Ben E. Keith Co., Austin, Texas, broke ground on a new foodservice distribution center in New Brockton, Ala.

Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, Mich., announced plans to construct a new distribution center in Westfield, Ind.

Highview Capital, LLC, Los Angeles, acquired Gold Star Foods, Inc., an Ontario, Calif.-based food distributor to K-12 child nutrition programs.

US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., launched its Fall Scoop 2019, which focuses on “Global Discovery Made Easy” and showcases products with Latin American, Asian and Middle Eastern influences.

Square Roots, Brooklyn, N.Y., partnered with Gordon Food Service to create a new farm campus at Gordon Food Service’s Grand Rapids, Mich., headquarters.

Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a subsidiary of Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., announced the centralization of its corporate functions and the relocation of its headquarters to a new facility in Frisco, Texas.

Palm Beach Capital Fund III, L.P., West Palm Beach, Fla., announced an investment in Consumer Products Distributors, LLC (dba J. Polep Distribution Services), Chicopee, Mass., and Rachael’s Food LLC, Chicopee, Mass.

Nearly 9% of adults consider the environment as a top factor when making food and beverage purchase decisions, and it’s young adults, ages 18-44 years old, who are most likely to feel this way, finds the “Health Aspirations & Behavioral Tracking Service” report from The NPD Group, Chicago.

Shamrock Foods Co., Phoenix, Ariz., announced plans to acquire Food Services of America’s (FSA) Boise, Idaho, operation.

Harbor Wholesale Foods, Lacey, Wash., acquired a significant portion of Food Services of America’s (FSA) Seattle, Wash., business, including its 250,000-square-foot distribution facility in Kent, Wash.