Display featuring more than 70,000 pounds of bananas breaks world record

June 8 (UPI) -- More than 70,000 pounds of bananas were arranged outside a grocery store in a Chicago suburb in as successful attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

Fruit producer Fresh Del Monte and store chain Jewel-Osco teamed up to create the massive banana stand outside the Jewel-Osco location in Westmont on Wednesday to break the Guinness World Record for the largest fruit display.

The previous Guinness World Record was held by Confederacao de Agricultura e Pecuaria do Brasil, which gathered 41,459.78 pounds of fruit in one place in Brazil in 2016.

Officials said the display outside the Jewel-Osco store contained more than 70,000 pounds of bananas.

A Guinness adjudicator visited the scene Wednesday and confirmed the bananas successfully broke the record.

Organizers said some of the bananas from the display would be given away to Jewel-Osco customers and the rest would be donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.