The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said its Interstate Warehousing public refrigerated warehouse business broke ground for a 135,000-square-foot expansion at its Franklin, Ind., facility.
With a peak speed of 182" per second, Rytec Corporation, says it offers the fastest insulated roll door available for refrigerated and frozen food warehouses.
The Idaho-Statesman said Boise-based supermarket retailer WinCo Foods LLC, opened its fourth full-line distribution center, a 750,000-square-foot operation in Boise.
U.S. food and beverage processors will invest an estimated $6.5 billion their manufacturing and distribution assets during the next two years according to Industrial Info Resources (IIR).
International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) directors voted for Gary Kelly, senior director of transportation & distribution at Schwan's Logistics LLC, as IRTA's 2008-09 "Executive of the Year."
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.