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2022
Dole and Marvel announce Dole Healthy Heroes, Assemble!
Marvel announced a new initiative with Dole, Dole Healthy Heroes, Assemble!, featuring collectible Marvel-themed banana stickers and pineapple tags in four waves through September. The program also includes a contest planned to launch at the end of March and Dole recipes to be released through September.
2022
Dole sponsors UK Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign
Dole confirmed its 2022 sponsorship of the UK Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign, which promotes fresh vegetables to school children.
2022
Dole launches “Enjoy the Sunshine” gift-box series
Dole launched its “Enjoy the Sunshine” series of six New Year fruit gift boxes in January 2022.
2021
Dole recalls packaged salads over possible Listeria contamination
Dole Fresh Vegetables announced a voluntary recall of packaged salads from its Bessemer City, North Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona, facilities because of possible Listeria contamination. The company said the recall followed the finding of a Listeria strain in two products; health officials said the strain matched one they believe is responsible for 16 illnesses since 2014.
2021
Dole recalls packaged salads over possible Listeria contamination
Dole Fresh Vegetables announced a voluntary recall of Dole-branded and private-label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, North Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona, facilities due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The source says the decision followed findings of the bacteria in samples from two products and notes that the implicated strain is believed by FDA and CDC to be responsible for at least sixteen illnesses since 2014.
2021
Dole cuts proposed IPO price range
Dole Plc said it plans to price its shares at $16–$17 each for its US IPO, down from the previously targeted range of $20–$23 per share.
2021
Carrefour signs annual fresh-food cooperation agreements
Carrefour signed annual strategic cooperation agreements with 14 domestic fresh-food companies, covering procurement categories including meat, fruit, vegetables and seafood.
2021
Dole launches Sunshine for All Fund
Dole Asia Holdings and its subsidiaries launched the Sunshine for All Fund, a $2 million annual fund intended to support global strategic partnerships and innovation in sustainability, food access and waste.
2021
Employer Direct Healthcare's SurgeryPlus benefit added to Dole Food Company services
Employer Direct Healthcare and Dole Food Company established a partnership under which the SurgeryPlus benefit was added to the services offered to members of Dole Food Company's self-insured health plans.
2020
Dole launches #DoleUnstuffedBear campaign
Dole launched its global #DoleUnstuffedBear campaign to raise awareness of childhood hunger, raise funds and donate nutritional foods. In New Zealand, Dole partnered with KidsCan and said it would match donations with product value up to NZD 50,000.
2020
Dole recalls two romaine products over possible E. coli contamination
Dole Fresh Vegetables voluntarily recalled two romaine products sold in Arizona and 14 other states because of possible E. coli contamination. The products were Dole Organic Romaine Hearts and Wild Harvest Organic Romaine Hearts; no illnesses had been reported.
2020
Dole donates fresh produce to communities in need
Dole announced that it had donated over 2 million pounds of fresh produce to communities struggling to find food during the coronavirus pandemic. Dole and associated growers donated to local food banks in the U.S. and to communities in Latin America.
2020
Standard Fruit Company of Costa Rica wins social responsibility award
The Standard Fruit Company of Costa Rica, a Dole Food Company subsidiary, received the Costa Rican-North American Chamber of Commerce’s “Social Responsibility in Action” award for its Green Star Initiative. The source states that it received the award on November 22 but does not specify the year.