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Chipotle Tightens Supplier Standards Following E. Coli Outbreak

Chipotle changed its website last month, taking down a description about buying locally and replacing it with a message on long-term supplier relationships.

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CarrierWeb Launches FSMA Information Site For Carriers And Shippers

The website will deliver timely updates and expert analysis for shippers and motor carriers on current and upcoming FSMA regulations.

CarrierWeb (www.carrierweb.com), a leading trucking mobile communications and telematics provider, announced the launch of a website devoted to the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Food Giants Invest In SmartLabel Initiative

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The SmartLabel initiative, announced Wednesday by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, so far includes more than 30 companies, including General Mills Inc., Hershey Co., and PepsiCo Inc.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association estimated that by the end of 2017, companies will disclose information on GMOs for some 20,000 products through the SmartLabel technology.

ABF Logistics Acquires Bear Transportation Services, L.P.

This acquisition is the second of the year for ABF Logistics after its purchase of Oklahoma City-based Smart Lines Transportation Group in January 2015.

ABF Logistics, an ArcBest company, has acquired Bear Transportation Services, L.P., a private, non-asset truckload brokerage firm headquartered in Plano, Texas, for cash of $26.0 million, subject to normal post-closing adjustments.

Starbucks Tests Home Delivery In Seattle With Postmates

Starbucks is collaborating with leading on-demand delivery service Postmates for a pilot program, where customers can have Starbucks food or beverages delivered to them within designated areas in Seattle.

Starbucks has partnered with Postmates to deliver food and beverages to customers in Seattle, Wash.

Dearborn Mid-West Company Acquires W&H Systems Inc.

The combined organizations will continue to deliver the design, integration, installation and support of material handling systems with focus on the wine & spirits, e-commerce, retail, industrial, and food/beverage industries.

Congress Reaches Accord On $305 Billion Highway Bill

The resulting 1,300-page bill, paid for with gas tax revenue and a package of $70 billion in offsets from other areas of the federal budget, comes just days before transportation spending is set to expire on Dec. 4.

Lawmakers in both chambers have said the temporary patch will provide time for them to finish work on a long-sought multiyear highway funding bill.

USDA: Climate Change Threatens Global Food Security For Coming Decades

The report, entitled Climate Change, Global Food Security and the U.S. Food System, identifies the risks that climate change poses to global food security and the challenges facing farmers and consumers in adapting to changing climate conditions.

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Target Extends Instacart Delivery Service To Chicago

Customers in Chicago can now order fresh food and grocery, health and beauty products, pet and household supplies, and baby items from Target and have them delivered straight to their doorstep in as little as one hour.

National Restaurant Association To Sue New York City Over Salt Warning Labels

National Restaurant Association

The city requires restaurants with at least 15 U.S. locations to identify menu items with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium and label them with a warning icon of a salt shaker in a triangle.

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Software & Technology

Report: Out-Of-Stocks And Overstocks Surging As E-Commerce Grows

According to a study commissioned by DynamicAction and conducted by IHL Group, "out-of-stocks" accounted for $634.1 billion in lost retail sales for the year ended in the spring — 39 percent higher than in 2012.

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Lawmakers Near Deal On Highway Transportation Funding

The multi-year highway bill that lawmakers are driving to finish work on would be the first transportation funding legislation to last longer than two years since 2005.

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