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* [[Fresh Del Monte Produce]] was sold to [[Polly Peck]].<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0458-3035 | agency = Associated Press | title = British Conglomerate to Buy Part of Del Monte From RJR | work = Los Angeles Times | access-date = 2015-02-09 | date = 1989-09-08 | url = https://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-08/business/fi-1943_1_del-monte }}</ref>
* [[Del Monte Foods]] was sold to [[Merrill Lynch]], [[Court Square Capital Partners|Citicorp Venture Capital]], and [[Kikkoman]]. Del Monte's Asia operations (outside the Philippines) were separately sold to Kikkoman.<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0458-3035 | last = La Ganga | first = Maria L. | title = RJR Sells Del Monte Operations for $1.4 Billion : Deal Puts Company Close to Lenders' February, 1990, Debt-Reduction Goal | work = Los Angeles Times | access-date = 2015-02-09 | date = 1989-09-26 | url = https://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-26/business/fi-270_1_del-monte }}</ref>
* The company's 20% stake in [[ESPN Inc.]] was sold to [[Hearst Communications]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|date=1990-11-09|title=Hearst to Buy 20% ESPN Stake From RJR|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/09/business/hearst-to-buy-20-espn-stake-from-rjr.html|access-date=2021-10-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|title=HEARST BUYS 20% OF ESPN|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/hearst-buys-20-of-espn/article_8863254d-4fa5-5029-b120-16ef6ff13cad.html|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The Buffalo News|date=November 9, 1990 |language=en}}</ref>
Another major consequence of the buyout was that according to [[United States Department of Labor]], in its report "American Workplace", over 2,000 workers subsequently lost their jobs, which 72% eventually replaced, but earning less than half of their previous incomes, suggesting that it took most of those who lost their jobs an average of 5.6 months to find new employment.<ref>{{Cite book|title=U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the American Workplace, Volumes 2-3, Issues 1-5|publisher=United States Department of Labor|year=1994}}</ref>
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