(Exhibit 23)


                 Consent of Independent Auditors
                 -------------------------------

The Board of Directors
Americold Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (No. 33-22556) on Form S-8 of Americold Corporation of
our report dated May 6, 1994 relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Americold Corporation as of the last day of February
1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows and related
schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended
the last day of February 1994, which report appears in the
February 28, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of Americold
Corporation.

                              /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick

Portland, Oregon
May 25, 1994






















                              -91-