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Agriculture
Compass Group Commits to 100% Cage-Free Eggs by 2025
Compass Group USA
Compass Group operates in over 50,000 locations across 50 countries, resulting in a diverse and complex supply chain.
The bird flu outbreak has caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve importing egg products from the Netherlands to be used for baking and in processed foods.
Regulations
Foodservice Chains Make Progress in Restricting Antibiotics in Meat
The nine chains earning passing grades are Panera Bread (PNRA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Subway, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s (MCD), Wendy’s (WEN), Taco Bell (YUM), Pizza Hut (YUM) and Papa John’s Pizza (PZZA).
The results from Chain Reaction II come one day before a high-profile meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, a major global health crisis caused by the misuse of antibiotics by the medical community and livestock industry.
Emerging Technologies
Featured in Food Logistics: Will LED Lighting Pave the Way for Building Management IoT?
McKinsey & Company
The current wave of interest in intelligent LED lighting will present many companies the chance to invest in building management systems (BMS), which can provide efficiencies and energy savings beyond that of the building’s lighting system.
In non-retail areas, the LED lights are uniform throughout the building, save for some style characteristics.
Regulations
Maplevale Farms Sues Chicken Producers for Manipulating Production to Drive Up Prices
Maplevale Farms, a New York food distributor, also sued Pilgrim's Pride, Sanderson Farms and others, on September 2 in Chicago Federal Court.
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Software & Technology
USDA Announces Open Data Partnership for Public Health
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Branded Food Products Database, a free online resource for families, the food industry and researchers containing nutrition details on more than 80,000 name brand prepared and packaged foods.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement at the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Summit.
Electrification
Technology Brings More Options for Urban Delivery Vehicles
Changing markets place new demands on urban fleets, including expanding e-commerce.
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Manufacturing & Processing
Contract Manufacturers Can Add Value through Vertical Integration of Supply Chains
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Grocery Retail
Omnichannel Puts Food Supply Chains Through the Wringer
E-commerce grabs a bigger share of food sales, disrupting fulfillment strategies.
Because of the complexity of overhauling distribution and logistics, the technologically-savvy “pure-play” online retailers, known in some quarters as “basket bandits,” are eating the brick and mortar retailers’ lunch.
Sustainability
GMO Critics Slam Proposed Bayer/Monsanto Mega-Merger
Food activists are worried that this merger could result in more genetically modified crops in an already over-saturated U.S. market as well as other countries around the world that have banned or partially banned the seeds.
“This deal is a disturbing step in the corporate consolidation of our global food supply. Monsanto owns approximately a quarter of the world’s seed supply and Bayer is one of the world’s top 10 chemical companies,” Megan Westgate, director of the Non-GMO Project, a non-profit group aimed at getting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) labelled.
Sustainability
Bayer Agrees to Acquire Monsanto For $66 Billion, Creating Mega Ag Company
The proposed merger will likely face an intense and lengthy regulatory process in the United States, Canada, Brazil, the European Union and elsewhere.
Werner Baumann (left), CEO of Bayer AG, and Hugh Grant (right), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto.
Software & Technology
USDA to Test Online Shopping Using Food Stamps
To help accomplish this complex goal, USDA officials are expected to announce Thursday a request for online grocery retailers to participate in the program, which is expected to begin next summer.
Online shopping has dramatically altered buying habits for most Americans in recent years, and now, the $75 billion federal food stamps program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is moving toward making that option available to the 43 million or so people across the country receiving benefits.
3PL/4PL
Private Railcar Food and Beverage Association Forms to Address Opportunities
In September of 2015, a group of 10 leading food and beverage companies got together for three days to discuss improvements to managing and utilizing their private railcar fleets. From this summit, the PRFBA organization was born.
The association meets with the four Class 1 North American railroads at least twice per year as a group and the BOD’s meet with the railroads as well throughout the year.
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