Articles Tagged with ''logistics''

R&FF:  What has Tyson been doing with third-party carriers?

Keene: We’ve worked toward joint value creation with our common carrier partners for consistent lanes and volumes. We recognize that this allows them to better plan their business.

Logistics Execs on the Move: SCS Refrigerated Services, Algona, Wash., said it hired Jeff Jones, a 20-year-plus sales and operations veteran, as company president.

Nestle Prepared Foods Co. will build a 265,000-sq.-ft. distribution center beside the company's Mt. Sterling, Ky., plant.

United States Cold Storage Inc. (USCS) will locate its new Midwest storage and distribution center in Lebanon, Ind.

New technologies, analyses make it easier to build an energy-efficient warehouse.

Schwan’s Logistics LLC presented the following awards to its freight carriers at the 2008 Schwan’s Logistics Conference in Minneapolis.

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) announced that it elected Stephen J. Galati, Esq., shareholder of the law firm of Mattioni, Ltd., as its Chairman for 2008-2009.

Third-party logistics companies acknowledge McCain Foods USA efforts to become "America's Best Food Company."

Editor's note: A special AFFI meeting session featured an interview between Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Editor Bob Garrison and Ron Pillsbury, vice president of planning, distribution and customer service for McCain Foods USA. Following are excerpts from that conversation.