Future convention activities.(American Association of Meat
Processors )(Brief article)(Calendar)
June 28-July 1 IFT International Conference, McCormick Place,
Chicago. Call 312-782-8424.
July 24-26 American Association of Meat Processors (MMP) Annual
Convention and Suppliers Exhibition. . . .
Raymond receives SYSCO Operations Supplier of the Year
award.(Equipment Update)
The Raymond Corp., a leading North American manufacturer of
materials handling solutions, has been named Warehouse Capital Equipment
2007 Operations Supplier of the Year by SYSCO Corp.
The award . . .
Hormel Foods honors Multivac with Spirit of Excellence
Award.(Equipment Update)(Brief article)
Packaging equipment provider Multivac, Inc. has announced that it
has again been honored with the Hormel Foods Spirit of Excellence Award.
Hormel Foods executives traveled to Kansas City, MO to . . .
Insulwall products.(Equipment Update)(Randall
Manufacturing's InsulWall products )(Brief article)
Randall Manufacturing, a Chicago-based manufacturer of temperature
zoning products for the warehouse and transportation industries, is
pleased to announce that their line of InsulWall products (a . . .
Hormel cutting back.(Transportation)
Hormel will be reducing its poultry business by approximately 5%
due to grain-related costs which were $39 million higher compared to
fiscal . . .
FFE transportation services lowers top
speeds.(Transportation)
RTA Member Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc, a nationwide
transportation company offering service in the temperature-controlled
truckload and LTL, dry truckload, and brokerage/logistics markets, . . .
Retiring.
Bill Pruitt, VP Sales for United States cold Storage, has retired
after 20 years of service. His legacy with the company began in 1988.
Also retiring is TomVaghy VP-Manager, who brings his 23 . . .
All Canadian ingredients.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that all food
items labeled as product of Canada or made in Canada must have virtually
all of its ingredients originating from this country.
CBC . . .
Six new stores.
Sunflower Farmers Markets is planning to open at least six new
stores in Houston, TX over the next two years.
The grocer recently signed leases in the Dallas area and also plans
to enter Austin.
. . .
Food industry closes ranks.
In an exclusive article for IARW, Ben Gordon with BG Strategic
Advisors outlines how mergers and acquisitions among food distributors
give bold players much needed clout in today's competitive . . .
Russia buys NY apples.
New York apples have found a new export destination in Russia,
which has become the largest apple importing country in the world.
To date this year, New York apple growers have shipped more . . .
Renewable energy.
Dairy giant Dean Foods Co. plans to turn animal waste from its
thousands of cows into renewable energy for the local power . . .
Serious violations.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration has cited Arctic Glacier Inc. of Fairport, NY for 20
alleged serious violations of OSHA health and safety standards. The . . .
Maurice K. Horowitz dies at 90.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Maurice K. Horowitz, 90, died May 19. He was a nationally respected
frozen food expert as well as a beloved husband, father, grandfather and
great grandfather, international diplomat and a . . .
IARW and WFLO elect new officers at 2008 Annual
Convention.
New officers and directors of the International Association of
Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and the World Food Logistics Organization
(WFLO), an education and research foundation affiliated with . . .
Soft from Baskin-Robbins.(Retail)
Baskin-Robbins, the world's largest ice cream chain, has plans
to sell soft-serve ice cream, one of ice cream's few growth areas.
USA . . .
Consumers give relief.(Retail)
Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief
in April following months of dismal sales, but business was helped along
by heavy discounting that could hurt fiscal first-quarter . . .
New Fresh & Easy items.(Retail)
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market said it plans to introduce 250
new own-brand items to its stores over the next three months to cater to
increasing demand.
Supermarket . . .
More Campbell Soup.(Retail)
Campbell Soup Co. will expand its tomato processing facility in
California and use more locally-grown produce. The $23 million expansion
will increase the plant only 2,400 square feet but boost . . .
Henry Branstetter dies at 94.(Obituary)
Henry Branstetter, former president of Ocean Garden Products, died
in Wilmington, N.C., at the age of 94.
Branstetter went to work for Ocean Garden in 1964, helping the
company become one of the . . .
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