Recent news on foodservice developments in the supply chain, including farm production, wholesale distribution/delivery, and retail/consumer activities.
Fortune magazine has ranked Tyson Foods Inc as America’s Most Admired Company in the food production industry. The survey, published in the March 3, 2003, issue of Fortune under the title “America’s Most Admired Companies,” ranks the 10 largest...
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc (A&P) has announced an agreement to sell seven Kohl’s supermarkets in Madison WI to The Copps Corp, a subsidiary of Pewaukee WI-based Roundy’s Inc. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary...
Total Logistic Control (TLC), a C2 Inc subsidiary and provider of third-party logistics and dedicated facility operations, has been awarded a 10-year contract from a Fortune 100 food company to staff and operate a large new grocery distribution...
Dean Foods Co announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended Dec 31, 2002. Fourth-quarter net sales totaled $2.2 billion, an increase of 39% over fourth-quarter 2001. Net income for the fourth quarter was $63.1 million, a 166%...
Fleming Companies Inc has entered into an agreement with Albertson’s for the sale of five Fleming stores. Three Food4Less facilities are in the Salt Lake City UT market, and two Rainbow Foods stores are in the El Paso TX market. Fleming also...
In 1998, Safeway, Pleasanton CA, paid $1.2 billion for the Dominick’s chain of 113 supermarkets in Chicago. A year later, Safeway paid an additional $1.8 billion for the Randall’s/Tom Thumb chain that operates 134 stores in Houston, Austin, and...
American Seafoods Group LLC of Seattle WA has completed the acquisition of the assets of Southern Pride Catfish Co Inc of Greensboro AL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...
