The nearly $50 million buy completes a 469,000-square-foot, tri-temp real estate portfolio acquired from an undisclosed national food service company.  

LISTEN: This episode of From the Cold Corner features Marty Khait, co-founder and managing principal at Yukon Real Estate Partners and author of R&FF’s special series, Farm to Frozen, to discuss new options in cold storage. 

Over the last two decades, Longbow Advantage, R&FF’s 2023 Logistics Provider of the Year, has assisted F&B leaders including General Mills, PepsiCo and Driscoll’s with their warehouse operations.

The winning foodservice distributor or logistics provider will be featured in R&FF's September issue and on an upcoming podcast episode.

 Together, the two companies are creating a virtual, national network of carriers and independent cold-storage warehouses allowing for enhanced visibility for contracting, negotiating, direct payment and tracking for perishable product deliveries.

RLS Logistics has announced its second freight brokerage office opening in Nashville, Tennessee. This location complements the company’s first freight brokerage office located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. 

Choptank Transport has awarded $24,000 to 18 qualifying employees through the company's 2020 student loan paydown program. Choptank now has awarded a total of $87,000 through the paydown program since initiating it three years ago.

Choptank is giving each employee $100 to spend at their favorite eateries within 50 miles of their workspaces. Choptank has more than 400 employees, which means it will infuse more than $40,000 into its local economies through restaurants, coffee shops, and other food establishments.

Transplace, the premier provider of managed transportation services and technology, today announced that it has been awarded a 2019 Premier Carrier Award by Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest food companies. Each year, Tyson Foods recognizes a small and select group of its carriers that consistently deliver the highest level of excellence in customer service, communication, safety and innovation.