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Petitioners Call On General Mills Inc. To Stop Funding Anti-GMO Labeling

General Mills, known for cereal brands like Cheerios and Wheaties, has spent millions of dollars fighting efforts to require labels on food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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Grocery Manufacturers Association Offers Guidance On Complying With Vermont GMO Labeling Law

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The GMA, the world’s largest trade association for food, beverages and consumer products—has issued a road map to its member companies on how to comply with Vermont’s precedent-setting law that requires the labeling of GMOs.

E-Commerce Solutions

E-Commerce Drives Warehouse Super Sizing

Industrial real estate analysts say that in recent years, an increasing number of massive distribution centers have popped up in response to growing e-commerce.

ES3’s facility in York, Pennsylvania serves as both a manufacturers’ mixing center and a retailers’ distribution center.

Subway To Serve Only Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Beginning in March 2016, Subway customers across the U.S. will able to order meals made with chicken raised without antibiotics.

Subway Restaurants is beginning to transition to serving only protein from animals that have never received antibiotics across all of its 27,000-plus U.S. restaurants in early 2016.

California Produce Group Seeks To Handle FSMA Inspections

California’s Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, which is funded by industry but is part of California’s Department of Food and Agriculture, exists to ensure that the greens grown in California are safe for human consumption.

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Fresh & Easy LLC Could File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Again

If the company can find a buyer for some or all of the 103 remaining locations, that could postpone a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Fresh & Easy LLC, the El Segundo supermarket chain, could file for its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in two years in the next few days if the company cannot find a buyer for some or all of the 103 remaining locations.

Transportation Secretary Foxx Releases National Freight Strategic Plan; Seeks Input

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

The draft takes a comprehensive look at the nation’s freight needs and future challenges and proposes solutions and strategies to address the infrastructure, institutional, and financial bottlenecks that hinder the safe and efficient movement of goods.

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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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Florida Fast Food Restaurants Add Alcohol

Restaurants such as Burger King, Starbucks, Taco Bell and Sonic are trying out the concept of adding alcohol to their menus.

Starbucks is also in on the act, with beer and wine at its growing “Starbucks Evenings” stores in Orlando, Seattle, and what is expected to be thousands of other locales.

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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Truck Driver Shortage Worsens

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

The report, ATA’s fourth major analysis since 2005, shows that by the end of 2015, the driver shortage will reach nearly 48,000. If current trends hold, the shortage may balloon to almost 175,000 by 2024.

According to a new analysis by the American Trucking Associations, the shortage of truck drivers has grown to nearly 48,000 and could expand further due to industry growth and a retiring workforce.

Waste Reduction

Study: Close To Half Of Edible U.S. Seafood Lost To Waste

The findings, published in the November issue of Global Environmental Change, come as food waste in general has been in the spotlight and concerns have been raised about the sustainability of the world's seafood resources.

The new study analyzed food waste by focusing on the amount of seafood lost annually at each stage of the food supply chain and at the consumer level.

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