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Wegmans Opens Cheese Caves To Help Cheeses Ripen With Flavor

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Kroger And Cardenas Markets To Deploy Natural Gas Trucks

Kroger’s liquid natural gas (LNG) truck fleet deployment will serve the company’s Fred Meyer and QFC grocery chains in Oregon and Washington.

Aquaponics Startup Raises Fresh Fish On Manhattan Rooftop

Edenworks is nearing completion of a 1,000-square-foot flagship farm that sits on the top floor of a commercial ironworks in New York City.

Waste Reduction

Foodsharing Sites Help People Share Their Leftovers

UK startups such as Leftover Swap, Foodsharing, Cropmobster and others are trying to connect people who have edible goods to give away with those who want them.

Waste Reduction

Company Seeks To Build Plant To Convert Waste Into Energy

The cost of the new plant is $15 million and CH4 has already secured a $2 million “Cleaner and Greener” grant to help fund the project.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

UAE Ranks Among World’s Top Food Importers

World Trade Organization (WTO)

The United Arab Emirates imported $16 worth of food in 2012, making it the 15th biggest food importer, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Software & Technology

Online Grocery Delivery; Who’s Doing It Right?

The report examines the top eight players in the online grocery sector and ranks them based on user experience, personalization, content and features, selection, delivery and pick-up options and mobile site/app.

'Food Hub' Emerges To Match Locally Grown Food With Restaurants

Intermediaries between farmers and large-volume wholesalers, food hubs, as their name implies, operate at the center of a network of individual, small-scale farmers and producers.

Report Predicts Improvement For Tanker And Refrigerated Trucking Industry

The tank and refrigeration trucking industry has a low level of concentration as the top four largest players are estimated to account for less than one-fifth of industry revenue in 2012.

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: ‘Even More Rate Increases Ahead’

Now, the 15-member Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) is planning rate hikes on westbound reefer containers transporting U.S. beef, pork and poultry to Asia, starting July 1.

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Risk/Compliance

FSIS Audit Finds Meat Inspections In Brazil Don't Meet US Standards

National Cattlemen's Beef Association is questioning why the audit report wasn't released until after the comment period on new U.S. import proposal for fresh-cut Brazilian beef expired.

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FDA Releases Food Safety Modernization Act Operational Strategy

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The agency is developing enforcement strategies and asking producers, processors, distributors and importers to comply voluntarily, because of the global scale and complexity of the food system is too big for the FDA to do it by themselves.

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