Having canceled its May "Future Connect" conference due to the influenza outbreak, the supermarket industry's largest organization, the Food Marketing Institute, said today that it has rescheduled the executive event for October 12-14.
Fresh and frozen fruit and vegetable processing giant Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif., will outsource transportation sourcing activities to Transplace, a third-party transportation and logistics management services.
The nation's largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) said it sold its National Dairy company business for an undisclosed amount to Mexican dairy giant Grupo Industria LALA.
Packaging equipment supplier Bradman Lake Inc., Charlotte, N.C., said it will provide an integrated, multi-leg packaging system to one of North America's largest food processors.