System expedites truck processing at port
, from staff and wire reports

Tideworks Technology Inc and Camco Technologies have successfully implemented optical character recognition (OCR) technologies at Pier A in Long Beach CA. ...

Delhaize acquires Victory Super Markets
, from staff and wire reports

The Belgium-based grocer Delhaize Group has acquired Victory Super Markets through its Hannaford supermarket chain subsidiary in the United States....

Coke says 'si' to propane-fueled vehicles
, from staff and wire reports

With a fleet of 6,000 delivery vehicles in Mexico City, Coca Cola Mexico chose IMPCO Technologies Inc to provide products and expertise to support conversion of its vehicles from gasoline to propane. ...

Cal-Maine sales decline in fiscal quarter
, from staff and wire reports

Cal-Maine Foods Inc, the Jackson MS-based producer and marketer of shell eggs, announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2005 ended Aug 28, 2004....

Birds Eye looks westward, acquires C&W
, from staff and wire reports

Birds Eye Foods Inc, the Rochester NY-based manufacturer and marketer of frozen vegetables, has acquired California & Washington Co (C&W)....

Whole Foods Market announces dividend
, from staff and wire reports

Austin TX-based Whole Foods Market Inc announced that its board of directors declared its fourth quarterly dividend....

New coalition aims to improve port security
, from staff and wire reports

Shippers, vessel operators, port associations, terminal operators, and other stakeholders that handle eight million cargo containers entering the United States annually are combining as the Coalition for Secure Ports....

Pilot, Pegasus extend truckstop contract
, from staff and wire reports

Pilot Travel Centers LLC and Pegasus TransTech have reached an agreement in which Pilot will continue to offer Pegasus’ Transflo Express truckstop scanning through 2008. ...

Carrier sees the merit in using TMWSuite
, from staff and wire reports

Omaha NE-based refrigerated carrier Merit Transportation LLC has selected TMW Systems’ TMWSuite as the company’s enterprise management software. ...

Albertson's enters specialty food arena
, from staff and wire reports

Albertson's Inc has acquired Southern California-based fresh, gourmet, and specialty food retailer Bristol Farms. ...

Truckers: Florida needs you to haul supplies
, from staff and wire reports

Florida’s State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee seeks truckers nationwide to volunteer to transport supplies to hurricane-ravaged Florida. ...

Dean Foods to purchase Parmalat USA unit
, from staff and wire reports

Dallas TX-based dairy producer Dean Foods Co will purchase Parmalat USA Corp’s Milk Products of Alabama LLC unit for $21.6 million in cash....

Hormel pays dividends 305 quarters in a row
, from staff and wire reports

The board of directors of Hormel Foods Corp, the Austin, MN-based manufacturer and marketer of meat and food products, declared a regular quarterly dividend of 11 and one-quarter cents per share....

Birds Eye Foods watches net income rise
, from staff and wire reports

Birds Eye Foods Inc, the Rochester NY-based manufacturer and marketer of frozen vegetables and a major processor of other food products, has reported its fiscal 2004 results....

Fresh-cut produce division's fate pondered
, from staff and wire reports

Performance Food Group has begun exploring strategic alternatives for its fresh-cut produce business. ...

XATA adds temperature monitoring services
, from staff and wire reports

XATA Corp, provider of onboard fleet management systems for private fleet transportation, will begin offering temperature monitoring services as an integral part of its product suite. ...

FFE forms alliance with Nobis Logistics
, from staff and wire reports

FFE Transportation Services Inc (FFE), the Dallas TX-based refrigerated transporter, has entered into a strategic alliance with Nobis Logistics LLC....

Pilgrim's sells plant, finishes restructuring
, from staff and wire reports

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp has sold its Hinton VA commodity turkey production facility and associated feed mill in Broadway VA to the Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative Inc. ...

Brake Brothers may acquire UK distributor
, from staff and wire reports

Brake Brothers, a United Kingdom-based food supplier, is negotiating to acquire the chilled food distribution business of Caerphilly, Wales-based Peter’s Food Service. ...

Highway Watch gets another $21 million
, from staff and wire reports

The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced an additional $21 million grant, available for use beginning March 2005, for the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Highway Watch program....

Fleming settles SEC case; suppliers fined
, from staff and wire reports

Lewisville TX-based Fleming Companies has settled charges of improper accounting, and several of its suppliers will be assessed penalties....

Coldwall containers beat the others cold
, from staff and wire reports

Bellevue WA-based Coldwall Inc announced final test results for the first of its sea-trials done in cooperation with ENZA/Turners&Growers of New Zealand....

Kroger to provide more of Heavens' edibles
, from staff and wire reports

Heavens’ Bistro, the Austin TX-based provider of low-fat frozen pizza, has expanded distribution with the Kroger Co grocery chain....

Kroger's fiscal 2Q net earnings decline
, from staff and wire reports

The Kroger Co reported net earnings of $142.4 million for the fiscal second quarter ended Aug 14, 2004. ...

YoCream sales, net income sour slightly
, from staff and wire reports

YoCream International Inc, the Portland OR-based manufacturer and wholesaler of frozen desserts and smoothies, reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2004....