
	Chiquita Brands International Inc.&nbsp;is an American producer and distributor of&nbsp;bananas&nbsp;and other&nbsp;produce, under a variety of&nbsp;subsidiary&nbsp;brand names, collectively known as&nbsp;Chiquita. Other brands include Fresh Express salads, which it purchased from&nbsp;Performance Food Group&nbsp;in 2005. Its current headquarters is located in&nbsp;Charlotte, North Carolina. Chiquita is the successor to the&nbsp;United Fruit Company&nbsp;and is the leading distributor of bananas in the United States. The company also owns a German produce distribution company,&nbsp;Atlanta AG, which it acquired in 2003.
