Editing Dole plc (section)

{{short description|Irish multinational food corporation}}
{{use American English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Dole plc
| logo = Dole Foods Logo Green Leaf.svg
| logo_size = 300
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NYSE|DOLE}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|IE0003LFZ4U7}}
| genre = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1851|6|2}}<ref name="dole">[http://www.dole.com/CompanyInfo/About/History.jsp Dole: Company History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117163821/http://www.dole.com/CompanyInfo/About/History.jsp |date=November 17, 2007 }} (Retrieved November 29, 2007)</ref><br/>[[Kingdom of Hawaii]]
| founder = [[Samuel Northrup Castle]]<br/>[[Amos Starr Cooke]]<br/>[[James Dole]]
| location_city = [[Dublin]]
| location_country = Ireland
| location = <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
| origins = 
| key_people = Carl McCann ([[chairman]])<br/>Rory Byrne ([[CEO]])<br/>Johan Lindén ([[Chief Operating Officer|COO]])
| industry = [[Agribusiness]]
| products = Fruit<br/>Vegetables<br/>Other food products
| services = 
| revenue = US$6.5 billion (2021)<ref name=yahoo/>
| operating_income = 
| profit = $349.1 million (2021)<ref name=yahoo/>
| num_employees = 38,500
| parent = 
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| owner = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.doleplc.com|doleplc.com}}
| dissolved = 
| footnotes = 
}}
[[File:Dolejf2103.JPG|thumb|265px|Dole-branded pineapples]]
'''Dole plc''' (previously named '''Dole Food Company''' and '''[[Standard Fruit Company]]''') is an [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States of America|American]] [[Agriculture|agricultural]] [[multinational corporation]] headquartered in [[Dublin]], Ireland. The company is among the world's largest [[food industry|producers]] of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DOLE/profile?p=DOLE |title=Profile - Dole plc |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=15 September 2022 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="SEC1">{{cite web |title=SEC Form 20-F; Dole plc for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2021 |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001857475/000185747522000010/dole-20211231.htm |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=24–25, 38 |access-date=1 June 2022 |date=22 March 2022}}</ref> Dole reported 2021 revenues of $6.5 billion.<ref name=yahoo/><ref name=SEC1/>

As of 2021, the company had approximately 250 processing plants and distribution centers worldwide in addition to {{convert|109,000|acres}} of farmland and real estate. The company operates through four segments: Fresh Fruit (bananas and pineapples; about 35% of 2020 revenues); Diversified Fresh Produce in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Diversified Fresh Produce in the Americas and other world regions (combined 37% of 2020 revenues); and Fresh Vegetables (29% of 2020 revenues).<ref name=yahoo/><ref name="dole-about">{{cite web |title=Dole plc: Our Commercial Strengths |url=https://www.doleplc.com/about/our-commercial-strengths |publisher=Dole plc Corporate Website |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=2022}}</ref> Dole grows and markets bananas, pineapples, grapes, berries, deciduous and citrus fruits, and vegetable salads.<ref name=dole-about/> Dole operates a 13-vessel shipping line for importing its produce and exporting third-party goods to Latin America.<ref name=SEC1/><ref name=dole-about/><ref>{{cite news|author=Manion BC|date=21 September 2021|title=Port Tampa Bay's impact is far-reaching|work=The Laker/Lutz News|accessdate=1 June 2022|url=https://lakerlutznews.com/lln/2021/09/91655/}}</ref>

The multinational company [[PepsiCo]] sells bottled fruit beverages under [[license]] using the ''Dole'' brand.<ref name="pepsi">{{cite web|url=https://www.pepsicopartners.com/pepsico/en/USD/OTHER-BRANDS/DOLE%C2%AE/c/brand_dole?source=brand_otherbrands&root=beverages|title=Pepsico partners|publisher=PepsiCo|date=2022|accessdate=6 November 2022}}</ref> Dole has a [[comarketing]] agreement with [[The Walt Disney Company]] to encourage the public, including children, to consume fruits and vegetables.<ref name="tpn">{{cite web |title=Dole-Disney partnership: The one time you want a mouse on your produce |url=https://theproducenews.com/dole-disney-partnership-one-time-you-want-mouse-your-produce |publisher=The Produce News |access-date=6 November 2022 |date=19 October 2019}}</ref>