Title: Dole Food Company - Wikipedia
Headings: Dole Food Company
Dole Food Company
Contents
History
Operations
Management
Products
Headquarters
Legacy
Mascot
Advertising
Food safety
2005 E. coli outbreak
2006 E. coli outbreak
2007 E. coli recall
2012 Salmonella recall
June 2012 Listeria recall
August 2012 Listeria recall
2014 Listeria recall
2015 Salmonella recall
2016 Listeriosis outbreak
Criticism and controversies
Legal cases
Hawaii
Labor relations
Labeling of genetically engineered foods in California
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Dole acquired Coastal Berry in 2004 and SunnyRidge Farms in 2011 to enter the berry business. Dole freighter sailing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico
It was then the third largest producer and U.S. importer of bananas. Dole and Chiquita remain the top two U.S. banana companies as of 2011. In 2011, the company reported $7.2 billion in annual revenue. Dole operates plantations throughout Central and South America, and in the Asia-Pacific region, with plantations in the Philippines and two packing plants in Thailand, Hua Hin and Chumphon. Dole's factory in Chumphon, Thailand was permanently shut down in 2020. As part of a major restructuring in 2012, Dole agreed to sell its worldwide packaged foods and Asian fresh produce businesses to Japanese trading house Itochu for $1.7 billion in cash. The transaction paid down a large amount of Dole's debt and refocused the company's business on fresh fruit and vegetables. The businesses acquired by Itochu continue to use the Dole brand and are owned by Dole International Holdings, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Itochu. In August 2013, Dole announced that CEO David Murdock would acquire the outstanding stock of the company for $1.2 billion.