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Headquartered in California, USA, Dole Food Company, Inc. is the world’s largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers.

Dole also markets a growing line of packaged and frozen foods and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research.

With around 45,000 permanent employees and 42,000 seasonal or temporary employees we operate a fully-integrated worldwide company – sourcing, growing, harvesting, processing, transporting and marketing our products.

Within this integrated organization, Dole operates more than 60 processing, ripening and distribution centers, and the largest refrigerated containerized shipping fleet in the world – comprising 25 ships and approximately 14,200 refrigerated containers.

We provide our food products to wholesale, retail and institutional customers under the DOLE® brand name and other registered trademarks. Global sales exceeded $6.2 billion in 2006.

Our company sources or sells over 200 products in more than 90 countries. Our fresh produce is both grown on Dole farms and supplied by independent producers.