Month: April 2014

The Board of Trustees of Americold (www.americold.com), the global leader in temperature controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry, announced today that Fred W. Boehler, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, also has been named as President, effective March 31. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Boehler assumes the senior executive leadership role at Americold. Jeffrey M. Gault, President and Chief Executive Officer, is retiring and will continue to serve on the Americold Board of Trustees. Mr. Gault and Mr. Boehler will work closely during the coming weeks to ensure a smooth transition of leadership. …

The Women Grocers of America (WGA) announced its 2014 Leadership team, which consists of a newly appointed president to succeed Denise Beckman, four Executive Committee Members, and six new Board Members.  …

Beginning January 1, 2015, grocery stores and retailers in the City of Dallas will start charging customers five cents for every paper and plastic bag they use. …

Fry’s Food Stores and Walmart Supercenter are the biggest players in the hyper-competitive business of selling groceries in the Valley, with both retailers clawing out double-digit shares of the market. …

Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a leading provider of fresh item management (FIM), recipe management and scales management software to the grocery retail and food service industries, announces that Brookshire Grocery Company, a 150 store chain based in Tyler, Texas has completed rollout of ADC's P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planning module in all of their stores. …