Do you like canned pineapples on your Hawaiian pizza?
If you are a pineapple hater on pizza, maybe you like a fruit cocktail with delightful sugary syrup.
Whatever your food preferences, you may be sad to know that there will be one less canned pineapple option for you to purchase.
The Lee-branded canned pineapples in syrup will stop production soon as the business can no longer grow pineapples at its plantation.
Here is what happened.
Company to Stop Producing Lee-Branded Pineapple Slices in Syrup
It is the end of an era once the Lee company stops producing its famous canned pineapple slices soaked in syrup.
After all, who doesn’t recognise the iconic tinned cans below at your favourite supermarket?
Where will we now source our pineapple for pizza or canned fruit cocktails?
Unfortunately, the end of production is near whether we like it or not. These canned delights are slated to cease at the end of this year.
If you want to grab some of these tinned pineapples, stock up before they are gone for good.
According to the news outlet China Press, the factories stopped producing canned goods from 30 July 2023 to 6 August 2023. However, they have resumed operations to manufacture canned pineapples in limited quantities.
That is excellent news for those waiting to get some of Lee’s canned pineapples.
The company has over 92 years of experience in manufacturing canned pineapples, as it was founded pre-World War II.
Why is the company suddenly stopping the manufacture of these well-loved treats?
Well, the answer is simple. The plantation which supplies the pineapples for the canned pineapples in syrup can no longer grow pineapples.
According to a news report by ENanyang, the soil for growing the pineapples is no longer suitable for pineapple growth.
Instead, the company thinks the soil is better suited for growing palm oil and will change its business model once pineapple production ceases at the end of the year.
We’re not sure about you, but that sounds like a move to grow a different type of profitable vegetation.
Indeed, cost savings may have spurred the change in the business strategy as business representatives previously shared with ENanyang that the pineapple growing business was very labour-intensive.
On the other hand, the oil palm industry did not require that intensive workforce and was easier to manage.