Tyson to consolidate by closing two plants 

Feb 16, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Tyson Foods Inc is consolidating beef operations in northeast Nebraska....

Cummins engines ready for revvin' in 2007 

Feb 14, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Cummins Inc has announced the readiness of its on-highway engine product line to meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions standards for 2007....

Frozen food data analysis just a 'Qlik' away 

Feb 14, 2006, from staff and wire reports

National Frozen Foods Corp has selected QlikView, QlikTech’s business analysis tool, to analyze production and supply data in real time....

Unilever's adieu to European frozen foods 

Feb 13, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Unilever is planning to sell most of its European frozen foods businesses, including four manufacturing plants....

The Pantry acquires 19 convenience stores 

Feb 13, 2006, from staff and wire reports

The Pantry Inc convenience store chain has completed the acquisition of 19 convenience stores in North Carolina from Lee-Moore Oil Co....

Forklift of the future can raise efficiency 

Feb 10, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Intermec Inc and Cascade Corp are teaming to develop a forklift system that incorporates RFID technology into a forklift’s infrastructure....

Parco Foods will make dough for Ralcorp 

Feb 10, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Ralcorp Holdings Inc has completed the purchase of Parco Foods LLC, a Chicago IL-based manufacturer of cookies and frozen cookie dough....

DOT's budget outlay set at $65.6 billion 

Feb 9, 2006, from staff and wire reports

President George W Bush’s proposed fiscal year 2007 budget has earmarked $65.6 billion for the Department of Transportation (DOT) out of the total $2.77 trillion....

Dean Foods rides sales momentum into '06 

Feb 9, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Dean Foods Co's net income from continuing operations for the 2005 fourth quarter totaled $70.7 million....

Spartan distribution segment's sales climb 

Feb 8, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Spartan Stores Inc reported financial results for its 16-week fiscal 2006 third quarter ended Dec 31, 2005....

CalArk International to begin reefer service 

Feb 8, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Mabelvale AR-based CalArk International expects to have a new Refrigerated Division fully operational in spring 2006....

McLane to serve Town & Country through '08 

Feb 7, 2006, from staff and wire reports

McLane Co Inc and Town & Country Food Stores Inc have entered into a distribution service agreement effective through 2008....

Performance Food Group tallies 2005 totals 

Feb 7, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Performance Food Group announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec 31, 2005....

For Del Monte, aloha means farewell 

Feb 3, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc announced that it will end its Hawaii pineapple operations by mid-2008....

ConAgra to exit refrigerated meats operations 

Feb 3, 2006, from staff and wire reports

ConAgra Foods Inc plans to divest most of its refrigerated meats businesses, including the Armour, Butterball, and Eckrich brands....

FMCSA chief Sandberg will call it quits 

Feb 2, 2006, by the FleetOwner staff

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Annette M Sandberg will resign her post effective March 1, according to a letter she sent to the White House....

Jacobson Companies Inc acquires SSDC 

Feb 2, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) announced the closing of an add-on acquisition for one of its platform portfolio companies, Jacobson Companies Inc, a third-party logistics provider based in Des Moines IA....

China looms as frozen strawberry leader 

Feb 1, 2006, from staff and wire reports

China is increasingly dominating traditional United States export markets for processed strawberries....

P&O, Tampa Port Authority form agreement 

Feb 1, 2006, from staff and wire reports

P&O Ports North America Inc has established a long-term contract with the Tampa Port Authority for P&O to operate terminals for refrigerated and general cargo....

Savi extends RFID to key Asian ports 

Jan 31, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Savi Networks, operator of the RFID-enhanced global information service for container shipments, announced that SaviTrak information services are now fully operational at major port facilities in Asia....

Kraft will pare 8,000 jobs, close 20 plants 

Jan 31, 2006, from staff and wire reports

As part of a restructuring begun in 2004, Northfield IL-based Kraft Foods Inc plans to cut 8,000 more jobs and shut 20 production plants worldwide....

Unit of Schwan acquires Holiday Foods 

Jan 30, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Camden Culinary Inc, a subsidiary of The Schwan Food Co, has purchased Hollywood FL-based Holiday Foods Inc....

Partners plan Rogers AR cold storage plant 

Jan 30, 2006, from staff and wire reports

The founder of Lowell AR-based J B Hunt Transport Services, J B Hunt, is teaming up with two other men to construct a $27 million cold storage plant in Rogers AR....

Smithfield plans to acquire ham business 

Jan 27, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Smithfield Foods Inc has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Cook’s ham business of ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods Co Inc....

Sara Lee has Georgia on its mind for facility 

Jan 27, 2006, from staff and wire reports

Sara Lee Food & Beverage intends to invest $24 million to construct a 214,000-square-foot distribution facility in Macon GA....

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