Sep 15, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Greatwide Logistics Services, a Dallas TX-based provider of non-asset-based transportation and third-party logistics, has acquired Gallop Logistics Corp....
Sep 15, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Aided by its US Foodservice distribution unit, Netherlands-based Royal Ahold NV's second-quarter profit surged 60 percent....
Sep 14, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a project involving its West Coast Collaborative, the Port of Los Angeles, and the Port of Long Beach to develop and test hybrid technology yard tractors for use on container terminals....
Sep 14, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
ICBS Ltd, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has signed a letter of intent to acquire full ownership of Comfy Cuisine Co....
Sep 13, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Kraft Foods Inc plans to invest more than $10 million in its Lowville NY dairy plant....
Sep 13, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
SunOpta Inc expects to quadruple its sales of Acai in North America to about $4.0 million over the next 12 months....
Sep 8, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Alanco Technologies Inc's StarTrak Systems subsidiary has begun commercially deploying the new ReeferTrak Scout RFID product line designed for localized food distribution fleets...
Sep 8, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Greatwide Logistics Services has introduced Greatwide Distribution Optimization Center, a routing system that will enhance the way products are moved from distribution centers to retail stores...
Sep 7, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Wal-Mart Stores Inc and America’s Second Harvest have begun delivering nearly 7.5 million meals to the needy through a monthlong series of regional events at local food banks nationwide....
Sep 7, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Calavo Growers Inc has reported continued profitability in the fiscal third quarter despite a decrease in quarterly revenues....
Sep 6, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
President Bush has chosen Mary Peters, onetime federal highway administrator, to be Norman Mineta’s successor as United States secretary of transportation....
Sep 6, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Gold Kist Inc will mark the official opening of a $30 million expansion of its poultry processing plant in Guntersville AL with a ribbon-cutting celebration....
Sep 5, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
A subsidiary of AmeriCold Realty Trust has reached a definitive agreement with ConAgra Foods Inc to acquire four refrigerated warehouse facilities and the lease on a fifth facility....
Sep 5, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
The board of trustees of Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust has formally rejected the unsolicited takeover bid by Eimskip Atlas Canada Inc, an indirect subsidiary of Iceland-based investment group Avion Group HF....
Aug 30, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Stater Brothers Markets has announced the beginning of a year-long celebration to mark 70 years of serving Southern California....
Aug 30, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Pizza Inn Inc announced a significant change to its supply chain that will reduce costs at its wholly owned distribution division, NORCO Restaurant Services Co....
Aug 28, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Unilever NV/PLC has reached an agreement to sell most of its European frozen foods businesses to Permira Advisors LLP....
Aug 28, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Coleman Natural Foods has been formed by merging Golden CO-based BC Natural Foods LLC with KDSB Holdings LLC, headquartered in Gainesville GA....
Aug 25, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
The Louisiana fishing industry has broken through a major obstacle to resumption of full-scale shrimp, crab, and finfish operations: the near total absence of industrial ice-making capacity....
Aug 25, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Alanco Technologies Inc's StarTrak Systems subsidiary has begun delivery on a single contract valued at more than $10 million for its GenTrak wireless tracking system and related monitoring services....
Aug 23, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Greatwide Logistics Services is officially launching Greatcare, a package of insurance products and related driver services for owner-operators, agents, and their family members....
Aug 23, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Food redistributor Dot Foods Inc, based in Mt Sterling IL, plans to construct an $18 million distribution center in Wayne County, Indiana....
Aug 22, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Boston Lobster Feast and its sister company Bar Harbor Seafood have opened their Internet sales division accessible at www.bostonlobsterfeast.com....
Aug 22, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Meadow Gold Dairies is voluntarily recalling all cartons of Meadow Gold Hook’d on Chocolate ice cream....
Aug 21, 2006,
from staff and wire reports
Pilgrim's Pride Corp has sent a proposal to Gold Kist Inc offering to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Gold Kist common stock....
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Greatwide acquires Gallop Logistics Corp
Kraft to sink $10 million into dairy plant
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Peters nominated as transportation chief
AmeriCold unit to acquire warehouses
Stater Bros stands strong after 70 years
Unilever sells European frozen brands
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