GreenRoad Central
mobile app delivers
driver performance data

The GreenRoad Central mobile app for drivers is designed and optimized to give drivers anytime, anywhere access to key performance data....

FoodLink Deal Manager helps
suppliers customize promotions

FoodLink, the buying platform that connects fresh food retailers and wholesalers to a network of more than 2,000 supplier companies, has launched FoodLink Deal Manager....

AG New England
upgrades storage site
to Intelligent Lighting

Associated Grocers of New England (AG New England) has upgraded the cold storage facility in its Pembroke NH headquarters to Digital Lumens’ Intelligent Lighting System....

This fish story’s true:
Alaska seafood industry
taking off to new heights

Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) have unveiled the world’s largest king salmon. Stretching nearly 129 feet, the fish-themed design will adorn a Boeing 737-800 jetliner and be revealed in autumn 2012....

Preliminary Class 8 orders continue decline

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing April 2012 Class 8 truck total net orders at 16,877 units, the lowest number since September 2010 and 55% below the same month a year ago...

Commercial vehicle net orders soft in April

North America medium- and heavy-duty GVW Classes 6-7 and Class 8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for April 2012 were down from March as reported by ACT Research Co LLC...

Choptank Transport
supplies University
of Maryland scholarship

Choptank Transport attended the University of Maryland’s Celebration of Scholarships recently, where Choptank announced it has completed a scholarship endowment program with the University of Maryland....

General Mills will market
Yoplait yogurt in Canada

General Mills has confirmed that Yoplait SAS has reached an agreement to terminate the current Yoplait brand license in Canada effective September 1, 2012....

eFueling, QuikQ offer
cardless fleet fueling

eFueling Technologies has announced a strategic alliance with truckstop fuel transaction processing provider QuikQ....

Vector 5100s provide
bushels of benefits
for produce center

Like many North American metropolitan food distribution operations, the New England Produce Center (NEPC) in Chelsea MA uses stationary refrigerated trailers to manage capacity at its facility....

Delhaize America, Food
Lion reopen distribution
center in North Carolina

Delhaize America and Food Lion have reopened their distribution center in Dunn NC. The facility was severely damaged April 16, 2011 by a tornado, and the company recently completed construction and expansion activities at the center....

Nova Fresh Logistics,
foodcareplus provide
seafood logistics service

Nova Fresh Logistics and foodcareplus announced an all-in-one logistics service for the seafood industry at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Belgium recently....

Family Dollar Stores
partners with McLane

Family Dollar Stores Inc has entered into a strategic partnership with McLane, the provider of grocery and foodservice supply chain systems....

Sunny Delight uses
Transplace services
to deploy CNG fleet

Transplace and Sunny Delight Beverages Co announced the successful implementation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet in Southern California....

Better refrigeration, air-conditioning
performance through nanotechnology

A study by The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) in the early 1990s found that on average, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems lose 7% cooling capacity the first year....

High Liner Foods will
consolidate supply chain

High Liner Foods Inc will be consolidating its North American supply chain as a result of overcapacity at several plants and the acquisition of a more modern plant in Newport News VA in December 2011....

Rail Logistics to manage
refrigerated railcar fleet
for Iowa Pacific Holdings

Rail Logistics and Iowa Pacific Holdings have announced a new partnership in which Rail Logistics is managing, operating, and marketing Iowa Pacific’s refrigerated railcar fleet....

Meritor adds 14-inch, 15.5-inch clutches

Meritor Inc has unveiled its line of 14- and 15.5-inch clutches in standard and easy-pedal effort models, designed for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Both models will be available under the company’s Euclid brand through North American distribution centers...

Ryder System expands
food logistics center

Ryder System Inc has expanded its food packaging and distribution capability by investing in significant enhancements to its 327,000-square-foot food packaging and distribution center in Beaver Dam WI....

TCA taking applications
for scholarship program

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has opened the application process for its annual scholarship program....

Joint venture combines
Land O’ Lakes, Eggland’s
Best Inc egg operations

Cal-Maine Foods Inc announced a new joint venture between Eggland’s Best Inc and Land O’ Lakes Inc to produce and sell branded specialty eggs....

IARW, WFLO elect new
officers, board members

New officers and board members of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO) were elected at the 2012 IARW-WFLO Annual Convention & Expo....

Frozen Food Express
first quarter results
show ‘positive effects’

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (FFEX) has reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012....

The Chef’s Warehouse
acquires food distributor
Praml International

The Chefs’ Warehouse Inc, a distributor of specialty food products, announced that it has acquired Praml International Ltd, a specialty foods importer and foodservice distributor based in Las Vegas NV....

TKO WelterWeight dock doors deliver
knockout punch to Alatrade’s energy loss

Average consumers at the supermarket don’t know Alatrade Foods even exists, let alone what service it provides. However, the chicken in their meals likely has been processed at the Alatrade Foods plant in Albertville AL, or one of its other facilities throughout Alabama....