Diamond Foods, Inc. Names PSS Warehousing & Transportation Preferred Distribution Services Provider for the entire Northeast Corridor

DAYTON, NEW JERSEY-July 30, 2008-- PSS Warehousing & Transportation, the Northeast’s premier services provider in warehousing, storage, transportation and distribution since 1983, has been named as the preferred northeast distribution services provider for Diamond Foods, Inc. (Diamond Foods).

 “Diamond Foods is the leader in the Culinary, inshell snack and ingredient nut business with  their products being found in over 80% of the Supermarkets in the US,” states Gary Borne, President of PSS Warehousing & Transportation. “PSS Distribution Services looks forward to being a vital part of the Diamond Foods Distribution process.  Our daily service to all of the major grocery and retail distribution centers in the region will allow Diamond to continue to increase market share and we are very excited about being a part of this.”
Headquartered in Stockton, California, Diamond Foods is the premier processor and marketer of culinary, inshell snack and ingredient nuts. As the industry leader, Diamond enjoys a market share in North American markets four times larger than its number-two competitor. Diamond is also the nation’s top exporter of walnuts to Europe and the Pacific Rim.  The Diamond of California culinary nut label offers a full line of shelled and inshell nuts for cooking and baking, including walnuts, pine nuts, pecans, peanuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts and almonds. The Emerald Nuts line, at the helm of the snack aisle, delivers healthier snack options to consumers. For more information, visit www.diamondfoods.com. 

About PSS Warehousing & Transportation

PSS Warehousing & Transportation is the Northeast's premier services provider and a leader in warehousing, storage, transportation and distribution since 1983. PSS is an industry-leading third party distribution services provider whom Fortune 500 companies have come to rely on for their expertise in consumer product distribution, reverse logistics, transportation and packaging services. The company's state-of-the-art Warehouse Management and Road Transportation Systems offer applications that include: EDI, Radio Frequency and Bar-coding, Comprehensive Inventory Control and Activity Reports, Lot Code and Shelf Life Management and Monitoring, Document Imaging, Product Recall Program and our Net View Internet Enabled Access.

For more information, visit PSS Warehousing & Transportation online at http://www.pssdistribution.com or call (800) 777-8754.