Nash Finch Co’s total sales
advance 15.3% in fiscal 3Q

Nash Finch Company announced financial results for the 16 weeks (fiscal third quarter) ended October 10, 2009....

Dole harvests 95% energy
savings with Albeo high bay

Albeo Technologies Inc announces the retrofit of a Dole cold storage warehouse with Albeo’s C-Series solid-state high bay....

Brookshire Grocery
chooses XATANET
onboard technology

XATA Corporation has announced that Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Company selected XATA as its preferred provider of onboard computer technology....

Small number of fleets
planning to buy trailers
negatively impacts index

The Q4 2009 FSR Equipment Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research fell 23% from the previous quarter to a reading of 68.7....

McLeod releases
definitive software

McLeod Software announces the second of its 2009 semi-annual product releases, described by the company as “definitive systems” for truckload carriers and brokerage and logistics firms....

Two new tools enhance
McLeod's BI Framework

Building on years of delivering Business Intelligence (BI) systems, McLeod Software has announced two new tools to enhance its BI offerings....

CSA 2010 Preview Scorecard
offers early look at safety data

Vigillo LLC announces its new CSA 2010 Preview Scorecard....

Toolbox 9.0 diagnostic software
expands its support of systems

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems is offering Toolbox 9.0, the latest PC-based diagnostics software for its pneumatic and hydraulic antilock braking systems, electronic leveling modules, and electronically controlled air suspensions....

Haldex updates Friction
Center in Columbia SC

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems has announced that its brake relining network is undergoing the next planned expansion at the Columbia SC Friction Center. ...

US Foodservice advocates
international approach
to food safety concerns

US Foodservice continues to advocate development and implementation of internationally recognized accreditation and certification processes to certify suppliers in food safety around the world....

Revised FDA Food Code
includes enhancements
in safety and efficiency

The Food and Drug Administration has published the new FDA Food Code, a model code and reference document that provides a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail food and foodservice segment....

Sleep apnea trial involving
JB Hunt has sound results

SleepSafe Drivers Inc, a national provider of sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment programs for fleets, announced positive preliminary results from a clinical trial focused on testing and treating truck drivers suffering with sleep apnea as part of a national contract with JB Hunt Transport Services Inc....

Frozen Food Express
sustains revenue loss
in third quarter 2009

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (FFEX) announced its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009....

Pennsylvania facility
to create 200-plus jobs

Pennsylvania Gov Edward G Rendell announced that state investments will help a supply chain management company and a natural and specialty food distributor open a new distribution center in Allentown PA, creating at least 200 jobs within three years....

McLeod Imaging updates
DocumentPower Enterprise

McLeod Imaging, the document management arm of McLeod Software, announced the release of DocumentPower Enterprise Version 9.0....

Modules help brokers,
3PLs take tighter control

TransCore’s Logistics Software, a transportation management system (TMS), has added three modules to help truck freight brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) take tighter control of operations....

Eurofresh Farms prepares
to exit Chapter 11 protection

Eurofresh Inc, dba Eurofresh Farms, one of southern Arizona’s largest employers and a year-round producer and marketer of greenhouse tomatoes, announced that US Bankruptcy Court Judge Charles G Case II confirmed its reorganization plan....

Food Lion unveils ‘cascading’
refrigeration system at store

Food Lion LLC and refrigeration manufacturer Kysor/Warren unveiled the grocery industry’s first “cascading” refrigeration system with naturally occurring carbon dioxide (CO2) to keep frozen and fresh foods cold....

McLeod Financial Solutions
has flexible funding options

McLeod Software announces the creation of an internal financing division, McLeod Financial Solutions....

Economic recovery begins;
truck freight growth lags

The recovery has begun, according to the latest issue of The North American Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook published by FTR Associates, but the transportation industry forecast company warns that any significant freight growth is not expected until 2010 with increased orders for equipment to follow later in the year...

Class 8 net truck orders
spike upward in October

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing Class 8 net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 21,792 units in October 2009, reflecting a definite upsurge in order activity...

ArvinMeritor finishes sale
of Meritor Suspension JV

ArvinMeritor Inc has completed the sale of its 57% stake in the Meritor Suspension Systems Company (MSSC) joint venture to Mitsubishi Steel Mfg Ltd (MSM) for approximately $13 million, which included a $12 million cash dividend received by ArvinMeritor in the third quarter...

McLane Foodservice takes
Checkers/Rally’s order
to provide distribution

McLane Foodservice, a division of McLane Company Inc, announced that Checkers Drive-in Restaurants Inc has selected the firm to provide food distribution services through its Memphis TN and Manassas VA facilities to more than 190 restaurants in those regions....

Two reports document call
to double use of produce

Two new reports document the discussions of a supply chain-wide executive group that recently set a goal to double the use of fresh produce in foodservice by 2020....

Reefer truck convoy
shows ‘Walmart Gives
Back’ by Feeding America

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation kicked off “Walmart Gives Back,” a holiday giving initiative that will provide $32 million in monetary and in-kind donations to charitable organizations across the United States....