Ahold probe finds $1.1 billion in discrepancies, from staff and wire reports As a four-month probe of Netherlands-based supermarket and foodservice operator Royal Ahold ended, the company said it had found another $84.4 million... Safety advocacy group challenges HOS rule, By Tim Parry Safety advocacy group Public Citizen has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in an attempt to block the... Sysco to open fold-out distribution facility, from staff and wire reports Sysco Corp, the Houston TX-based foodservice marketer and distributor, plans to open a broadline distribution “fold-out” facility in Fargo ND. The new... Stampede Meat voluntarily recalls frozen beef, from staff and wire reports Stampede Meat Inc has begun a voluntary recall for about 739,000 pounds of frozen beef produced the week of March 17–22, 2003, that may be contaminated... Fleming intends to sell wholesale grocery business, from staff and wire reports Fleming Companies Inc and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc have entered into a letter of intent regarding the sale of Fleming’s wholesale grocery business to... Kroger purchases 13 Food Town stores, from staff and wire reports The Kroger Co has purchased 13 Food Town stores in the Toledo OH area. Financial terms were not disclosed. These stores, which average 45,000 square feet... CoolBrands ices Nestlé, Dreyer’s asset deal, from staff and wire reports The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved CoolBrands International Inc as purchaser from Nestlé of substantially all Häagen-Dazs frozen dessert... Spartan Stores sees sales sag in year-end tally, from staff and wire reports Grand Rapids MI-based Spartan Stores Inc, the nation’s ninth-largest grocery distributor, has reported financial results for its fiscal 2003 fourth quarter... Ahold USA subsidiary’s president bows out, from staff and wire reports William Grize, president and chief executive officer of Ahold USA, has accepted the resignation of Frank Curci, effective immediately. Curci, who served... Kroger flexes financial muscle in fiscal 1Q, from staff and wire reports The Kroger Co has reported net earnings of $351.5 million for the first quarter ended May 24, 2003. These results include after-tax income of $0.2 million.... H J Heinz Co acquires frozen soup producer, from staff and wire reports The H J Heinz Co, owner of food brands including Ore-Ida frozen potatoes, announced that its Foodservice Division has acquired Seattle WA-based Truesoups... Judge orders Wal-Mart to recognize union, from staff and wire reports A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has ordered Wal-Mart to recognize a meat-cutters union established in 2000 at the company’s... Sanitizing process rescues millions of pounds of food, from staff and wire reports With a system that eliminates risk of food contamination, safetycheck america reclaimed more than 16 million pounds of food product—a savings exceeding... Eagle Food Centers to put assets up for sale, from staff and wire reports Eagle Food Centers Inc, which owns and operates 59 supermarkets in Illinois and Iowa, will begin a sale of substantially all of the assets of its operating... Central completes profitable first year, Gary Macklin Asked in July 2002 to discuss the evolution of Central Refrigerated Service from the bankruptcy of its predecessor to a profitable truckload carrier,... Covenant Transport braces for lower earnings, from staff and wire reports Covenant Transport Inc, a Chattanooga TN-based truckload carrier and owner of Southern Refrigerated Transport of Ashdown AR, said it anticipates earnings... Fleming explores selling wholesale business, from staff and wire reports Bankrupt Lewisville TX-based Fleming Companies Inc is considering the possible sale of its mainstay grocery wholesale business and its Coremark unit,... Supervalu broadens SuperTarget network, from staff and wire reports Supervalu has expanded its SuperTarget business and now supplies 31 SuperTarget stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The Minneapolis MN-based retail... Labeling error leads to ice cream recall, from staff and wire reports Land-O-Sun Dairies LLC is voluntarily recalling certain containers of PET brand butter pecan ice cream due to a labeling error. Mislabeled containers... Safeway to eliminate 940 administrative jobs, from staff and wire reports Safeway plans to terminate 940 administrative jobs to offset a sales slump spurred by more frugal shoppers and tighter competition, according to a Houston... Proposed rules would keep tighter tabs on food, from staff and wire reports New regulations that require more recordkeeping for those who come in contact with food for human or animal consumption—including trucking firms—have... TCA petition for younger truck drivers is denied, from staff and wire reports The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has denied a petition by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) that proposes a pilot program... Pilgrim’s Pride to acquire ConAgra division, from staff and wire reports The board of directors of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, the third-largest chicken producer in the United States, has unanimously approved a definitive share purchase... Tensions help spur nosedive in logistics costs, from staff and wire reports United States logistics costs are falling rapidly—but that may not be an entirely good thing. According to consultants Rosalyn Wilson and Robert Delaney,... Albertson’s puts fiscal tally in plus column, from staff and wire reports Albertson’s Inc has reported fiscal first-quarter results for the period ended May 1, 2003. Net earnings totaled $172 million, $337 million higher than...
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