Westlake Village, California - June 04, 2001

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE : DOL) will hold it 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on Friday, June 8, 2001, at Dole World Headquarters, One Dole Drive, Westlake, Village, California.

The Annual Meeting will be webcast live and may be accessed on the company's website at www.dole.com. The webcast will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. (EDT). A webcast audio replay of the Annual Meeting will also be archived through 5:00 p.m. (EDT), June 22, 2001, on the company's website at www.dole.com.

Dole Food Company, Inc., with 2000 revenues of $4.8 billion, is the world's largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers, and markets a growing line of packaged foods.