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Standard Fruit Company

Logo: W. Rodney Long (born 1898), Transportation Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American fruit company

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1924Founded1
  • Industryprocessing and preserving of fruit and vegetables, sea and coastal freight water transport (NACE 50.2), warehousing and storage (NACE 52.1)1
  • HeadquartersNew Orleans1

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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.2

The story

Founded by Vaccaro brothers in 1924.1

Products and brands

  • banana

Listed on Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Dole plc1

Timeline

  1. 1924Founded Founded1

Sources

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