Foodservice

Dean Foods Company, Dallas TX, has agreed to sell dairy operations in Puerto Rico to Grupo Gloria for $122 million in cash. Grupo Gloria is conglomerate based in Peru. Dean operations in Puerto Rico include Suiza Dairy Corporation, Suiza Fruit...

Tyson Foods Inc will provide differential pay for all team members called to active National Guard or military reserve duty since Sept 11, 2001. The company will make up the difference between compensation for military duty and the normal salary...

Some companies strive to take inventory out of the distribution chain as a way to squeeze cost from production and marketing. Allen Family Foods in Seaford, Delaware, strives to take time out of the delivery cycle in order to give customers an...

Foodservice marketer and distributor SYSCO Corp has completed the acquisition of Abbott Foods Inc, a broadline foodservice distributor based in Columbus OH. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed...

Within its next fiscal year, Wal-Mart Stores plans to open 45 to 55 new discount stores and 200 to 210 new Supercenters. Supercenter growth will involve relocation or expansion of 140 existing discount stores plus new construction for the...

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) will assume management of the Environmental Engineering in the Food Processing Industry Conference in 2003. This conference addresses environmental concerns facing the food processing industry. AFFI will...

With 3,200 stores in the US and more than $200 billion in annual sales, Wal-Mart sits firmly atop the Fortune 500, because it is a relentlessly profit-driven company, Jan Mauldin, formerly director of marketing and community programs for Wal-Mart...

Changing workplace culture is costly. Ask H E Butt Grocery Company...

Apples from New Zealand recently arrived at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, representing a victory in the port's ongoing diversification efforts, as well as fresher product for HEB supermarkets. It was the first imported produce load ever...