The Kannapolis City Council has approved an incentive grant for Dole Food’s East Coast Fresh Fruit Sales Division. It will occupy 6,800 square feet in the North Carolina Research Campus. The sales division will include 19 employees who have positions in administration, sales, marketing, nutrition and food safety. The company will transfer and hire locally for the positions with annual salaries ranging from a minimum of $50,000 to over $100,000, which is significantly above the average county wages. The one-time incentive grant is for $100,000 and the company anticipates spending $882,000 to build-out and equip the space they need in the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory.