Golden Exotics Limited (GEL) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Groupe Compagnie Fruitiere (CF), a French company founded in 1939 in Marseille, France where its head office is located. Compagnie Fruitiere is the leading producer of bananas and pineapples among the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) area with annual volumes of over 500,000 tons consisting mainly of bananas, pineapples and cherry tomatoes.