Castle & Cooke, Inc.

                                                                    NEWS RELEASE

                                                        Contact: Dean R. Estrada
                                                                  (310) 209-3804


            CASTLE & COOKE, INC. AND FLEXI-VAN LEASING, INC. ANNOUNCE
            FIVE DAY EXTENSION OF TENDER OFFER THROUGH JULY 14, 2000

         LOS ANGELES, California, July 10, 2000 - Castle & Cooke, Inc. (NYSE:
CCS) and Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc. announced today that the cash offer of $19.25
per share by Flexi-Van's wholly-owned subsidiary, Castle Acquisition Company,
Inc., for the shares of Castle & Cooke, Inc., which Flexi-Van and its affiliates
do not already own, will be extended for five days until midnight New York time
on July 14, 2000.

                  As of July 7, 2000, approximately 7.1 million shares were
tendered in response to the tender offer. Following acceptance of these shares,
Castle Acquisition Company, Inc. would own approximately 68% of the Castle &
Cooke shares. Flexi-Van has conditioned its offer on the valid tender of 75% of
the shares held by persons unaffiliated with Flexi-Van. An additional 2.3
million shares must be received to satisfy the minimum condition. The extension
of the tender offer is intended to provide shareholders who are withholding
shares or have not yet tendered shares additional time to tender their shares so
that the minimum condition can be met. The merger agreement allows termination
of the offer if the minimum condition is not met.

         Other than the extension of the offer, the terms of the offer remain
unchanged. Shareholders should continue to refer to the original Offer to
Purchase dated May 31, 2000 and the First Supplement to Offer to Purchase dated
June 28, 2000, which disclose the details of the tender offer.

         Any questions concerning the offer and how to participate should be
addressed to Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. at (800) 223-2064 (toll
free) in the United States or at (212) 440-9800 (collect) elsewhere.

         Castle & Cooke, Inc. is a developer of residential and commercial real
estate in Hawaii, California, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia and Florida. The
company also owns and operates two of the world's highest-rated resorts on the
island of Lana'i in Hawaii.