US Foods has agreed to acquire F. Christiana, a Louisiana-based food service and retail distributor for an undisclosed price. F. Christiana focuses on the major center-of-the-plate categories along with dairy and dry goods. A ...
US Foods has agreed to acquire California-based meat manufacturer FirstClass Foods for an undisclosed price. Headquartered in Hawthorne, FirstClass Foods has about $55m in annual sales. Since 1962, FirstClass Foods has been delivering ...
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US Foods has agreed to acquire Birmingham, Alabama-based SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor having yearly sales of around $80m. Family owned since 1940, SRA started out as a butcher shop in Birmingham. Today, SRA Foods occupies a ...
UK-based eco packaging specialist Biopac has developed a range of environment-friendly disposables for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in support of its new, 'Cafe Rating'. The SRA has launched a new cafe rating to improve ...
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Harvey Nichols' OXO Tower in South Bank, London, has introduced new Take Home Boxes, which will reduce food waste and improve customer experience. The boxes have been printed and manufactured in the UK by Biopac that specializes in ...
The Swedish Rheumatism Association (SRA) has certified five new packages from the food processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak for their ease of use. The latest certification brings the total number of Tetra Pak packages being approved ...
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International property and casualty insurance holding company Markel Capital has reached on agreement to purchase Abbey Protection to boost its product range in the UK and improve reach within the country’s retail market. Under the ...
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Switzerland-based specialty chemical producer Clariant has added TexCare SRA 300 F soil-release polymer for powdered detergents to its TexCare product line. Clariant reports the polymer enhances the ability of the detergent to remove soils ...
The Chinese government has approved the establishment of China Railway Corporation, which will perform the commercial operations of the defunct Ministry of Railways (MOR). The new corporation will have a registered capital of RMB 1.036 ...
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Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces its new EcoTain approach to sustainable innovation. The EcoTain life cycle and label developed by Clariant is driven by the commitment to protect human, environmental and ecological ...
Computerworld-WASHINGTON-If Congress doesn't avert the fiscal impasse,automatic budget cuts could reduce federal IT spending by$66 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct.1,according to an analysis by the industry group CompTIA. As it ...
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Buckeye Technologies Inc. announced first quarter net sales of $197 million and adjusted net income of $24.6 million or $0.62 per share. Net sales for the quarter were down $35 million or 15% compared to the year ago quarter, mainly due to ...
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