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Budreck Truck Lines Breaks Ground On Freezer/Cooler Facility In Monee, Ill.

The site was selected as the preferred location for Budreck because of its visibility from I-57, proximity to Monee-Manhattan Road and TIF incentives from the Village of Monee.

From L to R: Tim Johnson, Tom Sauter, Rory Subler, Brad Subler, Chad Silvester, Ken Lattanzi, Doug Brucato, Chris Gary, James Molzahn, Jared Kenyon and Mark Augustyn.

IFDA Conference Report: ‘Warehouse Boot Camp’ Focuses On Workforce Solutions

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

The “boot camp” addressed a variety of supervisor concerns, such as how to recruit, how to train, what performance metrics to measure and how to compensate employees.

At left, Shaun McFaul, Ben E. Keith Co., Angel Garcia, Nicholas & Co., Paul Lodics, Eby-Brown Co. LLC, and Mike Hammond, Red Diamond Inc., field questions about motivating employees.

Research: Food Shoppers Rate Traditional Retailers Higher Than Online Offerings

While online and nontraditional grocery shopping options proliferate, research shows that shoppers rate traditional "brick-and-mortar" retailers significantly higher on a number of key attributes.

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E-commerce Infrastructure Rising, Real Estate Observer Notes

All of the big retailers are reconfiguring their supply chains so that they have enough capacity close to all the major population centers in the country.

Checking inventory is done by workers who have to use lifts and are harnessed in for safety as they scan products throughout the warehouse. The switch to drones could cut the time it takes to check the inventory throughout a facility that spans roughly 1.2 million square feet, or the equivalent of 26 football fields, from one month to one day.

Fleet Management

Omnitracs Completes Acquisition Of XRS Corp. For $178 Million

Omnitracs | Solera Fleet Solutions

Omnitracs acquired XRS to strengthen its core technology portfolio, adding complementary solutions designed to help fleets solve critical business problems.

Newark Farmers Market Expands Investment In Fuel Cell Technology

Newark Farmers Market has purchased an additional 110 GenDrive units, more than doubling the size of its fuel cell-powered lift truck fleet at the Newark location.

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Fuel Efficiency

Fleet Advantage Builds Clean Diesel Initiative Provides Fleet Lifecyle Cost Management

Fleet Advantage, LLC

This paradigm shift in lifecycle management is also improving driver retention and reducing CO2 emissions.

Seafood Expo Asia Draws Strong Turnout; Sustainability Takes Center Stage

Given that responsibly caught and farmed seafood is critical to the future of the industry and ocean health, a panel of global opinion leaders and industry experts were brought together to share their views on the growth of the sustainability movement.

Fuel Efficiency

PepsiCo Inc. To Curb Fuel Consumption

PepsiCo has kept 55,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by reducing fuel consumption in its transportation fleet by 24 percent since 2010.

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IFDA Conference Report: Vercillo Stresses Importance Of Variable Costs In Food Distribution

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

A key theme that emerged from Vercillo's presentation at IFDA was the need to understand that all costs are variable and he urged distributors to adopt a “variable cost mentality.”

Dr. Tony Vercillo notes the importance of variable costs in food distribution.

Software & Technology

Walmart Uses Weather Forecasts To Predict Sales

Walmart has been acting on correlations between weather and store sales on a zip code level with store-level merchandising and hyper-local digital advertising – and achieving big results.

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Buffalo Niagara International Gateway Organization To Create Western New York Logistics Hub

The Buffalo Niagara International Trade Gateway Organization's (ITGO) primary goal is to create a globally-known logistics hub in Western New York.

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