Oppenheimer Group, an international produce company, said it is interested in adding Maui-grown pineapple to the list of fruit it carries.

The Vancouver-based company is seeking new sources of pineapple following the sale of one of its Costa Rican suppliers to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. The Costa Rican company, Frutas de Exportacion, will supply Oppenheimer with pineapple through the end of this year. After that, Oppenheimer will need to find alternative sources for pineapple.

Oppenheimer executive David Nelley was quoted on an industry Web site as saying the company was considering getting its pineapple from Maui.

"Although we built our pineapple program on the quality of fruit grown in Costa Rica, the quality of Maui-grown pineapple speaks for itself, so we are very interested," Nelley said in an interview published by ThePacker.com.