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Google Tests Food Delivery App

Google has introduced a new Android app that aggregates local providers of food delivery and home services.

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Whole Foods Pressured by Activist Investor Jana Partners

Investor Jana Partners argued that Whole Foods’s analytics and distribution strategy could be improved.

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AMETEK Prestolite Power Opportunity Charging Reduces Downtime in Food and Beverage Warehouses

AMETEK Prestolite Power

AMETEK Prestolite Power has developed an opportunity charging solution specifically for the f&b supply chain.

Five Trends Impacting Foodservice Supply Chains in 2017

HAVI Global Solutions

The lynchpins of successful supply chain management are data, visibility and analytics.

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OTTO Motors Advances Industry with Vehicle Update, Connected Software and Test Drive Program

Leader of self-driving vehicles for material handling launches updated OTTO 100, Industry 4.0 capability, and a customer first Test Drive program.

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States Need $100 Million More for Food Safety Modernization Act

State governments need an additional $100 million a year for for Food Safety Modernization Act implementation.

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Intelligent Loading Environments to Maximize Performance and Profitability

Zebra Technologies Corp.

SmartPack Trailer captures operational data, such as load density, trailer fullness, images of loads in progress and more.

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Domino’s Is Going to Use Sidewalk Robots to Deliver Pizza

The global pizza chain is partnering with Starship Technologies, a robot startup, to begin delivering pizza year.

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Amazon Wants Food Manufacturers to Bypass Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Amazon will try to persuade packaged good manufacturers to focus on direct-to-consumer sales through its site.

Rising Middle Class Boosting Global Cold Chain Logistics

Cold chain logistics is shaping up to be global, thanks in part to an increase in the disposable income worldwide.

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Hong Kong Lifts Ban on Brazilian Meat Imports

Several countries blocked all meat imports from Brazil amid concerns that abuses in the meat sector could be more widespread.

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Deadline Looms for Trucking Companies to Comply with FDA Sanitary Transportation Rule

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA has yet to post its one-hour web-based course as some trucking companies face the deadline to have drivers trained.

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