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Bankruptcy Court Allows 47 Haggen Stores To Be Sold; Albertson Readies IPO

The announcement by the bankrupt grocer listed the locations of 47 stores sold to a variety of buyers, including Albertsons LLC, Stater Bros. Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Smart & Final Stores LLC, Yoke’s Foods Inc., Tawa Inc., and others.

The FTC allowed the small Pacific Northwest supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC to buy most of the stores following the Albertsons-Safeway merger, and Haggen quickly ballooned to 164 locations throughout the West from 18 in Washington and Oregon.

AB InBev To Sell Peroni And Grolsch To Allay European Regulators' Merger Concerns

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Anheuser-Busch InBev is planning to sell the Peroni and Grolsch brands it would gain from its acquisition of SABMiller to head off European regulatory concerns over the 71 billion pounds ($107 billion) brewery merger/

Waste Reduction

U.K. Petitioners Call On Retailers And Suppliers To Reduce Food Waste

Petitioners for a reduction in food waste demonstrated in front of Tesco and Sansbury headquarters recently/

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Tesco: All Global Supply Chains Use Slave Labor

Campaigners say forced labor often lurks along the supply chain with multiple suppliers in many different countries involved in manufacturing, packaging and distributing products.

Western States And CDC Investigate E.Coli Contaminated Chicken From Costco

The department added that consumers with “Chicken Salad made with Rotisserie Chicken” (item number 37719) purchased from Costco in Colorado should discard it.

The department added that consumers with “Chicken Salad made with Rotisserie Chicken” (item number 37719) purchased from Costco in Colorado should discard it.

FTC Approves FedEx/TNT Express Merger

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Nestle Admits Forced Labor Used In Thai Seafood Operations

Nestlé SA launched the investigation in December 2014, after reports from news outlets and nongovernmental organizations tied brutal and largely unregulated working conditions to their shrimp, prawn and Purina-brand pet foods.

In this April 20, 2015, photo, former fishing slaves who were rescued from Indonesia’s remote island village of Benjina gather at a temporary government-run shelter on the island of Tual, Indonesia. Hundreds of men remain unaccounted for and are believed to be fishing in Papua New Guinea.

Global Food Logistics Market To Grow 8.74% Yearly Through 2019

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Suit Against Roadrunner Transportation Systems Claims It Failed To Acknowledge Avian Flu Risk In Poultry

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While the press continued to report on this epidemic, Roadrunner failed to acknowledge that the avian flu was a potential risk factor that would have an adverse impact on the company's financial condition, the complaint states.

Roadrunner failed to mention the avian flu as a risk factor in its March 2, 2014 annual report for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2015, filed on Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or its Aug. 3, 2015 quarterly report for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed on Form 10-Q.

Pinnacle Foods Inc. To Acquire Boulder Brands Inc. To Boost Wellness Categories

The Boulder Brands portfolio is sold in both traditional and natural and organic channels in the U.S., with a consumer base that skews younger than that of Pinnacle’s current portfolio average.

The transaction also expands Pinnacle’s presence in the natural and organic retail channel and provides Pinnacle with a new growth platform in refrigerated foods.

E-Commerce Solutions

E-Commerce Gives Online Shipping Carriers An Edge As Holidays Approach; Railroads, Ocean Vessels And Truckers Sales Fall

Physical retailers are sitting on near record-high inventories as consumer spending hasn’t yet caught up with hopes of a surge stoked by low gasoline prices.

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Highway Bill Amendment Halt Trucker Lawsuits Against Walmart, J.B. Hunt And Others

Congress is debating a highway bill amendment that would put the brakes on a legal fight between some of the nation’s biggest trucking companies and their drivers over back pay.

The amendment, proposed by Rep. Jeff Denham (R., Calif.) would bar states from applying rules that go beyond federal standards for driver pay.

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