Retail & FoodService

TopSource, the country’s leading sourcing company for retailers and wholesalers, recently surpassed $3 billion in sourced spend using its proprietary on-line auction tool. TopSource customers, representing primarily grocery and food service companies, have realized savings of more than $600 million from TopSource’s e-auction events since 2001. …

Frontline International, a leading provider of Smart Oil Management systems for waste oil, oil filtration, and fresh oil, introduces the new Box System for Standard Packaged Oil—an automated, convenient, safer, and more cost-effective way to re-fill fryers with fresh cooking oil. …

If you want a proxy for the global economy, look at Carrefour and Tesco, the European-based supermarket chains competing with Wal-Mart for world domination. Making direct comparisons between the two giants is difficult because each has had its own special problems. There is one area, however, where the misery seems to be shared: Mature markets. …

JEWEL-OSCO, a leading Midwest food and pharmacy retailer, is partnering with multiple food banks in Illinois and Indiana on a proactive food drive to support Hunger Action Month in September. …

Huhtamaki, a global leader in foodservice and paperboard packaging, today announced it has acquired the assets and business of Paris Packaging, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of specialty folding cartons. …