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Dot Foods breaks ground on its 12th distribution center
Dot Foods, the largest food industry redistributor in North America, continues to grow, officially breaking ground on its 12th distribution center recently. The new $36 million facility will be...
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FDA to hold four public meetings on produce safety rule guidance
The US Food and Drug Administration plans to hold four one-day public meetings to discuss the recently published draft guidance created to help farmers meet requirements of the Produce Safety...
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At IFDA conference, Great Dane shows how innovation can be invisible
Great Dane demonstrated the unique features and benefits of hidden innovations at the 2018 International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Distribution Solutions Conference. The conference...
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Amp Americas puts nation’s largest dairy RNG project into operation
Renewable Dairy Fuels (RDF), a business unit of Amp Americas, announced that its second biogas facility producing Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from dairy waste is now operational and has begun...
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Golden State Foods completes sale of nine distribution centers
Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified food processors and distributors in the foodservice industry and one of the longest-serving suppliers to McDonald’s restaurants, has completed...
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Thermo King accelerates We Move Food program
With nearly $200 billion dollars of food thrown away in the United States each year, research suggests that hunger in America may be less of a supply problem and more of a logistics challenge.To...
View ArticleLineage Logistics acquires Yearsley Group
Lineage Logistics Holdings LLC, provider of temperature-controlled supply chain solutions, has acquired Yearsley Group Limited, a leading temperature-controlled logistics service provider and frozen...
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Phillips Pet Food & Supplies teams with Transervice for contract carriage...
Transervice Logistics Inc, a provider of customized transportation solutions, has been selected by Phillips Pet Food & Supplies to provide a dedicated contract carriage solution at the company’s...
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Cooltrax integrates with CarrierWeb
Cooltrax, a provider of cold chain visibility and food safety solutions, has announced an integration of its industrial IoT platform with CarrierWeb, a provider of ELD telematics and other fleet...
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QF+ In-Rack Freezing System impresses Mattingly Cold Storage
Mattingly Cold Storage commissioned Tippmann Innovation (Ti) to conduct freezing and tempering tests with Ti’s patented QF+ In-Rack Freezing System recently.The purpose of the tests was to evaluate...
View ArticleSchwan’s Company plans to sell food operations to CJCJ
Schwan’s Company has reached an agreement to sell a majority stake of the US food company to CJ CheilJedang (CJCJ), of Seoul, South Korea.The transaction will include 80% of Schwan’s Company and...
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CBBC streamlines operations, logs savings using Paragon software
Colorado Boxed Beef Company (CBBC), a major distributor of refrigerated and frozen meat, cheese and other food products, has implemented Paragon Software Systems Inc’s route planning software to manage...
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Sysco Corp’s Supplies on the Fly partners with Frieda’s Specialty Produce
Global foodservice distributor Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) announced that its e-Commerce platform, Supplies on the Fly, has partnered with Frieda’s Specialty Produce to offer next-day delivery of...
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Fruit exporter reports Bio Turbo greatly reduces citrus decay
Forrester Estate is using Bio Turbo to remove ethylene and airborne pathogens from cold rooms and to reduce cross-contamination.The fruit exporter based in Zimbabwe evaluated the efficiency of...
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Recyclable Green Ox pallets perform well in tests by produce shippers
Green Ox Pallet Technology LLC, the global provider of Green Ox corrugated pallets, recently passed two key performance tests conducted by produce shippers.Tropifoods, a leading exporter of produce,...
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FDA continues probe of E coli outbreak related to romaine lettuce
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with Centers for Disease Control (CDC), state and local agencies, is investigating a multistate outbreak of E coli O157:H7 illnesses likely linked to...
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Manfredi optimizes rack to keep expansion on track
Rugged drive-in rack designed to the application enhances longevity, accessTO meet retailer demand for efficient cold chain distribution east of the Mississippi River, Manfredi Cold Storage has had to...
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C&S Wholesale Grocers plans to acquire Olean cooperative
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc has signed an agreement to acquire Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative Inc, based in Olean NY. The sale is expected to close in early 2019.Olean Wholesale, a New York...
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Prairie Farms Dairy chooses Transervice to provide maintenance
Transervice Logistics Inc, a provider of customized transportation solutions, has been selected by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, one of the largest and most successful dairy cooperatives in the Midwest, to...
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RLS Logistics will provide nationwide reefer LTL service
RLS Logistics, a leading temperature-controlled third-party logistics provider, will begin providing national refrigerated LTL service January 7, 2019.With this move, RLS can now offer customers both...
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