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Postal Service To Deliver Fresh Food For Amazon

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

The agency will deliver orders to members of the AmazonFresh online grocery service between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m., when postal trucks typically would be idle.

Anheuser-Busch Converts Houston Trucking Fleet To Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles From Ryder

Ryder System, Inc.

The CNG conversion comes as the 2014 football season kicks off one of the company’s busiest shipping periods of the year – with 17 million cases of beer shipped by the Houston fleet during third quarter.

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Carbon Footprint

Mars Inc. Releases Summary Of Sustainability Progress

The company’s five principles are designed to make a positive difference for people and the planet through.

Mars Inc. has announced a plan to eliminate labor rights abuses from its supply chain, especially for tuna sourcing in Thailand, according to Undercurrent News.

Carbon Footprint

U.S. Settles With Costco To Cut Greenhouse Gas Refrigerant Emissions

Costco will pay $335,000 in penalties for federal Clean Air Act violations and improve refrigerant management at 274 stores at an estimated cost of $2 million over the next three years.

India Ready To Eat Food Market To Grow 22% Through 2019

The market is anticipated to grow on account of increasing working population, growing per capita disposable income, rising per capita expenditure on prepared food, increasing middle class and affluent consumers.

Kraft Singles Recall Prompts Food Poisoning Complaints

Kraft recalled 7,691 cases of the cheese which was distributed to stores nationwide due to ingredient supplier's "Out-of-Standard" storage temperatures.

Grocery Manufacturers Association Launches Safe Ingredients Initiative

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

This five-part initiative to help modernize the process for making GRAS determinations of food ingredients.

FDA Assesses Its Safety Review Steps

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The chemical safety assessment review is the first of three planned strategic reviews being conducted under the direction of the FDA’s Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine (OFVM).

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Latin America Cold Chain Congress To Be Oct. 6 And 7 In Columbia

Smartcool Systems Boosts Compressor Efficiency For Refrigerated Trailer

Safety & Security

Peapod Adds Fee For Store Pick Up

The service lets shoppers choose their groceries online or via a mobile app. Pick-up clients then go to their store, and their groceries are loaded into their cars.

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Study: Mobile Coupons Can Help Supermarkets Win Sales

The study took one sample of people and divided them into two groups: 1) those getting a coupon for a product located close to the path they would normally travel, 2) those getting a coupon for a product further off that path.

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