WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California - March 07, 2012

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) announced it will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, on March 15, 2012, after the market closes. The company will host a conference call/webcast and slide presentation to discuss these results at 4:45p.m. ET.

Interested parties may participate by calling 1-866-788-0538 from the United States and 1-857-350-1676 from other locations. The participant passcode is 15667144. The webcast and slide presentation will be accessible at investors.dole.com.

A replay of the call will be available until March 22, 2012, by calling 1-888-286-8010 or 1-617-801-6888. The access code for the replay is 80471933. A replay of the webcast will be archived and available on www.dole.com.

Dole, with 2010 net revenues of $6.9 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 and producer/shipper of organic pineapples. Dole markets a growing line of packaged and frozen fruit and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research. For more information, please visit www.dole.com.