Sodexo Canada, Canada, and Mikisew Group of Cos., Canada, signed a new joint venture agreement called the Mikisew Sodexo Limited Partnership (MSLP) to give both companies more visibility in the community.

Sodexo, Gaithersburg, Md., announced the deployment of its data-driven food waste prevention program, WasteWatch powered by Leanpath, at 3,000 sites worldwide within a year to halve food waste and food losses from its operations by 2025.

Heeren Bros., Inc., Comstock Park, Mich., and Walsma & Lyons, Byron City, Mich., announced a joint venture merger to become what is said to be a leading full-service produce and distribution, brokerage, refrigerated transportation and logistics company.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, announced plans for an expansion at its Selma, N.C., facility.

Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., opened its 10th office space and innovation center in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.

US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., broke ground on a 355,000-square-foot distribution center in McClellan, Calif.

Compass Group PLC, UK, announced plans to acquire Fazer Group, Finland.

Delivery, technology and health trends are changing the foodservice landscape and younger generations are leading this charge, according to “2019 College & University Consumer Trend Report,” a report published by Technomic, Chicago.

US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., released the results of a new survey of 500 independent restaurant decision makers to gauge their outlook on critical operational decisions.

Nominations are officially open for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2nd Annual 2019 Foodservice Distributor of the Year.