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Customers who bought Dole fruit bowls over a roughly six-year period starting in January 2017 could get paid under the terms of a $4.3 million class-action settlement.
Dole plc (previously named Dole Food Company and Standard Fruit Company) is an Irish-American agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is among the world's largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries.
The Standard Fruit Company (now Dole plc) was established in the United States in 1924 by the Vaccaro brothers. Its forerunner was started in 1899, when Sicilian Arberesh immigrants Joseph, Luca and Felix Vaccaro, together with Salvador D'Antoni, began importing bananas to New Orleans from La Ceiba , Honduras .
Murdock split the two companies into two separate companies, Dole plc and Castle & Cooke, Inc., in 1995. [10] The majority of the land and operations that became Dole Food Company was directly from Standard Fruit, leading to the Vaccaro brothers' enterprise being considered the first incarnation of the Dole Food Company. [3]
If there's proof that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is the key to a long life, former Dole Food owner David Murdock, now 101 years old, is it. When he sold the tiny Hawaii Island of Lanai ...
According to the settlement's website, anyone who can produce a receipt of a purchase or can attest to having made a purchase of packaged meat, poultry, pork and seafood and/or bagged citrus ...
Del Monte marketed these pineapples under the name "Del Monte Gold Extra Sweet." Dole obtained the MD-2 pineapple through non-legal means via a farmer in Costa Rica who had been hired by Del Monte to grow the pineapple. Dole then began selling the same variety under the moniker "Dole Premium Select."
To claim your piece of the settlement, you’ll need to fill out a claim form, which can be found on the settlement website. Make sure you submit your completed claim form by Feb. 19, 2025 ...