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Moving From Providers To Partners

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Food Logistics’ 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

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Sonoco ThermoSafe Offers Courses to Train and Certify Cold Chain Packaging Professionals

ISCLabs marks another milestone with launch of the industry’s first temperature assurance packaging (TAP) certification program.

The certification program was developed by Sonoco ThermoSafe’s ISCLabs in partnership with The Packaging School.

NFI Acquires United Express Service, Enhancing Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions

NFI Inc. has acquired United Express Service Inc., expanding its brokerage offering in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

NFI Inc. has acquired United Express Service Inc. in Glastonbury, Conn., expanding its brokerage offering in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions.

Cold Chain Equipment Market to Grow Rapidly Through 2020

Cold storage equipment segment dominated the cold chain equipment market in 2014, which accounted for more than 50 percent share of the global market.

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Yusen Logistics Opens Temperature-Controlled DC in Cambodia

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

The 33,000-sqaure-foot facility, which is almost double the capacity of the existing warehouse, includes a 4,237-square-foot temperature-controlled storage area.

Yusen will also offer a consolidated delivery service available to customers in Phnom Penh on a daily basis, excluding weekends. Yusen Logistics will also provide the same service for chilled and frozen goods using cold-storage boxes and will ensure product quality is maintained up to the point of delivery. (Phnom Penh Distribution Center above).

Americold Acquires Storage Facility in Georgia

Americold Logistics LLC

“The East Point site is centrally accessible within the Atlanta metro area and is a critical component of our Atlanta distribution strategy. It will complement our existing network very well.,” said Fred Boehler, president and CEO of Americold.

Anheuser-Busch Raises Offer for SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch InBev

The world's largest brewer, seeking to secure attractive markets in Latin America and Africa by taking over its nearest rival, also improved the terms of an alternative share-and-cash offer designed for SABMiller's two largest shareholders.

A successful takeover would give AB InBev beer brands such as Peroni and Grolsch and control of about half of the industry’s profit.

Texas Cracks Down on Raw Milk Deliveries

Raw milk demand continues to increase, as consumers claim benefits ranging from fewer allergic reactions and better taste to cures for various diseases, but the CDC says these are anecdotal.

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Continued Expansion for Global Cold Chain

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Brewers to Add Nutrition Labels to Beer

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According to a statement from the Beer Institute, brewers will disclose calories, carbohydrates, alcohol content by volume (ABV) and portion size, both on labels affixed to bottles and cans and on websites that will be accessible via a QR code.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Constellation Brands and Heineken, which produce more than 80 percent of the beer sold in the U.S., announced plans to begin providing consumers more nutritional information about the beers they sell.

Investors to Probe Danone WhiteWave Foods Takeover Bid

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At $56.25 per share, Danone's offer represents a premium of approximately 24 percent over WhiteWave's average 30-day price of $45.43. Analysts are divided over whether the offer price is high.

Law firm Kahn Swick & Foti announced plans to investigate the Danone bid today, with former Louisiana attorney general Charles Foti is heading up the investigation.

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