The Tokyo-based Sojitz Corporation has purchased 25 percent of the shares issued by Huong Thuy Manufacturing Service Trading Corporation, one of the largest food wholesalers in Viet Nam.

Good luck using the internet these days at Royal Food Service, an Atlanta-based wholesale produce distribution company. Only the company's high-level executives have access to the web's full offerings.

Atlas Wholesale Food Company is a regional foodservice distributor in southeast Michigan. It distributes frozen foods, various canned and dry foods, fresh meats, imported specialties, and fresh produce. The company also supplies various nonfood items, including disposable napkins, plates, and cups; tableware, cookware, restaurant and kitchen equipment, and cleaning supplies.Atlas services thousands of customers, which include restaurants, hospitals and nursing homes, schools and colleges, summer camps, hotels and motels, and industrial caterers, as well as regional and national chain restaurants.Atlas competes with national distributors U.S. Foodservice and Performance Food Group, as well as regional companies such as Gordon Food Service, and other local foodservice distributors. Atlas is a member of Golbon buying group.