Dole

Honduran company
Also known as: Castle & Cooke, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company

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Honduras

  • Honduras
    In Honduras: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing

    …Company and United Brands) and Dole (formerly Standard Fruit and Steamship Company and Castle & Cooke)—hold a disproportionate amount of the country’s agricultural land and produce a substantial part of the national income by growing the majority of the country’s banana crop. Important export crops other than bananas include coffee…

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La Ceiba

  • La Ceiba
    In La Ceiba

    Standard Fruit de Honduras, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Dole Food Company, which operates large banana, citrus fruit, and coconut plantations in the hinterland, is centred in the city.

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