Packaging

PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Warehouse club retailer Sam's Club has teamed up with Pepsi-Cola North America's Aquafina water brand to launch a large-scale recycling program.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Food Co. here promoted Keith Mitchell to v.p./c.f.o. for Dole Fresh Fruit N.A. In his new role Mitchell, who will begin his new post on May 8, will be responsible for the financial management of Dole's North American fresh fruit operations.

BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons stores, the California Coastal Commission, Earthwise Bag Company and California-owned and -operated CBS Television Stations yesterday launched a major public education campaign to help educate consumers about the benefits of recycling plastic bags.

SAINT-LAURENT, Que. -- The grocery banners of Provigo, Inc., based here -- Loblaws, Maxi & Cie, Maxi, Provigo, L'intermarché, Axep, and Club Entrepôt Provigo -- have joined with the Quebec Environment Foundation (QEF) to help reduce the use of plastic bags in their 456 stores throughout the province.

OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods, Inc. here has completed the divestiture of its seafood businesses, which includes its Louis Kemp surimi business to Trident Seafoods Corp., and its Singleton Seafood and Meridian Seafood along with other seafood products to Singleton Fisheries, Inc.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Winn-Dixie supermarket in Spring Hill, Fla. pulled Silk brand soymilk off its shelves this week after a local couple told authorities they found a foreign object in one of the half-gallon cartons they had purchased.

HOUSTON -- Reusable Container Company LLC, a subsidiary of IFCO Systems, has completed the purchase of the Reusable Plastic Container (RPC) Services Business of CHEP USA. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Sealed Air Corp. based here was named by Fortune magazine as the No. 1 company in the packaging and containers industry on the magazine's annual list of America's Most Admired Companies.