Bimbo Opens Ecologic Depot Featuring Clean Energy Fleet

Bimbo Opens Ecologic Depot Featuring Clean Energy Fleet

July 23, 2013

Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's largest baking companies, opened a new distribution center called the Ecologic Depot that features dozens of electric powered vehicles and wind-generated electricity. To read more, click HERE.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Get Spooky

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna dress in costume to discuss supply chains going into the holidays and what this look like amid a pandemic

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How Wearables, Voice Technology Are Used in the Warehouse

Voice assistants and wearable technologies expand from the home into the warehouse.

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Does your home delivery truck or van need refrigeration? Thermo King has reliable transport refrigeration units for any use—whether you deliver groceries, home-cooked meals or fresh flowers. We also offer units with low noise levels and no emissions.

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Tyson Foods Pilots Stoneridge MirrorEye Camera Monitor System to Improve Trucking Safety via Enhanced Driver Vision

The health and safety of Tyson team members is the company’s top priority, and this project is part of its more than $500 million investment in technology and automation over the past three years.

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Businesses Help Improve Visibility and Coach At-Risk Drivers with Verizon Connect Integrated Video Driver-Facing Dashcam

The new driver-facing dashcam captures the in-cab driver perspective to help promote safety, mitigate risk and improve driver behavior.

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Cloud Logistics by E2open and Uber Freight Partner to Bring Seamless Integration of Digital Freight Brokerage Rates and Capacity to Shippers

Uber Freight's integration with the Cloud Logistics TMS via API allows shippers to view instant quotes from carriers in Uber Freight’s extensive network, tender shipments and take advantage of instant access to capacity.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Get Spooky

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna dress in costume to discuss supply chains going into the holidays and what this look like amid a pandemic

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Fresh Midwest New Premier Online Fresh Food and Meal Delivery Announces Northern Chicagoland Launch

Fresh Midwest announces its launch to begin in the northern Chicagoland market from Kenosha, WI through the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Does your home delivery truck or van need refrigeration? Thermo King has reliable transport refrigeration units for any use—whether you deliver groceries, home-cooked meals or fresh flowers. We also offer units with low noise levels and no emissions.

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Outrider Raises $65M in Series B Financing

Disruptions caused by COVID-19 highlighted the need for automated distribution yard technology to improve supply chain resiliency.

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Blume Global Introduces New Street Turns Solution for Ocean & Motor Carriers and IMCs

Blume Global announced Blume Street Turns, a solution to optimize drayage operations and container utilization through the use of cutting-edge machine learning algorithms.

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L.I.N.K. | Dan Lionello of Omnae Details Ethics in Supply Chains

Associate editor Brielle Jaekel brings on Dan Lionello from Omnae to detail how companies can be sure their supply chains are ethical all the way through.

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ABC Fine Wine & Spirits Stirs Up Alcohol Delivery with FedEx SameDay City

ABC Delivers started same-day delivery with FedEx SameDay City in Florida’s largest markets including the greater Orlando area east to Daytona, Tampa/St. Pete, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Jacksonville markets.

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Fleet Advantage Industry Survey Shows How Companies with Transportation Fleets Made Rapid Adaptations To Truck Operations During COVID-19

The online survey during August and found that 36% of the companies that responded had to change routes for as many as 40% of the trucks in their fleets, and 25% have had to change what their trucks are primarily hauling.

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Does your home delivery truck or van need refrigeration? Thermo King has reliable transport refrigeration units for any use—whether you deliver groceries, home-cooked meals or fresh flowers. We also offer units with low noise levels and no emissions.

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Redwood Logistics Partners with Loadsure to Provide Cargo Insurance to Transportation Network

The addition of Loadsure to the platform gives users access to accurate, affordable, wrap-around coverage to better manage risk exposure.

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PICKUP and Postmates Announce Partnership to Elevate Nationwide, Same-Day Delivery for Omnichannel Retailers

PICKUP has partnered with Postmates to provide retailers and brands with the ability to elegantly scale local delivery capability to meet surging demand for store to door delivery of everything in their catalog without added cost or complexity.

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3PLs Support Resiliency in Foodservice During Pandemic

The upheaval caused from the Coronavirus pandemic required 3PLs in food to assist in major operation pivots.

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PortPro Introduces drayOS: The Next Generation Drayage TMS

Powered by the latest technology, drayOS serves as an end-to-end operating system enabling drayage carriers to automate time-consuming back-office operations and focus on the growth of their businesses.

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Members in Foodservice, Distribution Celebrate Leadership Changes

Some high level executives are planning for retirement while others are newly selected to lead talented teams in the food industry.

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Spot Rates Flatten as Truckload Demand Edges Downward

After rallying from May through September, spot truckload rates have plateaued as demand for trucks cooled during the week ending Oct. 18

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Gallery, AYRO Partner for Safe On-the-Go Food Distribution

Custom-designed E Vehicles are designed and built by Gallery using AYRO’s Lithium-Powered Vendor Box on the Club Car 411 Vehicle to support mobile power for a range of on-board food service.

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Fleet Advantage Announces Increased Demand For Off-Lease Used Trucks Throughout 2020

In September alone Fleet Advantage sold 229 off-lease used trucks for over $6.2 million in revenue.

AIB International launched the Pandemic Prepared Certification, what is said to be the first certification standard created for the food and beverage supply chain that elevates critical planning for people, facilities and production.

Mitigating Risk in the Cold Food Chain

The COVID-19 pandemic presented a host of risk/security challenges to today’s cold food chains. Discover some of the technologies and strategies put in place to better mitigate risk, improve visibility/traceability and monitor farm to fork along the cold

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Cleveron and Globe Tracker Partner in Cold Chain Monitoring for Grocery Pick-Up

The Cleveron 501 is a self-standing automated pickup solution with different temperature zones, including a deep freeze area.

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Diversity and Inclusion: 5 Tips for Getting Started

Diversifying your company isn’t a one-time solution that comes with a training video. It’s a fundamental shift in how you operate at all levels of your organization.

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Keep perishables safe for home delivery

Does your home delivery truck or van need refrigeration? Thermo King has reliable transport refrigeration units for any use—whether you deliver groceries, home-cooked meals or fresh flowers. We also offer units with low noise levels and no emissions.