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Online Grocery Sales Expected To Quadruple By 2023

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Currently online grocery store sales account for about 4 percent of market-level spending, but over the next decade it’s expected these sales will account for between 11 percent and 17 percent of the total.

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Hannaford Considers Grocery Pickup Service

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The new “Hannaford-to-Go” is a service that would allow customers to place orders online, employees would then pack their groceries and customers would later visit the store to pick up their groceries at a drive-through.

California Moves On Banning Grocery Bags

The measure, which passed the Assembly by a 44-29 vote, would ban grocery stores from handing out single-use plastic bags with customer purchases, and would give local bag companies funds to retool to make heavier, multiple-use bags.

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Cargill Joins Effort To Support Sustainable Palm Oil

Cargill is becoming a member of The Forest Trust (TFT), the international non-governmental organization that partners with companies to build responsible supply chains.

John Hartmann, CEO of Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings, signed a declaration along with others from the plantation industry. The signing took place at the residence of Alex Noerdin, Governor of South Sumatra, in Griya Agung, Palembang.

Court Overturns Law Limiting Biotech Crops On Hawaiian Island

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren of the U.S. District Court in Hawaii ruled that the law passed in November by local leaders on the island was invalid because it was pre-empted by Hawaii state law.

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Hershey Updates Palm Oil Sourcing Policy

The Hershey Company

Hershey expects to achieve traceability to the mill-level by the first quarter of 2015, then it will determine which suppliers present the highest risks to deforestation and will address those issues at the plantation level by 2016.

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Whole Foods Market To Introduce Produce Ratings Program To Improve Traceability

The initiative is based on a three-tier ratings system of “good,” “better,” and “best” labels that will be displayed throughout the retailer’s produce department.

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Carbon Footprint

How Companies Can Identify Supply Chain Climate Risks

The key to getting it right is for managers to address supply chain climate risks in terms of existing stressors — such as procurement costs, on-time delivery, water availability and secure energy and infrastructure.

Acclimatise CEO John Firth.

Oracle Logistics’ Director: Freight Tonnage To Grow 23.5% In 10 Years

With the total U.S. freight tonnage expected to grow 23.5 percent in the next 10 years, managers need to determine the most efficient ways to ship orders by deploying the most economical fleet resources.

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Software Solutions

Aljex Software Releases Event Manager To Resolve Shipment Issues

Event Manager allows “flagged” shipments to include contact information and email addresses are automatically pulled in or added, including the dispatcher, shipper, consignee, driver, agent representative, or almost anyone.

Senators Call For Increased Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Funding

The Senators are urging the president to include $15 million in his fiscal year 2016 budget request for the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), which tracks antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens.

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

Center For Science In The Public Interest Petitions On Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella As Adulterants

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

CSPI has submitted a petition for meat regulators to declare certain strains of Salmonella as adulterants, making it illegal to sell food contaminated with these bacteria and allowing the FSIS to recall or hold the food from commerce.

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