Pathmark Stores sustains
net loss in fiscal 1Q

Pathmark Stores Inc, a regional supermarket chain operating 141 supermarkets primarily in the New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia metro areas, reported unaudited results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 5, 2007. ...

Tyson Foods deepens
fat-to-fuel commitment

Tyson Foods Inc, the Springdale AR-based meat processing giant, has established another joint venture to produce fuel from animal fat and vegetable oil generated by its meatpacking plants....

USCS to construct
facility in Florida

United States Cold Storage intends to build a refrigerated warehouse and distribution center on 33 acres in Osceola County FL. ...

Horizon’s organic footprint
expands across Midwest

Horizon Organic has expanded into two new Midwestern states, bringing the company’s total number of states with organic farmer-partners to 22. ...

Kroger to acquire 20 Farmer Jack stores

The Kroger Co has reached an agreement to acquire 20 Farmer Jack stores in the Detroit MI metropolitan area from The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc...

McLane extends agreement
to serve Handee Marts Inc

McLane Co Inc has reached agreement with Handee Marts Inc to continue serving as its primary wholesale-distributor through at least 2012...

Chiquita concludes sale
of refrigerated vessels

Chiquita Brands International Inc has completed the previously announced sale of its 12 refrigerated cargo vessels for $227 million...

Albertson’s plans to bid
farewell to Sooner State

Albertson's LLC intends to exit the Oklahoma marketplace and outsource the grocery distribution operations that support its Dallas-Fort Worth TX division...

Spartan completes Felpausch transaction

Spartan Stores Inc has completed the previously announced acquisition of 20 retail grocery stores, two fuel centers, and three convenience stores from G&R Felpausch Co...

FDA testing fewer
seafood imports

As seafood imports climb, the percentage of shipments receiving laboratory test inspections has fallen over the past four years, from 0.88 percent in 2003 to 0.59 percent in 2006....

Sun Capital affiliate
to acquire Friendly

Friendly Ice Cream Corp has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Freeze Operations Holding Corp, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc....

Kraft Foods leases
space for expansion

Kraft Foods plans to lease 400,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse space from Springfield Underground. Serving as a new regional distribution center...

Container security system deployed at Florida port

GE Security Inc announced the deployment of the CommerceGuard container security system at the Port Everglades Terminal in Florida’s Port Everglades...

PLM to purchase ReeferTrak systems

Alanco Technologies Inc’s StarTrak Systems subsidiary has entered into a long-term agreement with PLM Trailer Leasing (PLM) for the purchase of ReeferTrak monitoring and control systems...

Albertson’s plans
to acquire Raley’s
New Mexico stores

Albertson's LLC intends to acquire Raley's 10 stores in New Mexico. The acquisition includes one closed and eight operating stores in Albuquerque, and one store in Taos...

Cold chain companies
form a partnership

Cold Chain Technologies, which offers systems for distributing and transporting temperature-sensitive products, has announced a new global alliance with Topa Verpakking BV of the Netherlands...

Winn-Dixie ready
to weather hurricanes

Jacksonville FL-based Winn-Dixie Stores Inc is equipping selected stores in its operating area with generators that can power an entire store in case of a power outage....

Distribution agreement
for Campbell beverages

Campbell Soup Co, Coca-Cola North America (CCNA), and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc have entered into an agreement for distribution of Campbell’s single-serve beverage portfolio...

United Food Group
expands beef recall

In a precautionary measure, United Food Group LLC, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is voluntarily expanding its recall to include fresh and frozen ground beef products produced April 6-20 ...

Sheetz Brothers Kitchen
enters preparation stage

The Sheetz Corp and the Altoona-Blair County Development Corp broke ground for the new Sheetz Brothers Kitchen in Blair County PA recently...

Whole Foods to resist
FTC move to halt
Wild Oats merger

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has advised Whole Foods Market Inc that it will file a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to block the proposed acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc...

Cross Atlantic ships
first order of gelato

Cross Atlantic Commodities Inc, a multi-national importer and distributor of food items and specialty consumer products, has shipped its first order of Italian ice cream “gelato” ...

Roadcheck logs 20 years
of promoting vehicle safety

About 10,000 specially trained and certified officers will blanket North America’s roadways beginning June 5 to prevent truck and bus crashes and save lives...

Stevens carries off award
for third consecutive year

Wal-Mart Stores Inc has recognized Stevens Transport as the recipient of the company’s annual Grocery Carrier of the Year award for the third consecutive year. ...