Device for the ready-to-eat preparation of a pineapple (A) in brick-and-mortar trade, having: - a receiving device for receiving a pineapple (A) in the device , - a drive with a driver for moving a pineapple (A) to be prepared in conveying direction (F) from the receiving device to a cutting device , and - a cutting device for separating the skin and the core from edible fruit flesh of the pineapple (A), wherein the cutting device comprises a separating unit for separating the skin and the core from edible fruit flesh of the pineapple, wherein - the separating unit comprises a peeling-and-coring blade , which can be moved in a stroke movement, has two concentrically arranged cutting elements and is set up to remove the core of a pineapple and to peel the pineapple, and to prepare a hollow-cylindrical intermediate product of edible fruit flesh, wherein - the cutting device further comprises a portioning unit for the ready-to-eat portioning of edible fruit flesh, wherein the portioning unit is set up to cut the hollow-cylindrical intermediate product, prepared by the separating unit , into portions, - the cutting device is formed to cut off the ends of the pineapple to be prepared in the form of end caps by means of a top-and-tail blade (M), characterized in that - the cutting device , comprising the separating unit and the portioning unit , is oriented along a circular path, - wherein the cutting device , comprising the separating unit and the portioning unit , is arranged along a fruit support (page 11, lines 12 et seq.), and - wherein the fruit support is formed in such a way that the pineapple can be moved, seen in conveying direction (F), from the top-and-tail blade (M) to the end of the cutting device on a single plane. - a receiving device for receiving a pineapple (A) in the device , - a drive with a driver for moving a pineapple (A) to be prepared in conveying direction (F) from the receiving device to a cutting device , and - a cutting device for separating the skin and the core from edible fruit flesh of the pineapple (A), wherein the cutting device comprises a separating unit for separating the skin and the core from edible fruit flesh of the pineapple, wherein - the separating unit comprises a peeling-and-coring blade , which can be moved in a stroke movement, has two concentrically arranged cutting elements and is set up to remove the core of a pineapple and to peel the pineapple, and to prepare a hollow-cylindrical intermediate product of edible fruit flesh, wherein - the cutting device further comprises a portioning unit for the ready-to-eat portioning of edible fruit flesh, wherein the portioning unit is set up to cut the hollow-cylindrical intermediate product, prepared by the separating unit , into portions, - the cutting device is formed to cut off the ends of the pineapple to be prepared in the form of end caps by means of a top-and-tail blade (M), characterized in that - the cutting device , comprising the separating unit and the portioning unit , is oriented along a circular path, - wherein the cutting device , comprising the separating unit and the portioning unit , is arranged along a fruit support (page 11, lines 12 et seq.), and - wherein the fruit support is formed in such a way that the pineapple can be moved, seen in conveying direction (F), from the top-and-tail blade (M) to the end of the cutting device on a single plane. <EOS>