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Brooklyn, N.Y. Whole Foods Makes Bicycle Deliveries

Whole Foods has partnered with cargo bike specialists People's Cargo to develop custom-built, electric assist delivery bikes complete with cooler and solar panel for recharging.

Bikedelivery

As Food Retailing Goes ‘SoMoLo,’ Logistics Plays A Big Role

Food and beverage retailing is going “social, mobile and loyalty,” and more food and beverage retailers are taking a careful look at what they need to do to cultivate “SoMoLo” sales.

Rutters

Metro Inc. In Quebec Expands Organic Network To 19 Stores

Metro has partnered with the Equiterre Family Farmers Network to distribute baskets of fresh vegetables that are certified organic or in the process of becoming certified.

Carbon Footprint

Global Sustainability Summit To Seek Sustainability Solutions Aug. 13 To 15 In Boston

FMI - The Food Industry Association

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have created the Global Sustainability Summit at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center in Boston, Mass.

The keys To 'Green' Private Label Success? Affordability, Credibility And Clarity

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Purolator International Expands Logistics Capabilities In Canada

Purolator Logistics will provide customers with a one-stop shop for several logistics capabilities including warehousing, fulfillment and returns processing.

Intermodal Volume Growth Triples In North America

Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)

Intermodal traffic rocketed 8.2 percent year-over-year in the second quarter.

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Long Beach Ports Approve $579 Million For Infrastructure

The Harbor Department plans to spend $579 million on capital projects as part of a decade-long, $4 billion investment in port upgrades and efficiency improvements.

Software & Technology

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'How Drones Could Compete Against Ag-Gag Laws'

A D.C-based journalist recently raised $75,000 on Kickstarter to buy drones and other equipment to investigate industrial farms and document animal welfare problems and pollution.

Drone

FSMA: Focus On Prevention

Under this new bill, each food production facility will be required to inform the FDA of its food safety prevention plans.

Fsma

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The Vons Companies Recalls Foster Farms Chicken

Foster Farms is voluntarily recalling certain chicken products that may have been contaminated with Salmonella Heidelberg.

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