Raymond VP retires.(People)
James B. Bennett III, vice president of sales and dealer
development for The Raymond Corp., has retired after 43 years in the
materials handling industry.
During his career with Raymond, Bennett . . .
Bush proposes.
U.S. President Bush proposed spending an additional $770 million in
emergency food assistance for poor countries, responding to rising food
prices that have resulted in social unrest in several . . .
Shipping Dole veggies.
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems announced that beginning
mid-May, Dole Fresh Vegetables will begin shipping its products on
iGPS' all-plastic pallet pool with embedded RFID . . .
Bojangles to expand.
The new management team at Bojangles' Restaurants Inc. plans
to more than double the size and revenue of the fried-chicken chain in
the next 10 years, despite the slowing economy.
Charlotte . . .
Alimentation acquires.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced that it has signed an
agreement to acquire 83 stores in the St. Louis, MO area and central
Illinois area from Spirit Energy, . . .
IARW's Cold Connection.(Take Action segment held by Cold
Connection )(Brief article)
As part of the the Global Cold Chain Alliance's commitment to
enhance the vital perishable food industry, Cold Connection is proud to
introduce the new "Take Action" segment which will be . . .
McCain closes veg line.
McCain Foods is closing a vegetable processing line at a plant in
Timaru, New Zealand due to flat domestic sales, an ageing plant and
declining exports to Japan, China and South East Asia. The New . . .
Technomic reveals extensive generational differences in
consumers' restaurant attitudes, usage.
In a recently-released report, foodservice consultants Technomic
found that age-based distinctions among consumers' use of
restaurants run deeper than originally expected.
The findings, published . . .
U.S. Cold Storage: growing to meet demand: 5.2 million cubic feet
facility opens in Lake City, FL; USCS opens up distribution op
It's a state-of-the-art operation--fully equipped to handle
the large scale distribution for major food manufacturers as well as the
specialized needs of food retailers, foodservice operators . . .
IRTA elects new officers at 2008 Annual Convention.(International
Refrigerated Transportation Association)(Brief article)
New officers and directors of the International Refrigerated
Transportation Association (IRTA) were elected at the IARW-WFLO-IRTA
Annual Convention & Expo in April 2008.
Stephen Galati (Mattioni, . . .
Preferred opens facility.(Warehouses)
Preferred Freezer Services new facility in Elizabeth, NJ is open
for business. With this new facility, Preferred Freezer Services added
47 million cubic feet to the nearly 170 million cubic feet of . . .
New processing plant.
Hero/Beech-Nut broke ground on a new $124 million manufacturing and
processing plant in upstate New York.
The Business . . .
Converting to franchises.
7-Eleven, Inc. announced it plans to convert approximately 475
company-operated 7-Eleven stores in Florida into franchised operations.
Franchise . . .
Worsley acquires.
Worsley Operating Corp. has announced that it has acquired
Li'l Cricket Food Stores, Inc, an operator of 88 convenience stores
in South Carolina.
. . .
400 new subways.
During the first three months of this year, Subway opened more than
400 new locations bringing the chain's total to more than 29,000
locations, 500 of which are in international markets.
. . .
SoLean at Target.
Natural Harmony Foods has announced that their full line of SoLean
brand breakfast products will appear in the freezer cases of an
estimated 600+ higher volume Target stores May . . .
WingStreet growing.
WingStreet, the world's largest delivery wing concept, is
undergoing an aggressive expansion strategy as it plans to add more than
4,000 new points of access within newly built and existing Pizza . . .
Expanding partnership.
Irving Oil Limited and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced the
expansion of their existing partnership to include 252 Irving Oil
convenience retail sites across Atlantic Canada and New . . .
New distribution center.
Stater Bros. Holdings Inc., the largest privately held supermarket
chain in Southern California, will complete a new refrigerated
distribution center by the end of the current fiscal year. The . . .
Taco Maker at Wal-Mart.
Mexican quick-service brand The Taco Maker has signed a
Landlord-Tenant agreement with Wal-Mart to begin franchising in Wal-Mart
stores across the U.S.
QSR . . .
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