Sunkist, Taylor Farms form joint venture
, from staff and wire reports

Sunkist Growers and Taylor Farms have announced a new joint venture: Sunkist Taylor LLC....

Teamsters rally to decry Dubai port deal
, from staff and wire reports

Thousands of Teamsters rallied at 19 American ports February 24, protesting the Bush administration’s decision to sell access to P&O Ports’ United States terminal operations to Dubai Ports World....

Sundia gets heftier slice of melon market
, from staff and wire reports

San Francisco CA-based Sundia Corp has formed strategic partnerships with Borders Melon Co and Leger and Son Inc, two leading watermelon growers and distributors....

FSIS takes aim at reducing salmonella
, from staff and wire reports

An initiative to reduce the presence of salmonella in raw meat and poultry products has been announced by the Food Safety and Inspection Service....

FreshPoint adds produce to shopping cart
, from staff and wire reports

FreshPoint, the produce unit of Houston TX-based Sysco Corp, has purchased fruit and vegetable distributor City Produce Inc and agreed to acquire Thomas Brothers Produce Inc....

Soy in frozen Danish dough triggers recall
, from staff and wire reports

Best Brands Corp has recalled 2,000 to 5,000 cases of its Twisted Snails Frozen Danish Dough because they contain undeclared soy....

Acquisition would up Sysco's Vegas ante
, from staff and wire reports

Sysco Corp has signed a non-binding term sheet to acquire Desert Meats & Provisions Inc, an independent specialty meat distributor in the Las Vegas and southern Nevada foodservice markets....

Banana contract offers a bunch of convenience
, from staff and wire reports

Chiquita Brands International Inc and Core-Mark International have entered into an arrangement to distribute Chiquita bananas to convenience stores using Landec Corp's patented packaging technology....

Boldly venturing in harm's way
, from staff and wire reports

Four truck drivers were named finalists for Goodyear’s North America Highway Hero Award....

SEC to charge auditors in Ahold scandal
, from staff and wire reports

Two KPMG auditors will face charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly failing to act on warning signs that would have caught the $30 billion Royal Ahold accounting scandal sooner....

Premium Brands, Hempler Foods merge
, from staff and wire reports

The United States meat snack operation of Premium Brands Income Fund has merged with Bellingham WA-based Hempler Foods....

New facility boosts USCS cooling capacity
, from staff and wire reports

United States Cold Storage Inc (USCS), a subsidiary of the Swire Group, has added a new facility in Tulare CA....

Matson launches its new service for Guam
, from staff and wire reports

Matson Navigation Co Inc officially launched its new Matson-dedicated Guam and Micronesia service with the arrival of the MV Manulani....

Tyson to consolidate by closing two plants
, from staff and wire reports

Tyson Foods Inc is consolidating beef operations in northeast Nebraska....

Cummins engines ready for revvin' in 2007
, from staff and wire reports

Cummins Inc has announced the readiness of its on-highway engine product line to meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions standards for 2007....

Frozen food data analysis just a 'Qlik' away
, from staff and wire reports

National Frozen Foods Corp has selected QlikView, QlikTech’s business analysis tool, to analyze production and supply data in real time....

Unilever's adieu to European frozen foods
, from staff and wire reports

Unilever is planning to sell most of its European frozen foods businesses, including four manufacturing plants....

The Pantry acquires 19 convenience stores
, from staff and wire reports

The Pantry Inc convenience store chain has completed the acquisition of 19 convenience stores in North Carolina from Lee-Moore Oil Co....

Forklift of the future can raise efficiency
, from staff and wire reports

Intermec Inc and Cascade Corp are teaming to develop a forklift system that incorporates RFID technology into a forklift’s infrastructure....

Parco Foods will make dough for Ralcorp
, from staff and wire reports

Ralcorp Holdings Inc has completed the purchase of Parco Foods LLC, a Chicago IL-based manufacturer of cookies and frozen cookie dough....

DOT's budget outlay set at $65.6 billion
, from staff and wire reports

President George W Bush’s proposed fiscal year 2007 budget has earmarked $65.6 billion for the Department of Transportation (DOT) out of the total $2.77 trillion....