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....

US Foodservice–Austin
breaks ground on new
food distribution center

US Foodservice–Austin has broken ground on a new 290,000-square-foot, $50-million food distribution facility that will help it to better serve clients in south central Texas....

Choptank Transport wins
Feeding America award

Choptank Transport, a full-service transportation provider with its main offices in Preston MD and Franklin TN, has been named “Logistics Partner of the Year” by Feeding America....

United Fresh Foundation
bestows four scholarships

The United Fresh Foundation Center for Leadership Excellence has named the four recipients of the 2010 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarships....

Global ice cream market
belies a chilly economy

According to Mintel Global Market Navigator (GMN), ice cream retailers are scooping up the profits despite a chilly economy....

Diamond Ranch Foods
will begin exporting
products into Mexico

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd (OTC BB: DRFO), a meat, poultry and seafood processing and foodservice distribution company, plans to begin exporting products into Mexico....

Catterton Partners
acquires Alasko Foods

Private equity firm Catterton Partners has acquired a controlling interest in Alasko Foods Inc, a Canadian marketer of frozen fruits and vegetables to both institutional and consumer markets....

‘Building Healthy Families’
theme for Dairy Month
brings a flock of Penguins

The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) recognized the best marketing efforts supporting June Dairy Month with 30 Gold and 40 Silver Penguin Awards in 14 different retail categories....

Tropical fruit exporters
pick Purfresh Transport

Purfresh announced the successful arrival of papayas, plantains, pineapples, and mangos shipped using Purfresh Transport from Central America to the Netherlands, United States, Germany, and Spain....

MegaMex Foods joint
venture expands its
portfolio via acquisition

MegaMex Foods LLC, a joint venture between Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) and Herdez Del Fuerte SA de CV, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Don Miguel Foods Corp from TSG4 LP, a private equity fund sponsored by TSG Consumer Partners LLC, and private investors....

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