Group assails COOL law compliance cost

Mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for seafood is failing to deliver the benefits promised by the law, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). ...

Publix stock price rises 9 quarters running

Publix’s sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 were $5.6 billion, a 3.2 percent decrease from the 2005 fourth quarter’s $5.7 billion....

A&P to acquire Pathmark Stores in merger

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc and Pathmark Stores Inc have reached a definitive merger agreement in which A&P will acquire Carteret NJ-based Pathmark for $1.3 billion in cash, stock, and debt assumption or retirement...

PFG registers solid gains in 4Q, 2006

Performance Food Group has announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec 30, 2006. Consolidated net sales were approximately $1.5 billion, an increase of about 3%...

Cronos Group agrees to sell its assets

The Cronos Group has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with CRX Acquisition Ltd, a newly formed company to be owned by members of Cronos’ management team...

A&P negotiates to purchase Pathmark

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc (A&P) is in negotiations to acquire Pathmark Stores Inc at a possible price of $12.50 per Pathmark share....

Foremost Farms USA plans to close facilities

Foremost Farms USA plans to close its Fitchburg WI fruit juice packaging plant and the distribution facility it leases in Windsor WI...

Fresh Del Monte endures challenging year

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc has reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec 29, 2006. Net sales for the 2006 fourth quarter decreased 3 percent to $737.6 million, compared with $757.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005...

Save Mart acquires Albertson’s division

Save Mart Supermarkets of Modesto CA has confirmed that the sale to acquire Albertson’s LLC Northern California Division is final...

PSF shareholders approve Smithfield merger

Stockholders of Premium Standard Farms Inc have approved a merger agreement with Smithfield Foods Inc. As a result, PSF will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Smithfield...

Dean Foods rejects milk from cloned cows

Despite the federal government’s tentative approval of meat and milk from cloned animals, Dean Foods Co says its customers wouldn’t buy milk from those animals...

Ben & Jerry’s betting on site near Vegas

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc will expand production to a plant in Henderson NV, about 16 miles from Las Vegas...

Private equity firm acquiring Smart & Final

Smart & Final Inc has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Apollo Management LP for $22 per share in cash...

Pro Transport to use ReeferTrak Sentry

Pro Transport and Leasing Inc of Grand Forks ND has contracted with Alanco Technologies’ StarTrak Systems subsidiary to deploy StarTrak’s new ReeferTrak Sentry for tracking, monitoring, and control of its entire refrigerated trailer fleet...

Whole Foods to merge with Wild Oats

Whole Foods Market Inc and Wild Oats Markets have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Whole Foods will acquire Wild Oats’ outstanding common stock in a cash tender offer of $18.50 per share, or about $565 million...

Back in the black, Winn-Dixie issues tally

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc announced financial results for the 16- and 28-week periods ended Jan 10, 2007....

Land O’Lakes will sell CPI assets to Saputo

Land O'Lakes Inc has agreed to sell the assets of its Cheese & Protein International (CPI) operations, based in Tulare CA, to Saputo Cheese USA Inc...

Nascent opens Mexican distribution center

Nascent Food Service has opened a full-service warehouse and distribution center in Ensenada, Baja, Mexico, and named food industry executive Eduardo Ortiz Lopez as general manager for that facility...

New H & M Bay facility to employ RFID

H & M Bay Inc will begin construction of a 576,000-cubic-foot freezer/cooler at its Federalsburg MD headquarters facility. When complete, the cold storage inventory control system will operate on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology....

Refrigerated Transporter editor dies

Gary L Macklin, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated Transporter, died unexpectedly at his Houston home February 16. Gary dedicated his entire career to the refrigerated transportation industry. ...

NexCen to buy Marble Slab, Maggie Moo’s

NexCen Brands Inc has entered into definitive agreements to acquire MaggieMoo’s International LLC and the assets of Marble Slab Creamery Inc...

Heroic finalists confront danger on duty

Finalists for Goodyear's 24th annual North America Highway Hero Award are Elizabeth Pavlista of Miami AZ, Edward Regener of Perres CA, Richard Miner of Phoenix AZ, and Marlon Marum of Burnsville MN...

Sysco makes it 149 quarterly dividends in a row

Sysco Corp’s board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share, payable April 27, 2007, to common shareholders of record at the close of business April 6, 2007...

DHL ready to help Cupid spread the love

Global express delivery and logistics company DHL is preparing to deliver record numbers of fresh flowers across the United States for Cupid’s visit this Valentine’s Day....