; it was found by a librarian/artist who added it to his collection of quirky items left in returned books.

Coming to an office near you: Del Monte has a new line of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables specifically designed to work in vending machines.

If a study about clean car interiors done by Taco Bell, makers of the oh-so-portable Crunchwrap, wasn't interesting enough. Canned- and fresh-fruit and vegetable giant Del Monte recently released the results of a study saying that Americans aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables. The study, "State of the Nation's Plate," says that only 10 percent of Americans are eating the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables, according to a recent article in Food Business Review Online. What's more, it says that less than half of Americans are aware of the current dietary guidelines suggested by the Department of Health and Human Services and the USDA.

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Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. will end its pineapple growing operations in Hawaii in roughly two years, according to a recent AP article. Del Monte, which has grown pineapples in Hawaii since 1916, said it would now be cheaper to buy the fruit on the open market than to continue growing, marketing and distributing the fruit themselves. The final crop of Del Monte pineapple, set to go in the ground later this month, will produce fruit until mid 2008.