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Will Kroger Enter Florida?

Kroger Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is reportedly eyeballing Florida, and possibly the company Bi-Lo/Winn-Dixie as an acquisition to help push the nation's second-largest supermarket company into the Sunshine State.

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Milk Prices Set For Big Drop As Demand Falls

China’s stockpiling of milk powder after milk safety scandals in 2013 and Russia’s trade sanctions against the U. S. in retaliation for Western sanctions have caused demand for U.S.-produced milk to dry up.

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MicroStar Logistics Becomes Partner Sponsor Of World Beer Cup

MicroStar Logistics

Often referred to as "The Olympics of Beer Competition," the World Beer Cup creates greater awareness about different beer styles and flavors while promoting international brewing excellence.

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Chipotle Pulls Pork From 600 Restaurants Over 'Responsibly Raised' Standard

The fast-growing restaurant chain announced on Tuesday that it had suspended a major pork supplier after a routine audit found that it had failed to meet the company’s standards for animal welfare.

FDA Environmental Impact Statement On Proposed Produce Rule Available For Comment

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

It focuses on four areas in the proposed rule that could significantly affect the environment: the definition of covered farms, water quality standards, the use of raw manure and compost, and provisions affecting domesticated and wild animals.

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Dunkin’ Donuts Signs Record Expansion Agreement In China

Dunkin' Donuts LLC

Dunkin’ Donuts announces plans to open and operate more than 1,400 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants across China over the next 20 years.

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U.S. Lifts Ban On Irish Beef

The U.S. had agreed to lift the ban last year, and Ireland is the first European country since then to have met the requirements ensuring its beef was safe.

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UN Warns Deadly Disease Threatens Banana Production

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The new and deadly Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of Fusarium wilt disease is severely affecting more than 6,000 hectares in the Philippines and 40,000 hectares in China.

Yellow and wilted leaves are typical symptoms of Fusarium wilt, the yellowing typically progresses from the older to the younger leaves.

Avian Flu Hits British Columbia Birds; Seven Countries Ban Canadian Poultry

To date, eight chicken and turkey farms have been affected, and more than 140,000 turkeys and chickens are to be euthanized.

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Rising Oil Prices Hammer Gulf Logistics Industry

While the oil price slump could deliver cost relief for the logistics industry, any negative impact on the economic growth of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE) could spell trouble for the sector in 2015.

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Consumers Sue Whole Foods, Wegmans And Acme Supermarkets Over Fresh Bread Claims

The complaints allege violations of the Consumer Fraud Act based on advertisements indicating the bread sold by the three companies were made in-store daily despite being “frozen, delivered to its stores, and then re-baked or partially baked in-store."

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US, Mexico Deal Averts ADD/CVD Duties On Sugar

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)

The U.S. Department of Commerce has reached an agreement with the Mexican government and sugar producers to suspend the antidumping (ADD) and countervailing (CVD) duty cases against Mexican sugar imports.

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