Government cites produce
firms for PACA violations

The US Department of Agriculture has cited BT Produce Company Inc, operating in Bronx NY, for willful, repeated, and flagrant violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)....

Fuel-stingy hybrid truck
means bountiful savings
for California food bank

When Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo (CA) Counties delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to local neighborhood community centers with its new Kenworth diesel-electric hybrid tractor, the expected fuel savings could enable the food bank to provide an additional 14,000 meals annually....

Cheney Brothers Inc
to deploy ReeferTrak
in its 400-trailer fleet

Alanco Technologies Inc announced that its StarTrak Systems subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Cheney Brothers Inc for deployment of its ReeferTrak monitoring system on the company’s nationwide fleet of 400 refrigerated trailers....

Fresh King bolsters customer
service by using CHEP pallets

Fresh King, a grower and shipper of tropical and exotic fruits and vegetables, plans to expand shipments on CHEP pallets in the near future....

IFDA members rank
Tyson Food Service
Group as top supplier

For the fourth consecutive year, Tyson Food Service Group of Springvale AR received the top ranking in a survey polling members of the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) on the performance of 45 leading foodservice manufacturers....

KFC franchisees honor
McLane’s performance

Supply chain services company McLane announced that two Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) regional franchisee associations presented the company with their respective “Vendor of the Year” Awards for outstanding service and overall performance....

Paris Brothers finds
foodservice success
by ‘going underground’

If ever a foodservice company could be called “innovative,” it would be Paris Brothers. A Kansas City MO-based, family-owned business launched in 1983, Paris Brothers is a clear leader in an industry that is constantly evolving...

Calavo enters refrigerated
salsa arena via acquisition

Calavo Growers Inc, provider of avocados and other fresh perishable products, announced the formation of majority-owned Calavo Salsa Lisa LLC, and that business’s acquisition of Lisa’s Salsa Company of St Paul MN....

New trucks invigorate
drivers, reinforce image
of quality at Reser’s

When Reser’s Fine Foods unveiled a new look with its packaging and marketing in 2009, part of that change was the addition to its delivery fleet of 35 new viper-red Kenworth medium-duty trucks complete with new graphic wraps on the van bodies....

IFDA members elect
new officers to board

During the annual membership meeting held at the 2010 IFDA Partners Executive Forum recently, members of the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) elected new officers to its board of directors, elected three new directors, and re-elected seven existing directors....

Tony’s Fine Foods acquires
Columbus Distributing Inc

Tony’s Fine Foods has acquired Hayward CA-based Columbus Distributing Inc, the perishable foods distribution division of Columbus Foods....

Golden State Foods
picks Par technology

Par Logistics Management Systems Corporation (PAR LMS), a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp, has been selected by Golden State Foods (GSF) to provide its cold chain management system to the GSF food distribution network....

Report covers seafood
processing, distribution

Research and Markets has added the Seafood Processing and Distribution report to its offerings....

Sysco Corp’s sales dip,
net earnings increase
in fiscal second quarter

Houston TX-based foodservice provider Sysco Corporation announced its financial results for its 13-week second quarter ended December 26, 2009. ...

Carvel Ice Cream orders
more Hand Truck Sentry
units for fleet's trucks

Carvel Ice Cream Celebrations Foods of New Britain CT has ordered additional Hand Truck Sentry (HTS) System units for its route sales representatives (RSRs) to equip their new Penske Freightliner M2 fleet trucks arriving in Phoenix AZ in April 2010....

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