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ID NEWS: USF interim ceo tells employees not to let rumors distract them

As a consequence of the widely publicized unsubstantiated rumors concerning a desire by Royal Ahold, Zaandam, The Netherlands, to divest U.S. Foodservice...

ID NEWS: Ahold rumored to seek divestiture of USF; who's a potential buyer?

Royal Ahold, Zaandam, The Netherlands, says it wants to sell "all or part of" U.S. Foodservice, Columbia, MD, according to a report in the Financial Times...

Nobody lives in a vacuum, and certainly not a restaurateur.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE, has announced that Allan B. Lutz is joining the company as president and coo of its Foodservice operating group. Also,...

Kraft Foods, Northfield, IL, plans to adopt RFID (radio-frequency identification tag) technology to tag and track intermediate bulk containers through the...

U.S. consumers appear to have "shrugged off" Canada's "mad cow scare," according to Reuters. Early Memorial Day weekend results indicate that consumers made...

The National Restaurant Association (NRA), Washington, DC, has shared its key talking points with ID, to help distributors and DSRs discuss Canada's Bovine...

Pocahontas Foods USA, Richmond, VA, has added M&V Provision Co., Ridgewood, NY, and Buy-Rite Wholesale, Inc., Wood Dale, IL. All Kitchens of America, Boise,...

Vistar Corp., Denver, has announced the promotion of Patrick Mulhern from senior vice president to executive vice president. He adds management of national...

As a result of what were explained as inadvertent "typing errors," Royal Ahold, Zaandam, The Netherlands, has revised some of the sales figures released last...

Sara Lee Corp., Chicago, faces "critically important changes" after reporting worse-than-expected results and slashing its earnings forecast for the current...

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR, has issued a statement saying that it believes Canadian officials are taking "appropriate steps" in relation to the...

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