Highway Hero finalists
for 2007 defy danger

As finalists for Goodyear’s 25th annual North America Highway Hero Award, two truck drivers dove into chilly, murky waters to pull victims to safety in separate incidents; a Canadian driver made a lightning-quick decision and died to save other lives; and a New Mexico driver rescued a pregnant woman from a brutal attack after she was run over by her boyfriend’s truck....

Pierre Foods closes
Cedartown GA plant

Pierre Foods Inc. has closed its Cedartown GA plant, effective Feb. 8, 2008. The company expects to transition a majority of the production to its other facilities....

Penn Traffic, C&S
sign produce contract

The Penn Traffic Company has signed a produce procurement contract with C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., the nation’s second-largest food wholesaler....

Wanted: Top-notch drivers
for America's Road Team

The American Trucking Associations is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2009-2010 America’s Road Team....

Tyson Foods again nets
IFDA's supplier award

At a gathering of top executives from more than 100 leading foodservice distributor and supplier companies, Tyson Foods Inc. was honored as the 2007 International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Supplier of the Year....

U.S. Foodservice plans
to acquire Clark assets

U.S. Foodservice, the second-largest broadline foodservice distributor in the United States, has entered into an agreement with Clark National Inc. to acquire certain key operating assets of Clark’s South Bend IN broadline foodservice distribution business....

Wal-Mart adopts Global
Food Safety Initiative

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has become the first nationwide grocery chain to require suppliers of its private label and other food products such as produce, meat, fish, poultry, and ready-to-eat foods to have their factories certified against one of the internationally recognized Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards....

Reddy Ice Holdings merger
agreement is terminated

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc. has reached an agreement with affiliates of GSO Capital Partners LP to terminate the merger agreement dated July 2, 2007, by Reddy Ice; Frozen LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and Hockey Parent Inc. and Hockey Mergersub Inc., both Delaware corporations....

Unilever to buy Russian
ice cream company

In a move to bolster its position as the world’s leading ice cream company, Unilever Plc plans to purchase Inmarko, a top Russian ice cream company, for an undisclosed sum....

Calavo joins anti-terrorism partnership

Calavo Growers Inc has become the first and only validated avocado distributor member of the United States Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program...

England unit expands TenFold relationship

TenFold Corp has expanded its relationship with England Logistics...

EPA honors TransAm Trucking Inc

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has presented Olathe KS-based TransAm Trucking Inc an Environmental Excellence Award...

XATA agrees to acquire GeoLogic Solutions

XATA Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GeoLogic Solutions Inc. for approximately $17.5 million...

Fontaine Parts Connection is established

Fifthwheel manufacturer Fontaine International-North America has launched a new company dedicated to the aftermarket. Fontaine Parts Connection will provide...

ATA Truck Tonnage Index surges 4.1%

The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 4.1 percent in December 2007...

GREENTrace tracks food from field to fork

InSync Software Inc is offering the GREENTrace food safety system for fresh food industries...

NTSB: Design flaw led to bridge collapse

Undersize gusset plates used in the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis MN were “the critical factor” in the August 2007 bridge collapse that took 13 lives and injured 100...

IRS lists vehicles qualifying for tax credit

Purchasers of certain large trucks, buses, or other heavy vehicles running on alternative fuel can claim credit...

NAW issues two new improvement kits

The NAW (National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors) Institute for Distribution Excellence has issued two new releases...

Mexico opens border to California spinach

Mexico announced it will once again allow imports of California spinach...

An overview of CARB's performance requirements for refrigeration units

The Next compliance phase of the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for In-Use Diesel-Fueled Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) and TRU Gen Sets, and Facilities Where TRUs Operate begins next year...