Saputo purchases Welsh cheese producer 

Mar 27, 2007

Montreal, Canada-based Saputo Inc is purchasing Dansco Dairy Products Ltd for $12 million in cash. ...

Tyson will sell two plants in Alabama 

Mar 27, 2007

Tyson Foods Inc intends to sell its poultry plants in Ashland and Gadsden AL to Koch Foods Inc of Park Ridge IL...

YoCream to offer Jarritos frozen beverages 

Mar 26, 2007

YoCream International Inc has signed an exclusive agreement with Novamex to manufacture and sell frozen beverages under the Jarritos brand in the United States...

Kraft picks Exel for warehousing in Brazil 

Mar 26, 2007

Contract logistics services provider Exel, a unit of DHL Logistics, has been selected by international food and beverage company Kraft Foods to provide warehousing services in Brazil...

Making Philadelphia port more secure 

Mar 22, 2007

Enterra Solutions LLC has formed a strategic alliance with Holt Logistics Corp, a port and harbor, cargo, and intermodal transportation services company. Together, the firms will advance the management and technology infrastructure for operations and security at the Port of Philadelphia PA...

BI-LO relinquishes ownership of Bruno’s 

Mar 22, 2007

Lone Star Funds announced that BI-LO LLC will no longer own Bruno’s Supermarkets. The private equity firm will spin off Bruno’s and operate it as a separate corporate entity...

Ozone boosts Kool Kountry's quality 

Mar 21, 2007

Kool Kountry Cold Storage has deployed Novazone’s ozone-based cold storage system to reduce decay, control ripening, and advance food safety....

Preferred Freezer Services gets a tax break 

Mar 21, 2007

Preferred Freezer Services has received a property tax abatement for its planned cold storage warehouse in the Port of Houston TX area...

Spartan agrees to acquire 20 stores 

Mar 20, 2007

Spartan Stores Inc has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 20 retail grocery stores, two fuel centers, and three convenience stores from G&R Felpausch Co...

Fortune smiles on Landstar once again 

Mar 20, 2007

Landstar System Inc, a provider of transportation capacity and logistics services, has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year in Fortune magazine’s list of “America’s Most Admired Companies in 2007."...

Chiquita paid terrorists for protection 

Mar 19, 2007

Chiquita Brands International will pay a $25 million fine after admitting it paid terrorists for protection in a region of Colombia. ...

Sysco’s next RDC coming to Indiana site 

Mar 19, 2007

Sysco Corp, the Houston TX-based foodservice marketer and distributor, has bought property in Hamlet IN for its Midwest Cooperative Redistribution Center (RDC)...

FDA helps play it safe with produce 

Mar 14, 2007

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a guide advising processors of fresh-cut produce how to minimize microbial food safety hazards common in processing most fresh-cut fruits and vegetables....

Kroger rings up sizable fiscal 4Q, 2006 totals 

Mar 14, 2007

The Kroger Co’s total sales increased 14.5% to $16.9 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Feb 3, 2007. ...

Satamatics integrates with Carrier 

Mar 13, 2007

Satamatics Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Satamatics Global, has entered into an agreement with the Carrier Transicold Division of Carrier Corp...

Kamble Co expands operations to Virginia 

Mar 13, 2007

Kamble Co Transportation Services Inc, headquartered in Phoenix AZ, recently launched operations of an Eastern Divisional Office in Amherst VA...

Dean to purchase Friendship Dairies 

Mar 12, 2007

Dean Foods, the leading milk processor and distributor in the United States, will acquire New York-based Friendship Dairies for $130 million....

W P Carey acquires cold storage facilities 

Mar 12, 2007

Investment firm W P Carey & Co LLC has completed the acquisition of three cold storage facilities in the Atlanta GA market, which it will lease back to Nordic Cold Storage LLC on a triple net basis...

FFEX carries through financial challenges 

Mar 7, 2007

Dallas TX-based refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (FFEX) has announced its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and 12-month periods ended Dec 31, 2006....

Sysco Corp founder Baugh dies at 91 

Mar 7, 2007

John F Baugh, who founded Houston TX-based foodservice giant Sysco Corp, died March 5, 2007, in San Antonio TX. He was 91...

ProStar delivery goes to US Foodservice 

Mar 6, 2007

International Truck and Engine Corp has delivered the first production ProStar to US Foodservice, indicating that delivery of its new flagship aerodynamic Class 8 tractor has begun...

Group assails COOL law compliance cost 

Mar 6, 2007

Mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for seafood is failing to deliver the benefits promised by the law, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). ...

Publix stock price rises 9 quarters running 

Mar 5, 2007

Publix’s sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 were $5.6 billion, a 3.2 percent decrease from the 2005 fourth quarter’s $5.7 billion....

A&P to acquire Pathmark Stores in merger 

Mar 5, 2007

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc and Pathmark Stores Inc have reached a definitive merger agreement in which A&P will acquire Carteret NJ-based Pathmark for $1.3 billion in cash, stock, and debt assumption or retirement...

PFG registers solid gains in 4Q, 2006 

Mar 1, 2007

Performance Food Group has announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec 30, 2006. Consolidated net sales were approximately $1.5 billion, an increase of about 3%...

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