WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California - July 26, 2010

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) announced it will report results for the second quarter ended June 19, 2010, on August 3, 2010, after the market closes. The company will host a conference call/webcast and slide presentation to discuss these results at 4:45 p.m. EDT.

Interested parties may participate by calling 1-866-788-0540 from the United States and 1-857-350-1678 from other locations. The participant passcode is 88715852. The webcast and slide presentation will be accessible at http://investors.dole.com under “Webcasts.”

A replay of the call will be available until August 17, 2010, by calling 1-888-286-8010 or 1-617-801-6888. The access code for the replay is 38086343. A replay of the webcast will be archived and available on www.dole.com.

Dole, with 2009 net revenues of $6.8 billion, is the world’s largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, and is the leading producer of organic bananas. Dole markets a growing line of packaged and frozen fruit and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research.