Local fruit importation and distribution giant FAMALCO has celebrated International Banana Day, with a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) event at Mater Boni Consilii, St Joseph School, Paola.

The celebration was titled ‘Our School Goes Bananas,’ and was organised in collaboration with craft bakery and bistro, Manouche.

The initiative aimed at raising awareness among grade 1 and 2 students on the importance of the banana to their daily diet.

In line with this objective, students were provided with a brief outline on the origins, the history, the nature and the health benefits of banana.

Moreover, as part of the initiative, Manouche organised a food activity where all students contributed in the preparation of the famous banana split. 

Another aim was to draw awareness to the GIOIA fruit label.

"Our School Goes Bananas" is part of Famalco's CSR initiatives planned for this year, and is intended to be expanded to other schools next year.

The company is a leading importer and distributor of fruit, but is also active in a number of other areas.

In 1995, the group welcomed Fahrenheit Freight Forwarders to their gradually expanding family of companies, which provided their fruit trading business with temperature- controlled transport, hence facilitating their importation.

However, this was not Fahrenheit’s only purpose; it also loaded and handled equipment, imported spare parts for trucks and trailers, and eventually started taking care of automotive and motorcycle dealership.

Eventually, the group identified a need for a sector which took care of the latter on its own, which gave way to Fapi Motors’ establishment in 1998.

From that point on, the group worked tirelessly to expand its horizons and embarked on a further diversification strategy in 2008; one that gave birth to other sectors of specialisation such as property, media, viticulture, retail, automotive dealership, excavation and demolition works, real estate services, and energy.