If you insist on using a Hash of Hashes (HoH) so that you get "$info{}{}{} method", then this is one possibility. HoH is sometimes awkward because to print it, you need a loop for each level as shown. 
use strict;
use warnings;

my %info;

while (<DATA>)
{
    chomp;
    my ($name,$fruit, $path) = split ' ',$_,3; # allow space in path n
+ame(s)
    $info{$name}{$fruit}=$path;
}

foreach my $name (sort keys %info)
{
   print "$name\n";
   
   foreach my $fruit (sort keys %{$info{$name}} )
   {
       print "  $fruit  \t$info{$name}{$fruit}\n";
   }
} 

=PRINTS:
Albert
  apple      /path/to/somewhere/a
Dex
  jackfruit      /path/to/some where/d
Jack
  apple      /path/to/somewhere/c
  pineapple      /path/to/some where/b
=cut

__DATA__
Albert apple /path/to/somewhere/a
Jack pineapple /path/to/some where/b
Jack apple /path/to/somewhere/c
Dex jackfruit /path/to/some where/d

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