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ID NEWS: USF cites success of Passport event; General Mills contacted in probe

As the investigation into U.S. Foodservice (USF) dealings with its suppliers widens-General Mills, Minneapolis, is the latest supplier to be contacted by the...

ID NEWS: Fleming files for bankruptcy protection; also under investigation by SEC

The Fleming Cos., Lewisville, Texas, the nation's largest wholesale-grocer, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The retail food distributor, which...

Sysco Corp., Houston, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the specialty meat-cutting division of Colorado Boxed Beef Co., Auburndale, FL, and its...

The Wall Street Journal has reported that U.S. Foodservice (USF), Columbia, MD, the nation's second largest broadliner, may have failed to pass along...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sara Lee Corp. and ConAgra Foods, two of the food industry's largest suppliers, may be involved in a "rebate-inflation"...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE, and Sara Lee Corp., Chicago, responding to a story in today's Wall Street Journal, have refuted any implications of...

A Fortune Magazine survey has ranked Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR, "America's Most Admired Company" in the food production industry.The survey pinpoints...

Sysco Food Services of Pittsburgh, LLC, has announced a contingency plan to ensure continuity of service to its 3,000 customers, should warehouse workers and...

Nash Finch Co., Edina, MN, has indicated that bankers have agreed to let the wholesale-grocer, which also does some foodservice business, file audited 2002...

People "familiar with the situation" say U.S. investigators are looking into the possibility that suppliers "might have colluded" with U.S. Foodservice (USF)...

Pocahontas Foods USA, Richmond, VA, has unveiled the name of its new umbrella organization and announced a fourth group as well.Progressive Group Alliance is...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could lower the risk of an attack on the nation's food supply, if food...

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