On May 3, 2012, Dole Food Company, Inc. issued a press release to report first quarter 2012 results and related matters, and to announce that the Company has initiated a strategic review of its businesses. The text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On May 3, 2012, Dole will host a previously announced conference call/webcast and slide presentation at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time, in connection with Dole's May 3, 2012 filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As noted in the April 24, 2012 press release announcing the conference call/webcast and slide presentation, any interested party can listen to the call using the telephone numbers and passcode provided in the press release, and the webcast and slide presentation are available to the public on the website provided in the press release. The slide presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is the slide presentation available on such website and will be discussed on the conference call/webcast and slide presentation.

(d) Exhibits:

99.1    Press Release dated May 3, 2012 re first quarter 2012 results and related
        matters, and re the Company's initiation of a strategic review of its
        businesses.

99.2    Slide presentation to be discussed on publicly accessible May 3, 2012
        conference call/webcast and slide presentation.

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the exhibits and the information set forth therein and herein are furnished to the Commission and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.