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. ...

McLane Co, Enmark extend
agreement for three years

McLane Co Inc has extended its service agreement with Enmark Stations Inc for another three years...

Sale of Smart & Final
to Apollo Mgt LP is final

Smart & Final Inc has announced the completion of its merger with an affiliate of Apollo Management LP....

Enterra, DNV reach port security agreement

Enterra Solutions LLC announced an agreement with global shipping classification society Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc (DNV) to build operational resiliency into DNV’s global port operations and supply chain services....

Cuisine Solutions boosts
capacity of its US plant

Cuisine Solutions Inc has purchased equipment and is completing work that will increase the capacity at its United States facility in Alexandria VA by 60%....

Petro Stopping Centers
will be merged with TA

Petro Stopping Centers has been acquired by TravelCenters of America (TA) and Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT). ...

Hormel carves out ample
earnings in fiscal 2Q, YTD

Hormel Foods Corp, the Austin MN-based meat company, has reported fiscal 2007 second quarter net earnings of $68.0 million...

Eimskip seeks bigger share
of Canadian cold storage

Eimskip Holdings Inc has agreed to acquire Canadian-based Versacold Income Fund for approximately $515 million...

Kahiki Foods, GTG
plan to merge

Kahiki Foods Inc has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Delaware-based Delabarta Inc and GTG Foods Inc, an Ohio corporation and a Delabarta subsidiary...

Brazilian firm agrees
to acquire Swift & Co

Private equity firm HM Capital Partners LLC and J&F Participações SA, which owns 77 percent of Brazil’s JBS SA, Latin America’s largest beef processor, have signed a definitive agreement under which J&F will acquire meat processor Swift & Co...

Fresh & Easy trailers look
white--but they're green

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced the arrival of the first in its fleet of distribution trailers that will showcase the firm’s goal to be a good steward of the environment....

AG Net Lease completes
transaction with Friendly’s

Angelo, Gordon & Co’s dedicated Net Lease Group (AG Net Lease) has completed a net lease transaction with Friendly Ice Cream Corp whereby AG Net Lease acquired the land and building in which the ice cream company operates and leases its mid-Atlantic regional distribution center for $6.4 million....