Dole Fresh Fruit Adds To Western Division Sales Team

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California, November 30, 2009 Dole Fresh Fruit Company, a subsidiary of Dole Food Company, Inc., has announced the promotion of Mr. Walter Frohmader to Assistant District Sales Manager for the Western Division. In this position Mr. Frohmader will be responsible for assisting the Western Divisions district managers in all aspects of DOLE Banana sales.

Mr. Frohmader began his career with Dole as a Technical Service Representative in 2007. In September 2008, he was promoted to Assistant Manager of Doles Technical Service Department, where he performed exceptionally at managing his assignments and his team in supporting Doles customer needs.

Walter has been very successful in the assignments he has undertaken at Dole and has developed a strong rapport with many of our customers, said Robin Dobeasky, VP Dole Fresh Fruit, Western Division Sales. We are very excited to have him joining our sales team.

Mr. Frohmader is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and holds a degree in Horticulture. He is fluent, both written and spoken, in English, Spanish and French.

Dole, with 2008 net revenues of $7.6 billion, is the worlds largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. Dole markets a growing line of packaged and frozen fruit and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research.

Source: Dole Food Company Inc.