Frozen Foods

TORRANCE, Calif. - King's Hawaiian Enterprises Inc. has completed the sale of its frozen foods unit to Florida-based Pinnacle Foods Corporation. The terms and value of the transaction were undisclosed.

Food distributors are being squeezed by three powerful trends that are pressing the industry to further increase efficiencies in distribution centers (DCs) and try even harder to meet customers' logistics needs, according to the 2001 Food Industry Distribution Center Benchmarking Report, recently re

SureBeam Corporation, leading provider of electron beam food safety systems and services for the food industry, is debuting the nation's first SureBeam facility capable of processing food simultaneously with SureBeam electron beam and x-ray technology.

Fleming has launched a major new National Selling Event for independent retail customers, leveraging Fleming's centralized procurement operation to provide customers bonus deals that provide lower prices on leading national brand products.

Peapod, Stop & Shop work toward a profitable online shopping model in Norwalk, Conn.

Fleming announced on Wednesday the successful opening and initiation of service from its newest distribution center in South Brunswick, N.J.

Citrus industry leaders told U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman onWednesday they are worried U.S negotiators willtreat the industry like a sacrificial lamb in worldtrade negotiations.

Nestle, the world's biggest food company, said today that sales ofits packaged food increased in emerging markets, compensating for slower growth in the United Statesand in Western Europe and helping to lift first-half profit 13 percent.

McCain Foods Limited will acquire the production facilities and food service business of Anchor Food Products Inc. in a three-party transaction. H.J. Heinz Company will purchase the company's branded products sold to retail outlets, including supermarkets and club stores.

Sara Lee Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of The Earthgrains Company, the number-two player in the fresh bread category.

The fourth annual Progressive Grocer ProGro and Cannondale Associates PowerRanking Awards banquet, celebrating the "best of the best" in retailing and manufacturing, is scheduled for Nov. 1 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago.

Fenway Partners, a private investment firm, announced today that The H. J. Heinz Company has purchased Delimex, a rapidly growing producer and distributor of branded, high-quality frozen Mexican foods. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.