Dole Standard Fruit Company of
Costa Rica Honored with
Prestigious Industry
Dole Food Company
announced today that for the
second time in its history, Dole
Standard Fruit Company de Costa
Rica S.A. has been presented the
“2007 Overall Excellence Award”
bestowed by the Costa Rican
Industry Association. This is
the most prestigious honor that
a company can obtain in Costa
Rica. Standard Fruit also won
the award in 2000.
Dole was recognized as the most
outstanding organization in the
following categories: Leadership
and Strategic Planning, Customer
and Market Focus, and Innovation
and Technology.
The Excellence Award was
officially declared “of national
interest” by the Government of
Costa Rica in August 2000, thus
conferring it the status of
“National Quality Award of the
Republic of Costa Rica.” Over
290 companies have participated
in the award process since its
inception in 1997.
Danilo Román, General Manager of
Dole Standard Fruit, stated:
“This achievement belongs to all
our company employees and
demonstrates the quality of our
employees at all levels.” He
continued: “We are proud to
belong to a successful
organization which promotes the
development of the talent of our
employees, care for our
environment, and offers high
quality products to our
customers.”
Dole Food Company, Inc., with
2007 revenues of $6.9 billion,
is the world's largest producer
and marketer of high-quality
fresh fruit, fresh vegetables
and fresh-cut flowers. Dole
markets a growing line of
packaged and frozen foods and is
a produce industry leader in
nutrition education and
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