Performance Food Group sales flourish
, from staff and wire reports

Performance Food Group's net sales for the fourth quarter of 2004 amounted to $1.6 billion, a 6% increase from the year-earlier period....

PrePassPlus keeps C R England fleet moving
, from staff and wire reports

C R England Inc, the Salt Lake City UT-based refrigerated and dry truckload motor carrier, has deployed the PrePassPlus electronic pre-clearance system throughout its entire fleet....

Navistar inquiry becomes formal probe
, from staff and wire reports

Navistar International Corp has been advised by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the inquiry into the company’s restatement of its financial results for the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 and the first three quarters of 2004 has become a formal investigation....

Frozen Food Express net income skyrockets
, from staff and wire reports

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc's total revenue for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2004, increased by nearly 14% to $124.2 million from $109.1 million for the same quarter of 2003....

Helping to cream supply chain challenges
, from staff and wire reports

Cabot Creamery, an 86-year-old dairy farmer-owned cooperative and cheese maker, plans to implement RedPrairie's warehouse management and Commander/QA Recall systems, as well as its visibility, supplier management, and report writing applications....

Diamond Ranch Foods adds Ark to its clientele
, from staff and wire reports

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd, a custom meat processing and distribution conglomerate, has added publicly traded Ark Restaurants Corp to its customer base....

Grocery Outlet blazes a trail of expansion
, from staff and wire reports

Grocery Outlet is continuing to expand its presence in the Northwest with the addition of six new stores in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington, and the relocation of two stores in Oregon....

Truckers still driving tired under HOS rule
, from staff and wire reports

A new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety survey indicates that drivers of interstate trucks spend more time behind the wheel under the federal hours-of-service rule that went into effect in 2004....

Highway Hero finalists defy roadside peril
, from staff and wire reports

Four professional truck drivers have been selected as finalists for the Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award....

Fiscal harvest disappoints Calavo Growers
, from staff and wire reports

Calavo Growers Inc, the Santa Ana CA-based packer and distributor of avocados and other perishable fruit products, reported a net loss for the fiscal 2005 first quarter of $1.5 million....

Kroger keeps 'financial triple play' in play
, from staff and wire reports

The Kroger Co announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter ended Jan 29, 2005....

Twister Networks agrees to acquire Reynaldo's
, from staff and wire reports

Twister Networks Inc has reached an agreement in principle to acquire all of the stock of Reynaldo's Food Manufacturer Inc....

Costco racks up fine fiscal totals
, from staff and wire reports

Costco Wholesale Corp's net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 ended Feb 13, 2005, increased 10% to $12.41 billion from $11.33 billion during the second quarter of fiscal 2004....

United Natural Foods to expand operations
, from staff and wire reports

United Natural Foods Inc plans to open a new distribution facility in Rocklin CA....

Senator Lines joins INTTRA network
, from staff and wire reports

Bremen, Germany-based Senator Lines, a container shipping company, has completed integration with INTTRA, providing another avenue for e-commerce shipping services....

Ryder acquires 4 G's Truck Renting Co
, from staff and wire reports

Ryder System Inc, the Miami FL-based transportation and supply chain management system provider, has acquired 4 G’s Truck Renting Co....

Agribuys aids C&S produce procurement
, from staff and wire reports

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc has named Agribuys as its technology partner for perishable products e-procurement....

Publix bags solid earnings, sales gains
, from staff and wire reports

Fourth quarter 2004 sales for the Publix supermarket chain reached about $4.8 billion, a 10.3% increase from $4.3 billion in the same period of 2003....

Horizon Lines Inc plans to go public
, from staff and wire reports

Horizon Lines Inc, the largest United States-flagged maritime cargo carrier, has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock....

Drivers seek more pay for congested routes
, from staff and wire reports

Truck drivers continue to campaign for a raise in per-mile pay for driving through routes in congested areas, according to a survey by Rand McNally....

Port operation altered to reduce truck traffic
, from staff and wire reports

Union Pacific is modifying its near-dock container transfer operation near the Port of Los Angeles to reduce truck traffic in and out of downtown Los Angeles CA....

Stevens Transport rides Pegasus toward growth
, from staff and wire reports

Stevens Transport has successfully implemented the Transflo Express truckstop scanning service from Pegasus TransTech....

Guam, China to join Matson's ship routes
, from staff and wire reports

Matson Navigation Co Inc, the ocean transportation subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin Inc, intends to invest $365 million in vessel, container, and terminal assets to launch a new Guam and China service....