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PRODUCT OF DOLE
HISTORY OF DOLE
1851 – Establishment of Castle & Cooke by missionaries
Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke. Castle
& Cooke rapidly became one of the largest companies in
Hawaii, investing in shipping, railroad construction,
sugar production and seafood packing.
1901 – (HAPCO) Hawaiian Pineapple Company founded
by James Dole, who opened his first pineapple plantation
in the central plateau of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
HISTORY OF DOLE
1922 – Hawaiian Pineapple Company merged with Castle
and Cooke
1932 - Castle & Cooke purchased a 21% interest in the
Hawaiian Pineapple Company.
1960 - Castle & Cooke acquired the remainder of the
Hawaiian Pineapple Company and the
Standard Fruit Company.
1976 - it acquired Bud Antle Inc., a California-based
lettuce and celery farmer
1989 - renamed Dole Fresh Vegetables
HISTORY OF DOLE
1991 – July 31 to be exact, Changed its business name to
“Dole Food Company”.
DOLE IN THE PHILIPPINES
June 24, 1963 – DOLEFIL the first Philippine division or
establishment of canned pineapple and it sites of
plantation is at the foot of Mt. Matutum in Polomolok,
South Cotabato.
1966 – STANFILCO the second Philippine division or
establishment which exports banana’s and its plantation
in General Santos.
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