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===Brand licensing===
As of 2022, Dole has a [[brand licensing]] arrangement with [[The Walt Disney Company]] for fruits and vegetables branded with Disney, [[Pixar]], [[Marvel Entertainment|Marvel]], and [[Star Wars]] fictional characters to encourage produce consumption among children, such as using stickers on bananas.<ref name=tpn/><ref name="WaPo1">{{cite news |title=Can Cinderella and Elsa convince kids to eat vegetables?|last1=Bhattarai |first1=Abha |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/10/18/can-cinderella-and-elsa-convince-kids-to-eat-vegetables/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=18 October 2016 |accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref> The arrangement includes cobranded [[recipe]]s featuring Disney [[film]]s, including ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' and ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref name=tpn/><ref name="WaPo1"/><ref name="LAT4">{{cite news |title='Frozen 2' will be a box office monster. But can it top the first one? |last1=Faughnder |first1=Ryan |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-11-21/frozen-2-big-at-box-office-but-can-it-top-the-first |work=Los Angeles Times |date=21 November 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref>

The Dole brand is also under license with Pepsico for bottled fruit beverages.<ref name=pepsi/>