Chiquita Bananas Using Landec's Packaging Technology to Be Sold by Core-Mark International Throughout North America; Goal to Reach More Than 5,000 Outlets by Year-End.

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Landec Corporation (Nasdaq:LNDC), a developer and marketer of technology-based polymer products for food, agricultural and licensed partner applications announced today that Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE:CQB) and Core-Mark International (NASDAQ:CORE), one of the largest North American distributors to the convenience retail industry, have entered into an arrangement to distribute Chiquita bananas using Landec's patented packaging technology to convenience stores (C-stores) throughout the Core-Mark network. After successfully concluding tests at more than 200 C-stores, Chiquita and Core-Mark have a goal to expand the reach of premium Chiquita bananas to more than 5,000 retail locations in dozens of states by calendar year-end.

"This arrangement is a good example of how we are executing our strategy to better meet consumer needs for convenient, healthy and great-tasting food," said Fernando Aguirre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Chiquita. "Premium single-serve Chiquita bananas meet the consumer's desire for quality and freshness in the convenience store channel. Retailers benefit by being able to offer ready-to-eat healthy snacks with better margins and a longer shelf life. Chiquita benefits because C-store sales provide incremental profitable growth."

"We are very excited about the opportunity to partner with Chiquita and provide a premium banana offering to our customers utilizing the new packaging technology," said Mike Walsh, Chief Executive Officer of Core-Mark. "This is another example of how Core-Mark is able to bring unique product and marketing solutions to the convenience retailing channel. We are confident this offer will resonate with convenience store consumers and will help our customers grow their sales profitably."

A joint technology development and supply agreement reached in September 2004 between Chiquita and Landec was a key enabler to this distribution arrangement with Core-Mark. Chiquita is using Landec's patented packaging technology to keep single bananas at the ready-to-eat stage required in immediate-consumption outlets. By extending the shelf life of bananas, new retail locations, such as C-stores, can now offer consistently high-quality Chiquita bananas.

"This collaboration between Chiquita and Core-Mark using our banana packaging technology demonstrates that our BreatheWay(TM) packaging technology extends the shelf-life of bananas and allows bananas to be sold nationally through non-traditional banana outlets such as convenience stores. With Chiquita's brand recognition, Core-Mark's distribution capabilities and Landec's proprietary packaging technology, we look forward to further expanding and accelerating our banana packaging program," stated Gary Steele, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Landec Corporation.

About Core-Mark International

Core-Mark International (www.coremark.com) is one of the largest broad-line, full-service wholesale distributors of packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry in North America. Founded in 1888, Core-Mark provides distribution and logistics services as well as marketing programs to approximately 20,000 retail locations in 38 states and five Canadian provinces through 24 distribution centers. Core-Mark services traditional convenience retailers, grocers, mass merchandisers, drug, liquor and specialty stores, and other stores that carry consumer packaged goods.

About Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (www.chiquita.com) is a leading international marketer and distributor of high-quality fresh and value-added produce, which is sold under the Chiquita(R) premium brand and related trademarks. The company is one of the largest banana producers in the world and a major supplier of bananas in Europe and North America. In June 2005, Chiquita acquired Fresh Express(R), the U.S. market leader in value-added salads, a fast-growing food category for grocery retailers, foodservice providers and quick-service restaurants.

About Landec Corporation

Landec Corporation (www.landec.com) designs, develops, manufactures and sells temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for a variety of food, agricultural and licensed partner applications. The Company's temperature-activated polymer products are based on its patented Intelimer(R) polymers which differ from other polymers in that they can be customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a pre-set temperature switch.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including such factors among others, as the timing and expenses associated with expanding operations, the ability to achieve acceptance of the Company's new products in the market place, weather conditions that can affect the supply and price of produce, the amount and timing of research and development funding and license fees from the Company's collaborative partners, the timing of regulatory approvals and new product introductions, the mix between pilot production of new products and full-scale manufacturing of existing products, the mix between domestic and international sales, and the risk factors listed in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2005. (See item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.) As a result of these and other factors, the Company expects to continue to experience significant fluctuations in quarterly operating results and there can be no assurance that the Company will remain consistently profitable. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.