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McDonald’s Franchisees Call All-Day Breakfast Launch A Big Miss

McDonald's Corp.

The new menu is slowing down service, reducing average ticket costs, and causing chaos in the kitchens, franchisees told Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski in a new survey.

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How Amazon Is Eating Walmart’s Lunch

After creating $109.7 billion in shareholder wealth this year, Amazon is worth $254.8 billion. That exceeds the market value of Walmart by 30 percent.

How Agile Are Today’s Foodservice Supply Chains?

Today’s consumer demands immediacy, variety and freshness, requiring an integrated, collaborative foodservice supply chain.

Dot Foods readies products in a distribution center for full truck load delivery.

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Uber Launches UberRUSH For Businesses In NYC, Chicago And San Francisco

With help from business platform partners Shopify, Clover, ChowNow, Bigcommerce and BloomNet as well as local on-demand ordering platforms like delivery.com, businesses can integrate on-demand delivery into their businesses.

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Whole Foods Market Inc. Partners With Sandwich Maker Mendocino Farms

Mendocino Farms said the partnership will include testing Mendocino Farms venues inside select Whole Foods Market stores and new value-priced 365 by Whole Foods Market stores in California.

Whole Foods Market Inc. has made a minority investment in Mendocino Farms, an 11-unit, upscale sandwich chain known for its indulgent sandwiches and salads made from ingredients such as humanely raised, antibiotic-free pork.

Alibaba ‘Gateway To China’ Global Shopping Festival Hosts 39 Countries

Alibaba outlined its international strategy to serve as the “gateway to China” for brands worldwide in front of representatives from 39 countries, more than 40 partnering international brands, and nearly 30 fresh food associations from around the world.

Alibaba Group officially launched its 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in a ceremony at its Hangzhou headquarters.

Keeping Costs Down with Strategic Transportation Management Systems (TMS) – Survey Results

Continuous scrutiny of supply chain operations has become the norm as companies look for ways to drive down costs through business process improvements. But in doing so, one area overrun with inefficiency and often overlooked: transportation management.

How do you manage your freight payment and reconciliation components?

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ConAgra Foods Inc. Seeks To Streamline Its Supply Chain

CEO Sean Connolly said former Campbell Soup Co. executive David Biegger will lead a “deep dive” search for ways to increase efficiency in the manufacturing, procurement, transportation, warehousing and other functions for its retail brands.

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Walmart Expands Click And Collect To Eight Cities

Walmart said service was launching this month in Atlanta; Charlotte and Fayetteville, N.C.; Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah; Nashville; Tucson, Ariz.; and Colorado Springs. Additional markets will be added in the coming weeks.

An order is delivered at the Walmart Pickup - Grocery in Bentonville, Ark.

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Featured In Food Logistics: How New Consumer Demands Challenge The Foodservice Supply Chain

E-commerce, mobile commerce, and a host of new consumer preferences are placing more demands on the foodservice supply chain, and at a faster pace than ever.

Sea To Table gathers information about fish shortly they are caught from the docks.

Dunkin’ Donuts To Offer Delivery And Curbside Pickup With Mobile App

Dunkin' Donuts LLC

This announcement came during a recent media summit at Dunkin' Donuts headquarters in Canton, Mass., where the company says delivery will be part of its forthcoming mobile app update.

The new version of the DD Perks app is slated to launch next year, and will be available exclusively to current DD Perks members in one single, yet-to-be-named market to test at first.

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Featured In Food Logistics: The Omni-Channel Arrives In Force; F&B Stands At A Crossroad

The omni-channel poses some big challenges for f&b, but there are also big opportunities.

A picker fulfills an online order using the StorePower solution.

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