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How Hurricanes Irma and Harvey May Impact Various Industry Sectors

Damage and disruptions resulting from Hurricane Harvey's and Irma's floods and winds could drive up prices for everything from vacations and plastic toys to oranges and cocoa.

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Regulations and the Local Food Movement

The number of farmers’ markets across the country has nearly doubled in the last decade, and a recent Pew Research Center poll found that a majority of people in the United States had bought locally grown produce in the previous month.

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Amazon Grocery Sales Could Top $30 Billion by 2025

A study by Packaged Facts says Amazon grocery sales could top $30 billion by 2025, putting tremendous pressure on competitive grocers.

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Nestle Enters Plant-based Food Market with Sweet Earth Purchase

The plant-based food sector is booming, and eating plant-based has been described as the fastest growing lifestyle movement.

Blockchain Collaboration Helps Improve Food Safety

There’s a new form of tracking food products throughout the supply chain using blockchain that benefits producers, suppliers and customers.

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Americold Adds an Automated Facility to its Global Network

Americold Logistics LLC

Americold recently broke ground on a new facility at its Rochelle, Illinois, campus, adding a 15.5 million cubic foot automated facility to its network and further increasing its global capacity.

Pictured from left are: Jon Scholtes, field representative for Congressman Adam Kinzinger; Tom Demmer, Illinois state representative; Chet Olson, mayor of Rochelle, Illinois; Fred Boehler, president and CEO of Americold; Sean McCarthy, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity; Tim Hinckley, chief commercial officer, Americold; and Dan Lundquist, general manager of Rochelle Americold.

Hurricane Harvey Disrupting Freight Transportation in Gulf Region

Hurricane Harvey’s broad swath across Texas will strongly affect over 7 percent of U.S. trucking, with some portion of that fraction out of operation for two weeks.

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FreshCode: Revolutionary Temperature Monitoring

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Penske Logistics Plans $100M Distribution Center in Michigan

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The 606,000-square-foot refrigerated and frozen food warehousing distribution center will primarily service the Midwest.

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Fort Worth Distribution Center Could Attract Major Grocer

The biggest refrigerated food distribution facility to land on the market in Dallas-Fort Worth in the last 10 years is being shopped around town and could bring a major grocery operator to the region.

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Why One Storm Could Endanger New England’s Entire Food Supply

The facility responsible for getting produce out to almost 8 million people across the region and parts of Canada sits in a flood zone in Chelsea, just less than a mile away from the Mystic River.

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Food Logistics Names 2017 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

Food Logistics' annual Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers is an up-to-date list of the industry's top providers, with a summary of their capabilities.

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