Sysco Corp. opts to get
onboard with XATANET

Sysco Corporation, North America’s largest foodservice marketer and distributor, has selected XATA Corp. as its preferred provider of onboard computer technology....

Safeway’s entire truck
fleet goes clean and green

Safeway Inc. has converted its entire California and United States truck fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel....

Performance Food Group
to be acquired in merger

Performance Food Group Company has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion....

Merger raises 'berry'
promising opportunities

Red Blossom Farms and ASG Produce have merged their operations and established Red Blossom Sales Inc....

New food defense guide
to help warehouses, DCs

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its Guide to Developing a Food Defense Plan for Warehouses and Distribution Centers, along with a companion pocket brochure on the same subject....

U.S. Foodservice plans
to shut Mesquite TX plant

U.S. Foodservice plans to close its Mesquite TX plant in March 2008, with 138 employees losing their jobs....

Richmond Cold Storage
completes plant expansion

Richmond Cold Storage Company (RCS) has completed expansion of its Richmond VA facility....

Aurora aims to reduce
its carbon footprint

Aurora Organic Dairy has announced a major initiative with the University of Michigan to measure and reduce its carbon footprint across the entire product lifecycle, from cattle feed to cartons in retail dairy cases....

Sara Lee US Foods opens
cold storage warehouse

Sara Lee US Foods, a unit of Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp., has opened a new $31.7 million, 182,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Haltom City TX to handle lunch meat, pies, and other goods from 15 plants....

United Natural Foods plans
to open distribution center

United Natural Foods Inc. has announced plans to lease a new distribution center in Moreno Valley CA....

Savi marks 25,000th
e-seal-tagged shipment

Savi Networks recently recorded the 25,000th commercial cargo shipment tagged with standards-based electronic seals (e-seals) moving through its global wireless network....

Prime Inc acquires TRL
assets, trucking ops

Robert E Low, owner and chief executive officer of Prime Inc, has announced the acquisition of specific assets and the trucking operations of Pittston PA-based Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines in December 2007....

Vaughan Foods secures
new credit agreement

Vaughan Foods Inc, a Moore OK-based producer and distributor of fresh-cut vegetables and fruit products, and a broad line of refrigerated prepared salads, sauces, soups, stews, and side dishes, announced the execution of a new $5.0 million revolving credit agreement....

England Intermodal
ready to hit the rails

England Logistics, a unit of Salt Lake City UT-based C R England, recently launched England Intermodal, which will offer refrigerated, private equipment on selected routes....

In continuing pursuit of know-how
, David A Kolman

It used to be that neighbors asked about your family and meant it. Parents were the only baby sitters. Rip Van Winkle slept 20 years and no one asked...