Chicago-based International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) and Kinetic12, a Chicago-based food industry management consulting firm, joined forces to establish and develop what is said to be the first ever best practices for foodservice supply chain optimization.

JTM Food Group broke ground today on a new manufacturing plant at its headquarters in Harrison, Ohio.

Digi International, Minnetonka, Minn., acquired SMART Temps, a Mishawaka, Ind.-based provider of real-time foodservice temperature management for restaurant, grocery, education and hospital settings.

OSI Group, Aurora, Ill., acquired Flagship Europe from the Flagship Food Group, Denver, Colo.

Performance Food Group (PFG), Richmond, Va., completed the acquisition of T.F. Kinnealey & Co., Inc.

Fresco Foods, Inc. will invest approximately $1.5 million in a new commercial kitchen and foodservice production facility in Hillsborough County, Fla.

Cargill, Wichita, Kan., and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of agri-food company Japfa, entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.

Quality Custom Distribution (QCD,) an Irvine, Calif.-based subsidiary of Golden State Foods (GSF), purchased the assets of Mile Hi Specialty Foods, Denver, Colo., to form QCD Rocky Mountain, LLC.

CHD Expert evaluated data within its Easy2FIND foodservice database to provide foodservice suppliers insight into the latest trends in the Canadian foodservice landscape.