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Amazon Strikes Distribution Pact With Morrisons Supermarket In The U.K.

Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.

Enabling the online retail giant to compete with Britain's biggest supermarket stores and smallest local shops, the deal marks Amazon's latest assault on a British market already buckling under the weight of fierce competition and rapid online growth.

United Natural Foods Inc. Acquires Haddon House Food Products Inc.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

Haddon is a distributor and merchandiser of natural and organic and gourmet ethnic products throughout the Eastern U.S.

United Natural Foods, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding stock of Haddon House Food Products, Inc. and certain affiliated entities as well as certain real estate, in a cash transaction for approximately $217.5 million.

European Food Retailers Expand Into Non-Food To Improve E-Commerce

To have a chance of turning a profit in grocery e-commerce, retailers need scale and they are more likely to recoup delivery costs if they can get shoppers to add higher margin non-food items to their shopping cart.

As Amazon encroaches on supermarket territory, traditional European retailers are taking bigger steps to fight the U.S. e-commerce giant by offering more non-food products and using extensive store networks as delivery hubs.

Obama Signs Law Banning Imports Made With Forced Labor

Shipments derived from slavery, from fish to electronics and cocoa, will be kept out of the country under the new law that closes a legal loophole that allowed import of goods derived from forced labor if U.S. demand exceeded domestic production.

The measure closing the loophole from the Tariff Act of 1930 was included in a wider trade enforcement bill, which Obama signed into law at the White House in Washington.

FDA To Increase Foreign Food Facility Inspections, Finalize FSMA Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified several steps it plans to take over the next year or two to further implement provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Spot Load Volume Jumps 4.1% For Week; Rates Hold Firm

DAT Freight & Analytics

Falling national average spot rates leveled off compared to recent weeks, indicating the start of a possible rise heading into the Spring.

Falling national average spot rates leveled off compared to recent weeks, indicating the start of a possible rise heading into the Spring.

U.S. Senate Confirms Dr. Robert Califf As FDA Head

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Califf, 64, a cardiologist and researcher, takes the helm at the FDA when lawmakers are pressuring it to speed the approval process for drugs and medical devices and to finalize a proposed rule giving it authority to regulate e-cigarettes.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency that regulates everything from food and drugs to tobacco, cosmetics and dietary supplements.

Whole Foods Market Invests In Instacart, Signs 5-Year Pact

The two companies have also signed a five-year delivery partnership, these people said, making Instacart the exclusive delivery partner for Whole Foods’ perishables business.

The $10 billion national grocery store chain is making an investment in the four-year-old delivery startup, according to multiple sources.

Ready For A Rebound

The Midwest region still has its share of challenges recovering from the recession, but opportunity and availability for development exists.

One of the new bridges in downtown Louisville, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge (on right), opened up for traffic just before Christmas allowing for traffic to use the new route while the existing John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge undergoes it’s $22 million renovation.

Electronic Freight Security (EFS) — What to Expect

FreightWatch International

A primer for the setup and implementation of an EFS program.

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Warehouse Automation Shifts Into High Gear

Meeting the demands associated with omni-channel fulfillment, SKU proliferation, and increased efficiency is generating more interest in the benefits of automating the warehouse.

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2016 Raises The Bar For Regs, Driver Shortage And More

The ELD mandate weighs heavily while safety regs and a carrier capacity looms

A. Duie Pyle drivers has found PeopleNet electronic logging devices have reduced accidents.

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