Merchants Terminal
to operate ‘green’ DC
Jul 3, 2008

Hoffberger Holdings Inc. (HHI) has purchased from Duke Realty Corporation a parcel of land at the former Baltimore (MD) General Motors plant site, now known as the Chesapeake Commerce Center, to construct and operate one of the most environmentally friendly perishable foods distribution centers in the United States....

MCT Transporation forms
new division for produce
Jul 2, 2008

MCT Transportation, a full truckload carrier of general commodities for products requiring refrigerated services and dry goods, has expanded operations to include a new West Coast produce division and new lanes of service....

Roadcheck finds low
out-of-service rate
Jul 2, 2008

Despite concerns that a weakening economy, combined with ever-increasing fuel prices, would push safety to the bottom of the list for commercial fleets, vehicle safety inspections carried out on North America’s roadways found the lowest rate of out-of-service vehicles—23.9%—in two decades....

Cal-Maine Foods agrees
to acquire Zephyr Egg
Jun 30, 2008

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the majority of the assets of Zephyr Egg Company, based in Zephyrhills FL....

Pizzas for patriots: DHL
helps serve holiday salute
Jun 30, 2008

DHL, with the support of a local Chicago-area business and community members, will deliver thousands of freshly frozen pizzas to United States servicemen and women serving throughout Iraq in time for July 4th Independence Day celebrations....

Sun Capital affiliate
acquires Sunrise ops
Jun 26, 2008

Sun Capital Partners Inc., a private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, announced that one of its affiliates has acquired Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods and its affiliates and subsidiaries....

New StarTrak service
monitors reefer fuel use
Jun 26, 2008

Alanco Technologies Inc.’s StarTrak Systems subsidiary has introduced a new fuel usage data service feature for the Sentry ReeferTrak refrigerated trailer monitoring system....

FFEX to charge shippers
to offset its higher costs
Jun 25, 2008

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc. and FFE Transportation Services announced that the company will implement a charge to its shippers for the rapidly rising cost of refrigeration necessary in the transportation of temperature-controlled products....

Four producers form
a ‘berry’ strong group
Jun 25, 2008

Four leading berry producers—MBG Marketing, a Michigan-based blueberry grower; Hortifrut S.A. (HF), a berry-growing corporation based in Santiago, Chile; Munger Brothers Farms (MB) in Delano CA; and Pan-American Berry Growers LLC (PBG) of Salem OR—have banded together to form Naturipe Foods LLC....

GE SeaCo secures
financing agreements
Jun 23, 2008

GE SeaCo SRL, one of the world’s largest container leasing companies, has completed securing a number of financing agreements totaling $575 million....

Private equity firm
sells Preferred Freezer
Jun 19, 2008

TA Associates, a growth private equity and buyout firm, has sold control of Preferred Freezer Services LLC to Fenway Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, in partnership with management....

PFG rolls out voice
at five distribution sites
Jun 19, 2008

Voxware Inc., a supplier of software for voice-driven warehousing operations, announced that Performance Food Group (PFG), the third-largest foodservice distribution company in the United States, has successfully rolled out voice in five of its broadline distribution centers....

Fresh & Easy streamlines
its distribution operations
Jun 17, 2008

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market and its suppliers have streamlined their distribution models to reduce direct store deliveries, which saves money on fuel. ...

KX Logistics opens
warehouse in China
Jun 17, 2008

Kangxin (KX) Logistics announced the opening of one of the largest refrigerated food warehouses in the People’s Republic of China....

Maines adds restaurants
to Burger King account
Jun 16, 2008

Maines Paper & Food Service Inc. has expanded its Burger King account to include foodservice distribution to another 22 restaurants in the Maryland area....

Caterpillar, Navistar agree
to form strategic alliance
Jun 12, 2008

Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue global on-highway truck business opportunities and cooperate on a variety of engine platforms....

FDA investigates source
of salmonella outbreak
Jun 11, 2008

The United States Food and Drug Administration said it hoped to pinpoint soon the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes that has made at least 167 people ill in 17 states....

WOW Logistics expands
Idaho distribution center
Jun 9, 2008

Appleton WI-based WOW Logistics is expanding its 307,000-square-foot distribution center in Jerome ID....

Fresh Del Monte Produce
acquires Caribana ops
Jun 9, 2008

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has acquired the shares of Desarollo Agroindustrial de Frutales S.A., a producer of bananas in Costa Rica; the shares of Frutas de Exportacion S.A., a major provider of gold pineapples in Costa Rica; and the shares of an affiliated sales and marketing company, collectively known as Caribana....

Sargento salutes Perron
for moving its cheese
Jun 6, 2008

Sargento Cheese has presented the 2007 Core Carrier Award to Timon Perron Trucking....

Merchants Terminal using
RedPrairie Corp.'s WMS
Jun 5, 2008

Temperature-controlled logistics provider Merchants Terminal is implementing RedPrairie Corporation’s Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) to gain RF (radio frequency) capabilities, improve productivity, and inventory accuracy....

DRS gets $16.2 million
container order from Army
Jun 2, 2008

DRS Technologies Inc. has received a $16.2 million order to provide Multi-Temperature Refrigeration Container System (MTRCS) units to the United States Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center at Natick MA....

CARB considers requiring
EPA SmartWay vehicles
Jun 2, 2008

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is circulating draft regulations that would require sleeper-cab tractors and 53-foot box-type trailers operating on any highway in California be United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay-certified vehicles....

Smithfield Foods extends
CHEP pooling program
May 29, 2008

Smithfield Foods Inc. has extended use of the CHEP pooling program to all shipments to take advantage of environmental and efficiency savings....

Monterey Gourmet Foods
expands brand distribution
May 29, 2008

Monterey Gourmet Foods is expanding distribution of its Sonoma Cheese line of flavored Jack cheeses to nearly 400 more supermarkets nationwide....

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