Coastal, L&M Produce combine operations

Coastal Sunbelt Produce and L&M Produce are joining forces to become a leading foodservice distributor of fresh produce in the Mid-Atlantic. The combined...

Fleets turn to driver-recruiting web site

Vertical Alliance Group Inc announced that 11 new trucking companies have signed with FullFleet.com in the first six months of 2007, including Jack in...

J B Hunt installs Hegemon ID system

Hegemon Electronics recently assisted J B Hunt Transport Services Inc with the addition of its PLC4TRUCKS system to more than 10,000 J B Hunt tractors....

Innovative Cold Storage awards contract

Innovative Cold Storage Enterprises Inc has awarded FKI Logistex a major contract to supply a hybrid very-narrow-aisle (VNA) system for the firm's 132,000-square-foot...

Panther receives business growth award

Panther Expedited Services has been awarded the 2007 Business Growth Award and Sales Growth Award in the Service category from Cascade Capital Corp. The...

Knight tallies 3Q, YTD financial results

Knight Transportation Inc has announced financial results for the third quarter and year-to-date ended Sept 30, 2007. For the quarter, the Phoenix AZ-based...

C&S implements XATANET software

XATA Corp announced that C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc has chosen to equip more than 700 trucks with XATANET software. C&S's fleet delivers to both local...

Universal Package offers new web site

Universal Package Systems has launched its new web site at www.UniversalPackage.com. The company offers new and reconditioned plastic and metal bulk containers,...

Freightliner moving certain functions to SC

Freightliner LLC will transfer selected functions from its corporate headquarters in Portland OR to a South Carolina location closer to customers and...

US truck tonnage falls in October 2007

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has reported that United States truck tonnage decreased 0.3% in October 2007 after a modest 1.5% increase in...

PacLease adds five new lease locations

Paccar Leasing Co (PacLease) has added two new full-service lease locations in Moses Lake WA and Anchorage AK. The locations are operated by Western Pacific...

Ingersoll-Rand plans
to acquire Trane Inc

Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Trane Inc, formerly American Standard Companies Inc, in a transaction valued at approximately $10.1 billion....

United Natural turns
to the sun in a big way

United Natural Foods Inc, along with Solar Works Inc and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), held a dedication ceremony December 13 for the installation of the largest solar electric system in New England....

Coastal, L&M Produce
combine their operations

Coastal Sunbelt Produce and L&M Produce are joining forces to become a leading foodservice distributor of fresh produce in the Mid-Atlantic....

Trucking association hails
new rule on driver HOS

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) welcomes the interim final rule on drivers’ hours of service issued December 11 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)....

Kroger Co rings up sales
gains 10 quarters in a row

The Kroger Co has reported total sales increased 9.8% to $16.1 billion for the third quarter that ended Nov 10, 2007....

Calavo adopts PakSense
TXi label as shipping tool

Calavo Growers, supplier of fresh and processed avocados and other perishable food products, has adopted PakSense Inc’s TXi label to track time and temperature of all products during shipping....

ICS Logistics to build
refrigerated warehouse

ICS Logistics intends to construct a 227,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Jacksonville FL for imported seafood, fruits, and vegetables....

A&P completes merger
with Pathmark Stores

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc (A&P) has completed its acquisition of Carteret NJ-based Pathmark Stores Inc for $1.4 billion in cash, stock, and assumed or retired debt....

Produce Traceability
Initiative panel named

Representatives of more than 30 produce supply chain companies have been chosen to serve on the steering committee of the Produce Traceability Initiative....

Innovative Cold Storage
awards VNA contract

Innovative Cold Storage Enterprises Inc has awarded FKI Logistex a major contract to supply a hybrid very-narrow-aisle (VNA) system for the firm’s 132,000-square-foot primary refrigerated warehouse in San Diego CA....

LaSalle Brands enters
into funding agreement

LaSalle Brands Corp has entered into a funding agreement with Grammar Capital LLP....

Greenline Foods acquires
Green Glen Produce Inc

Greenline Foods, an acquisition platform company of The Riverside Co, has purchased Green Glen Produce Inc, a Hanover PA-based firm that supplies fresh-trimmed, packaged green beans....

Tyson donates $1.5 million
to charity organization

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of ARKOMA, which serves children in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, will receive a $1.5 million grant from Tyson Foods Inc....

Monterey Gourmet Foods
consolidates operations

To consolidate its operations, Monterey Gourmet Foods has signed a 10-year lease effective Jan 1, 2008, for a 93,000-square-foot facility in Kent WA....