To latest Highway Hero,
little girl is the ‘real hero’
 

Mar 31, 2008

To Goodyear’s 25th North American Highway Hero winners, the actual hero is nine-year-old Abby Bern. Despite their life-saving efforts, they insist they’re merely “Abby’s Angels.”...

Safety belt usage
clicks with truckers
 

Mar 28, 2008

Safety belt use among commercial motor vehicle drivers increased significantly in 2007, according to a survey....

SuperValu joins EPA
GreenChill partnership
 

Mar 26, 2008

Retail grocery company SuperValu Inc. has joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary program to promote green technologies, strategies and practices that protect the ozone layer and reduce greenhouse gases....

FDA warns of tainted
Honduran cantaloupes
 

Mar 24, 2008

The United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about cantaloupe being imported from the Honduran company Agropecuaria Montelibano because its fruit appears to be connected to a Salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the United States and Canada....

W. P. Carey & Co. acquires
four Best Brands facilities
 

Mar 24, 2008

CPA:16–Global, the REIT affiliate of investment firm W. P. Carey & Co., has acquired four manufacturing facilities from Best Brands Corporation for a purchase price of about $50 million....

Greatwide recognizes
its ‘safety superstars’
 

Mar 20, 2008

As part of Greatwide Dedicated Transport’s ongoing commitment to rewarding and encouraging safe driving, the company recently invited its top 32 capacity providers and their spouses to a north Texas resort for Greatwide’s first Driver of the Year recognition event....

Kraft Foods salutes those
that deliver the goods
 

Mar 20, 2008

Kraft Foods Global Inc. has announced three winners in the third annual Kraft Transportation Service Provider Recognition Program: Prime Inc. in the National Carrier category, and Stevens and Tri Hi Transportation in the Regional Carrier category....

ATA projects record-high
fuel expenses for 2008
 

Mar 18, 2008

The American Trucking Associations is projecting a record-high diesel fuel bill in 2008. ATA said the trucking industry will spend $135 billion on fuel in 2008, based on current fuel price forecasts....

Pilgrim’s Pride downsizes
U.S. chicken operations
 

Mar 14, 2008

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation will close a chicken processing complex and six of its 13 distribution centers in the United States in response to the crisis facing the U.S. chicken industry from soaring feed-ingredient costs resulting from corn-based ethanol production....

PLM opens service center
aimed at reefer trailers
 

Mar 14, 2008

PLM Trailer Leasing has opened a new customer service center (CSC) in Dallas TX. ...

A&P, C&S establish
distribution partnership
 

Mar 12, 2008

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. have signed a new 10-year agreement to combine their previously separate A&P and Pathmark supply agreements into one partnership....

Hain Pure Protein acquires
Pilgrim’s turkey operations
 

Mar 12, 2008

Hain Pure Protein Corporation—a joint venture between Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P. and The Hain Celestial Group Inc.—announced that its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, New Oxford Foods LLC, has acquired Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.’s turkey production facility and distribution center in New Oxford PA....

Frozen Food Express
tallies year-end results
 

Mar 6, 2008

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc. has announced its financial and operating results for the three- and 12-month periods ended December 31, 2007....

Acquisitions will boost
JBS’s global status
 

Mar 6, 2008

JBS announces the acquisition of National Beef Packing Company LLC, Smithfield Beef Group Inc., and Tasman Group Ltd....

Rickenbacker Intermodal
Terminal opens in Ohio
 

Mar 5, 2008

Norfolk Southern Corporation has opened the Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal near Columbus OH....

Nestlé plans to expand
frozen food operation
 

Mar 5, 2008

Nestlé Prepared Foods Company plans to invest more than $60 million to expand its frozen foods manufacturing facility in Jonesboro AR....

Tyson Foods to close
Wilkesboro NC facility
 

Mar 3, 2008

Tyson Foods Inc. plans to close its Wilkesboro NC plant and terminate more than 400 jobs as it focuses on ready-to-eat products instead of refrigerated foods....

Gills acquires packing,
cold storage facility
 

Mar 3, 2008

Oxnard CA-based Gills Onions has acquired a 200,000-square-foot packing and cold storage plant in San Joaquin CA to add to production at its Oxnard headquarters....

PacLease adds four locations in Wisconsin 

Mar 1, 2008

Paccar Leasing Co (PacLease) continues to expand its franchise network in North America with the addition of four new PacLease locations in Wisconsin...

PowerWarehouse enhances visibility 

Mar 1, 2008

Retalix is offering its PowerWarehouse 6.0.1, designed for route-based, multi-stop food distributors...

Quest Global selects GlobalWave system 

Mar 1, 2008

Quest Global has selected TransCore's GlobalWave trailer tracking system and will install more than 250 Sense & Track units...

Accident prevention 

Mar 1, 2008

MeritorWabco Vehicle Control Systems introduces OnGuard, a radar-based adaptive cruise control system with active braking for commercial vehicles...

Fresh Del Monte has its best 4Q to date 

Mar 1, 2008

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced strong financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 28, 2007...

Liner Bond fills voids more completely 

Mar 1, 2008

Convenience Products, manufacturer of Touch ‘n Seal insulating foam products, introduces new Liner Bond one-component cylinder adhesive...

McLeod integrates interface with Carrier411 

Mar 1, 2008

McLeod Software has announced the integration of the PowerBroker Carrier Insurance Renewal interface with Carrier411...

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