SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of earliest event reported: August 19, 2002

                      ALFORD REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

   Texas                         75-2695621                    000-25351
(State or other                (IRS employer                (Commission file
jurisdiction of              Identification No.)                 number)
incorporation)


                      318 Cadiz Street, Dallas, Texas 75207
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (214) 426-5151


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c)      Exhibits.
         The following  exhibits are  furnished in  accordance  with Item 601 of
Regulation S-K.

         1.1 Monthly  Operating  Report  filed in the United  States  Bankruptcy
Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division,  August 19, 2002, for Alford
Refrigerated Warehouses, Inc., Case No. 01-39776-BJH-11.

         1.2 Monthly  Operating  Report  filed in the United  States  Bankruptcy
Court,  Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division,  August 19, 2002, for Cadiz
Properties, Inc., Case No. 01-80459-RCM-11.







                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         ALFORD REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES, INC.


Dated:  August 29, 2002                  By: /s/ James C. Williams
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            James C. Williams, Chief Financial
                                            Officer, Secretary, Treasurer,
                                            and Director