Dean Foods Co transitions
Schepps-brand products
to Oak Farms in DFW area

Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) plans to convert its retail Schepps-brand dairy products to the Oak Farms brand in the Dallas-Fort Worth TX area by early 2011....

PremierCare Connect
helps Proffer Produce
control supply chain costs

Once a year, Proffer Produce owner and president Benjy Proffer examines his maintenance shop’s profit-and-loss reports to determine which equipment to replace based on the amount of money spent on repairs....

Fisher Ranch extends
CHEP pallet partnership

Fisher Ranch Corporation has extended its contract with pallet and container pooling company CHEP....

Cargill turkey brands
help Feeding America

Feeding America and Cargill’s Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms turkey brands are teaming up for the second consecutive year to help provide 1.75 million meals to Americans faced with hunger....

Unilever to acquire EVGA
ice cream brands, network

Unilever and EVGA have formed an agreement in which Unilever will acquire EVGA’s ice cream brands (which include Scandal, Variete, and Karabola) and distribution network for an undisclosed amount....

Diamond Ranch creates
re-distribution network

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd has begun forming a re-distribution network within the tri-state area consisting of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for several of its branded products....

VersaCold marks opening
of its distribution center
at Port of Tacoma WA

Public refrigerated warehouse company VersaCold recently celebrated the opening of its newest distribution center at the Port of Tacoma WA with a barbecue lunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony....

Allison’s fully automatic
transmission passes
fleet test with flying colors

A comparison trial of automated manual and Allison fully automatic transmission-equipped Renault Premiums by French distribution group sees the Allison transmission returning an average of 8.5-liter/100-kilometer fuel reduction (24% less) by using a smaller power-pack....

Hanson Logistics gears up
for temperature-controlled
capacity demand upsurge

With refrigerated transportation indexes pointing to pending capacity restraints and Chicago IL-area warehousing needing additional deep-frozen, high-turn space, Hanson Logistics has taken several steps in its single-source marketing program....

UNFI will use green power
at distribution facility

United Natural Foods Inc (Nasdaq: UNFI) has extended its commitment to using renewable energy by purchasing 6,200 megawatt-hours of electricity and renewable energy from EcoElectrons Renewable Energy for its new Lancaster TX distribution facility....

AFFI urges Senate to pass
food safety legislation

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) has joined a diverse coalition of consumer groups and food associations in urging the US Senate to pass the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S 510)....

Scholarship honors
foodservice icon Bailin

The Bailin family has launched the Samuel I Bailin Memorial Endowed Scholarship at the School of Hospitality Leadership at DePaul University in Chicago IL....

Edible Arrangements
takes bite out of fuel costs

Leaders at Edible Arrangements have developed an innovative way to refrigerate their artistically designed fresh fruit arrangements during delivery....

Cost overruns bring call
for freeze on renewal
of Marines’ food contract

A congressional briefing that focused on rooting out waste from military service contracts has honed in on the US Marines’ Regional Garrison Food Service arrangement that, instead of saving taxpayers the promised 20% cost savings when it was signed eight years ago, has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in overruns....

Foodservice’s finest
drivers haul in honors
at IFDA championship

Drivers from Ben E Keith Foods, Performance Foodservice, and McLane Foodservice Distribution were recognized for their exceptional performance at a banquet after competition in the 2010 Food Industry Truck Driving Championship....

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