It's easy to pass by a banana in the store. Another fruit among many. Grabbed quickly for breakfast on the move, added cereal, and packed it into lunchboxes. Familiar, routine. But that simplicity hides something remarkable: A banana can be the vitamins needed to keep your family healthy, the sustenance needed after a hard day's work, and the fruit you can afford when a budget is tight.
That presence in your daily life is no coincidence. And to associates like Elias Arenas, a sourcing manager for Walmart International in Costa Rica, the connection is both professional and personal. His family worked on a banana plantation while he was growing up – it is where he spent his days as a kid, it is where his parents met, and it has shaped his life in every way possible. And today, working with suppliers like Dole, his work comes full circle.
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Source: Walmart