Lineage Logistics finishes
initial lighting upgrade

Lineage Logistics and Groom Energy Solutions recently announced the completion of the initial LED lighting upgrade project at the Lineage cold storage facility in Richmond VA....

Gold Star Foods gives
PacLease, Peterbilt an A+
for equipment, innovation

When large restaurants and cafeterias prepare meals each day, they often have large pantries, coolers, or freezers from which to pull the ingredients they need....

Klinge wins contract
to design and build
JSERCS reefer unit

Klinge Corporation was awarded a subcontract with the US Army Contracting Command to design and manufacture the refrigeration unit for the Joint Services Expandable Refrigerated Container System (JSERCS)....

TQL accelerates efforts
to recruit sales leaders

Total Quality Logistics is intensifying its efforts to attract top sales talent from across the nation to the rapidly growing transportation industry. ...

Frozen Food Hall of Fame
to add three new members

The Distinguished Order of Zerocrats has selected three food industry leaders as 2012 Frozen Food Hall of Fame inductees....

Coosemans Atlanta
employs AiroCide
to keep food safer

KES Science & Technology Inc announced that Coosemans Atlanta will include the NASA-developed AiroCide food safety preventive controls air sanitation technology in its Atlanta GA facility....

SmartWatt Energy helps
Stewart’s Shops achieve
its sustainability goals

Stewart’s Shops, a family- and employee-owned chain of convenience stores in upstate New York, is saving nearly $78,000 per year in total lighting costs after a lighting retrofit installed at its headquarters in Saratoga Springs NY....

Clover Stornetta Farms
goes solar with Cogenra

Cogenra Solar announced its first dairy solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms Dairy Processing Plant in Petaluma CA....

ALK delivers major upgrades
with PC*MILER 26 software

ALK Technologies Inc has released the PC*MILER 26 product line....

LMTS implements
TRANSFLO services

LMTS has implemented TRANSFLO Express truckstop scanning and TRANSFLO $Velocity from Pegasus TransTech to transmit transportation documents electronically between carriers, freight brokers, and 3PL providers....

Swift Transportation
offers pay incentives

Swift Transportation Company recently announced its next step to becoming “Best in Class” by awarding its ranked company drivers with a new Quarterly Performance Pay bonus....

United Fresh accepting
scholarship applications

The United Fresh Foundation is accepting applications for the 2012 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship Program....

Ice cream producer
PLM transitions
distribution in CA

Paleteria La Michoacana (PLM), the Modesto CA-based manufacturer of Hispanic ice cream treats, has completed the transition of its distribution to independent distributors....

Canadian Blood Services
deploys Descartes system
for transport management

Canadian Blood Services, a charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all Canadian provinces and territories except Quebec, has successfully implemented Descartes Systems Group’s cloud-based transportation management system....

IFCO assists Foodshare
by providing it with RPCs

IFCO Systems, provider of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh products, will provide containers to Foodshare, a Connecticut-based charity....

Dean’s dairy prowess
wins Gold as Sysco’s
top supplier for 2012

Sysco Corporation recently named Dean Foods and its Morningstar Foods business unit as its top Gold Supplier across all categories and a Gold Supplier in the dairy category for 2012....

Delightful Quality Produce
deepens its commitment
to using CHEP’s pallets

Delightful Quality Produce has signed a new multi-year contract with CHEP, a provider of pallet and container pooling systems....

NAPTWG provides Spanish versions
of best practices, guidance documents

The North American Produce Transportation Working Group (NAPTWG) has posted a Spanish version of the comprehensive best practices document on its website....

Thermo King will honor
E A Sween Company’s
fuel-saving truck design

A new truck design developed by E A Sween Company is improving fuel economy by nearly 50% while increasing fleet sustainability, productivity, and cost-effectiveness for the company....

Choptank Freight Lines
earns 2011 safety award

Choptank Freight Lines LLC has been presented a Platinum award by Great Western Casualty Company as part of the 2011 National Safety Awards Program....

PrePass truck enrollment reaches new high

More than 426,000 commercial motor carriers have enrolled in the PrePass weigh station safety screening system, bringing participation to an all-time high...

Manhattan, Vocollect help
Nature’s Best streamline

Nature’s Best has gained significant payback including a 60% accuracy boost from its deployment of Manhattan Associates Inc’s Warehouse Management system (WMS) integrated with Vocollect Voice....

Schwan’s picks Cooltrax
to monitor reefer trailers

Schwan’s Global Supply Chain Inc has selected Cooltrax Fresh inTransit to equip its private fleet of refrigerated trailers with real-time reefer management. ...

Meijer joins GreenChill

Grand Rapids MI-based retailer Meijer recently joined the US Environment Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership....

BrightFarms, A&P join
forces in produce venture

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Inc (A&P) and BrightFarms Inc have partnered to deliver the freshest local produce to A&P’s family of stores....