Dole plc (NYSE:DOLE) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Gary Martin: That’s great. And then just maybe a final one, just, I know you’ve touched on El Nino quite extensively, but I suppose just touching on the European heat wave in June, July, I mean does that expect that have any knock-on impact later in the year? Like, is there any kind of fruit and veg production issues off the back that’s expected to impact Dole anyway? And what’s the best way to think about it?

Rory Byrne: We don’t, we don’t think about heat wave, that’s going to have a material impact on us. It will affect some categories of supply in Northern Europe coming out of Southern Europe in particular , the temperatures in Spain, Southern Spain, in particular. It can have an impact on — but we’re not expecting that to have material impact on us.

Gary Martin: Okay. That’s really helpful. Thanks so much. I’ll pass it on.

Rory Byrne: Thanks, Gary.

Operator: It seems like we don’t have any questions as of right now. I’d now like to hand back to our management for the closing remarks.

Rory Byrne: Okay. Thank you. So I think we can look back at Q2 as being another good quarter and a strong sequence of good quarterly performances Plenty of challenges, but we also see there’s plenty of opportunities and we look forward to the future with optimism. So thank you all for joining the call today. Thank you very much.

Operator: Thank you, everyone. You may now all disconnect to the conference.

Rory Byrne: Thank you all for joining the call today. Thank you very much.