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UK's Brexit Plan is Dealt a Major Blow

England's High Court ruling means parliament could block Brexit altogether, but few expect that outcome given that the British people voted by 52 to 48 percent to leave the European Union in a referendum in June.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Union Cut Off Talks Without a Deal

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

ILWU and PMA agreed on the current contract in February 2015, but it is set to expire at the end of June 2019.

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

Alibaba's Lazada Group Acquires Singapore Online Grocer RedMart

With recent reports suggesting that the online grocery market is at an inflection point, the acquisition will provide Alibaba with a strong footprint in a leading global logistics hub in Singapore.

The transaction is expected to be completed in calendar Q4 2016, with Goldman Sachs acting as the financial advisor to Lazada Group while Credit Suisse advises RedMart.

Positive Listeria Test at Manufacturing Facility Prompts Ice Cream Recall

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The manufacturer, Dr. Bob’s of Upland LLC, and the FDA have yet to confirm the recall, but AC Creamery Inc. has posted its own recall of its products citing the FDA’s discovery of Listeria at the production facility.

The recalled “Manila Sky Purple Yumm Ice Cream' were distributed nationwide in retail stores and events such as; Florida Food & Lodging Show, Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture and California State University Pilipino American Student Association (CSUF PASA) Friendship Games.

Independent Truckers Group Loses its Lawsuit to Stop ELD Mandate

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association had asked the court to vacate the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s final rule, which was issued in December 2015 and is scheduled to go into effect Dec. 17, 2017.

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Hold on Online Grocery, Study Shows Consumers Still Satisfied with Supermarket Experience

Retail Feedback Group

The 2016 U.S. Supermarket Experience Study reveals that supermarket shoppers rated quality/freshness of the food and groceries followed by the cleanliness of the store as the two highest-rated core experience factors.

Examining key supermarket retailing fundamentals illustrates that supermarkets performed well in some of these critical areas yet show room for improvement in others.

Delivery App Postmates Raises Another $140 Million in Funding

The new infusion of capital will mostly be used to improve engineering and expand into new markets as Postmates re-emphasizes their efforts to compete with Amazon Prime.

About 6,000 merchants pay for better placement on the app and to be featured in the Postmates Plus Unlimited program, which encourages members to place larger orders in lieu of delivery charges.

USDA Approves Three New Varieties of GMO Potatoes

The potato companies say the modification will help reduce food waste and therefore help increase food security by keeping potatoes in the food supply that would otherwise be discarded.

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Software & Technology

Report: Online Grocery Poised for 'Major Boom' in 2017

The expansion of click and collect at retail stores will help close a gap between the large percentage of shoppers already making grocery purchases online and the relatively low percentage of fast-moving consumer goods purchased online overall.

Walmart will start with tests of grocery delivery through Uber in Phoenix, Ariz., and Lyft in Denver, Colo., which it expects to start within the next two weeks. This is in addition to a Sam’s Club pilot that started in March with Deliv involving delivery of general merchandise and grocery for business members in Miami, Fla.

Walmart's in Canada Caught Red-Handed Wasting Food

The investigation found on 12 visits to two Wal-Mart stores in the Toronto-area repeatedly throwing away unused produce, baked goods, frozen foods, meat and dairy products in garbage bins out back well before its best-before date and unopened.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Joint Georgia-South Carolina Port Project Reaches First Milestone

Georgia Ports Authority

The idea is to have the first phase of the new terminal operating in a decade when container capacity at the ports in both Charleston and Savannah begins running out.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a public notice that it plans to prepare a draft environmental impact statement on the proposed terminal in Jasper County on the South Carolina side of the river.

Pepsi to Invest $16.5 Million on New DC in North Carolina

The St. Pauls, N.C., site was chosen from seven options in two states and will consolidate six different distribution centers into the new facility.

Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) announced that Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC will create 50 jobs over the next five years at a new $16.5 million distribution center in Robeson County.

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