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Amazon Teams With Fresh Nation On Farmers Market Direct Delivery

Fresh Nation has begun delivering farmers market products through Amazon in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

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Why Changing Consumer Tastes Call For Stronger Supply Chain Understanding

Kellogg’s Missteps With Kashi Demonstrate Lack Of Supply Chain Awareness.

7-Eleven Partners With DoorDash On Home Delivery

The announcement marks DoorDash’s first partnership outside of restaurant delivery, bringing DoorDash one step closer toward reaching its goal of providing on-demand delivery across all types of local businesses.

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Vegetable Gardens and Transportation Management: An Easy Analogy, a Complex Problem

The organization needs to be aligned, trained and properly motivated to steward a transportation management system

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Food Delivery Startups Get A Tech Upgrade

Investors believe the category will spawn a number of billion dollar companies in Europe, described as “unicorns.”

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Are Barcodes Headed For Extinction?

Growing demand for more information about the products we buy could mean the end of the simple barcode - the blocks of black and white stripes that adorn most objects for sale and are scanned five billion times a day.

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Report: Amazon To Launch Pickup Service; Prime Now To Deliver Food In Seattle

Amazon is getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area, as well as a completely new service called “Amazon Flex” that will deliver hot food from restaurants and a large selection of food and household items.

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Why Postmates Leads The Pack In The Growing Food Delivery Space

Postmates’ on-demand meal delivery service is now available in 30 U.S. cities, more than any other food delivery service.

Automated Fast Food Concept ‘Eatsa’ Launches In San Francisco

eatsa has launched in San Francisco, Calif. The outlet, which resembles an Apple store, provides an automated process for selecting and ordering meals.

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Uber Updates App To Focus More On Food Delivery

The company’s food delivery option, UberEATS, is appearing as a separate button in a latest update of the app in some cities.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Internet-Based Technology Redefines F&B Supply Chain Operations

Data storage capacity continues to expand to allow the food supply chain to manage more data faster.

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Featured In Food Logistics: How Robotics Will Tackle Changing F&B Demands

Robots, specifically defined as machines that resemble humans and perform tasks on command, remain rare in f&b facilities in the U.S., but technology solutions continue to evolve, hastening robotic deployments.

AGVs such as the Swisslog AGV Pick are deploying for mixed case picking in more food warehouses.

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