Thursday, July 31, 2014
Largest Fruit Display: watermelon display breaks Guinness World Records' record
Eden Prairie, MN, USA -- Cub® Foods and Robinson Fresh® have teamed up to top the Guinness World Records' record for Largest Fruit Display; the display was approximately 1,500 square feet in area and contain about 10,200 watermelons; the total weight is estimated to be 157,000 pounds exceeding the current Guinness World Records' record of 11,023 pounds,
according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.
Photo: The World's Largest Fruit Display was approximately 1,500 square feet in area and contained about 10,200 watermelons. The total weight was estimated to be 157,000 pounds, exceeding the current Guinness World Records' record of 11,023 pounds. (enlarge photo)
The Guinness World Records' record for the largest display of potato varieties is 667 and was achieved by SASA and JBA Seed Potatoes (both UK), in Edinburgh, UK.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest display of crochet sculptures; it consisted of 260 crocheted flowers and was achieved by Östhammars kommun (Sweden), in Östhammar, Sweden.
Cub® Foods and Robinson Fresh® have teamed up to top the Guinness World Records' record for Largest Fruit Display.
Robinson Fresh supplied and transported four truckloads of fresh MelonUp!® Pink Ribbon watermelon to the Cub Food’s store in Maple Grove, MN.
The World's Largest Fruit Display was approximately 1,500 square feet in area and contain about 10,200 watermelons.
The total weight is estimated to be 157,000 pounds exceeding the current Guinness World Records' record of 11,023 pounds.
“We are excited for the opportunity to promote MelonUp!® Pink Ribbon watermelon, an important summer product of ours, in such a big way,” said Darren Caudill, vice president of merchandising and sales for Cub Foods.
The MelonUp!® Pink Ribbon branded watermelons are tied to Robinson Fresh's® cause-marketing program, in which a portion of all watermelon sales are donated to breast cancer research organizations on behalf of participating retailers.
Cub® Foods, a long-time supporter of the program, has donated nearly $70,000 since 2008.
"We value and appreciate Cub® Foods and Supervalu's support of the Pink Ribbon Watermelon program," said Josh Knox, category general manager at Robinson Fresh.
Watermelon is fat free and packed with immune-boosting vitamins such as A, B6, and C. According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, watermelon contains higher levels of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant studied for its potential role in reducing risk of certain cancers, than any other fresh fruit or vegetable.
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