DOLE FOOD INC - DOL- Profile

Dole Food Company, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to source, grow, process, distribute and market quality fresh produce, packaged foods and fresh-cut flowers. The Group sources, distributes and markets fresh fruit products, including bananas, pineapples, table grapes, apples, pears, stone fruit, oranges, grapefruit, lemons, mangoes, kiwi, tangelos, melons, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries and other tropical, deciduous and citrus fruits. Packaged food products of the Group include sliced, chunk, tidbit and crushed pineapple, tropical fruit salad, mandarin oranges and pineapple juice in cans. The Group has been acquired by DHM Holding Company in 2003. Fresh fruits accounted for 63% of 2002 revenues; fresh vegetables, 19%; processed foods, 13%; fresh cut flowers, 4% and other, 1%. Fresh fruits accounted for 63% of 2002 revenues; Fresh vegetables, 19%; Packaged foods, 13%; Fresh cut flowers, 4% & Other, 1%