"This company is built on quality, quality and quality" - James Drummond Dole
In 1901, James Drummond Dole, a Harvard graduate in agriculture two years earlier, started the first pineapple plantation in Hawaii. He soon developed a technique for canning the fresh, juicy pineapples and made sure his business was always focused on quality. Today, Dole provides naturally sweet, golden pineapple in slices and crisp pieces canned year-round.
The company remains true to the principles of James Drummond Dole. The Dole brand stands for healthy, competitively priced, high-quality products. To continue to ensure this, Dole is quick to respond to market demands and focuses its attention on innovative and sustainable production methods with excellent performance and teamwork.
Dole takes corporate social responsibility very seriously. Therefore, a comprehensive program has been developed to ensure the fulfillment of these responsibilities - from health care for its employees to a rural development program.
In addition, its plantations and production facilities in the Philippines have been a proud member of Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit organization, since 2013. Rainforest Alliance standards include conserving biodiversity, strengthening workers' rights and improving the living conditions of their families and the community.
The Dole "Tropical Gold Pineapple" range features the Rainforest Alliance logo to make clear its commitment to these issues. Under the "Tropical Gold Pineapple" brand, Dole has been producing "Gold Pineapple" of exceptionally high quality since 2007. Both fresh and canned a unique high quality product.
Dole Packaged Foods is a global leader in fruit, vegetable and healthy convenience products, from the growing process, through packaging to marketing. The product range includes cans and plastic cups, as well as pouches for retail, catering and industry.
Dole and its commercial agent Gloe & Zeitz B.V. have a long and fruitful partnership.
For decades we have made every effort to guarantee the unique quality of Dole fruit preserves, for all the varieties you find in supermarkets, in all the countries where we are represented. For more information about Dole, please visit www.dolefoodservice.com.
