Ocean
Spray touts cranberries in new press release
9/4/99 In its first press release promoting
Ocean Spray products since July 23, 1999, Ocean Spray has issued a report entitled
"Precision taste is the strongest weapon on beverage battleground." You
can read the press release HERE.
9/2/99 Did you know that...
Ocean Spray Named AmeriCold Logistics to Build and Operate a
Freezer at its Facility in Central Wisconsin?
Press release from May 14, 1999... AmeriCold
Logistics, the largest U.S. provider of refrigerated storage and food distribution
services to companies worldwide, today announced it has signed a long-term storage
agreement with Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Headquartered in Lakeville, Massachusetts,
Ocean Spray is the largest processor of cranberries worldwide. The agreement calls for
AmeriCold to construct and operate a 125,000 square-foot freezer adjacent to Ocean
Spray's Receiving Station in Babcock, Wisconsin. Ocean Spray, with over $1.4
billion in annual sales, receives and markets 400 million pounds of cranberries. AmeriCold
will provide a full range of storage and distribution services to complement Ocean Spray's
production including binning, freezing and storing cranberries for further
processing at local Ocean Spray facilities. AmeriCold will apply its sophisticated
information systems for supply management, specifically to control and track
real-time inventory levels to meet demand.
"We have had a long-term association with AmeriCold not only in Wisonsin, but on both
coasts. AmeriCold's understanding of our needs and our business, their willingness to
assist us in controlling costs, plus their long-term record of serving Ocean Spray at
Tomah was a strong consideration in our decision to choose them as a partner," said
Randy Kenny, Ocean Spray's manager, Manufacturing Business Team, Cranberry Conversion.
Wayne Nikolish for AmeriCold said, "This approach to warehousing has become a common
strategy for companies that want to reduce costs. Ocean Spray has taken the
concept one step further by eliminating the capital expense of building and operating the
warehouse, entrusting it to AmeriCold."
AmeriCold Logistics, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., employs over 6,000 employees in 104
facilities including regional, consolidated and dedicated distribution centers throughout
the U.S., handling more than 7.2 million case per day and serving over 3,500 customers
including every major food manufacturer in the country.
9/9/99 - Independently Speaking
New
Daughter
"I think she’s still holding a grudge
because of the bedtime stories I used to tell the kids when they were little. “Bambi
and the Pack of Starving Wolves.” was one of my personal favorites. I did it with
gestures and sound effects..." |
Yahoo
Northland forum:
"a wealthy trouble maker?"
Updated: 9/3/99 -
"Who is this Hal anyway....This character must be a wealthy trouble maker with a self
indulgent agenda." Read the rest of
this interesting posting, No. 482, "put the blame where it belongs", and
other messages on the Yahoo's
Northland Message Board
Forum Statistics:
9/2/99 Cranberry Stressline's Forum was created on Feb. 25,
1999. Since then "hits" have totaled over 50,000. Below is a breakdown of
traffic through the month of August.
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July --- 9,626
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"hit". The numbers demonstrate that the Forum is read by virtually all those who
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