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Chick-fil-A Launches Mobile Payment Nationwide, Pilots Mobile Ordering

The national rollout in all Chick-fil-A restaurants, with the exception of licensed locations, marks the official launch of the Atlanta-based restaurant chain's mobile payment system.

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Caterpillar Sets Sandcastle World Record

Caterpillar Inc.

Guinness World Records was at the site to take final measurements and confirmed that at 41 ft. 3.67 in. (12.59 m.), the Caterpillar sandcastle was the new world record holder, topping the previous record of 37 ft., 10 in. (11.53 meters).

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Pomegranates, Not Opium: Afghanistan’s Hope And Challenge

Pomegreat, the U.K.-based juice company, signed a multimillion pound supply agreement with the Kabul-based Omaid Bahar Fruit Processing Co. to buy 1,000 tons of pomegranate concentrate.

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Safeway Recalls Safeway Select French Salted Caramel Premium Ice Cream

The recipe's caramel cups ingredient was replaced with peanut butter cups due to a supply error and was sold in all Safeway, Carrs, Genuardi's, Pak 'N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons stores throughout the United States.

Taylor Farms Deploys Wind Turbine To Power Vegetable Processing

The 398-foot turbine came online November 18th and will help power the shipper’s vegetable processing facility in Gonzales, Calif.

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Chinese E-Commerce Firm To Sell Fresh Food

The online retail market in China has become sophisticated with more and more Chinese consumers actively shopping online.

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Air Freight Rebounds To 2010 Levels

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Air freight demand, measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK), rose 5.4 percent in October compared to October 2013.

Measured in freight ton kilometers (FTKs), demand increased 5.0 percent in July 2016, compared to July 2015. This was the fastest pace in almost 18 months. Freight capacity measured in available freight ton kilometers (AFTKs) increased by 5.2 percent year-on-year, outstripping demand and keeping yields under pressure.

Georgia Ports Continue To Report Record Freight Activity

Georgia Ports Authority

Savannah's Garden City Terminal handled a record 311,759 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in October - a 13.6 percent increase (37,432 TEUs) compared to the same month a year ago.

Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah.

Software & Technology

WAM Technologies Launches Remote Monitoring For Vessels

VesselConnect offers a low-infrastructure, cost-effective alternative to older power line modem (PLM) technology for remote reefer monitoring, which requires ships to be fitted with cables and other control hardware.

Overhill Farms Recalls Cheese Enchiladas Over Salmonella Contamination

The recalled product was sold in the freezer section at Safeway-owned stores nationwide including Safeway, Carrs, Genuardi’s, Pak ‘N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons.

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U.S. Sweet Potato Exports Surge

The value of sweet potato exports has risen to $95 million, according to a news release from the Benson, N.C.-based American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute.

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Banned In Russia, Polish Apples Head For Singapore

Poland's turn to new markets such as Singapore comes after Russia, which bought 56 percent of its apple exports last year, started banning agricultural produce from places such as the U.S. and European Union in August.

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