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Sanitary Cold Chain Offers FSMA Compliance Training For Carriers

More than 84,000 food shippers, carriers and receivers are impacted by this new law and most have less than one year for full compliance, according to Sanitary Cold Chain.

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E-Commerce Gives Online Shipping Carriers An Edge As Holidays Approach; Railroads, Ocean Vessels And Truckers Sales Fall

Physical retailers are sitting on near record-high inventories as consumer spending hasn’t yet caught up with hopes of a surge stoked by low gasoline prices.

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California Mandates Aerodynamics: Research Points To Better Fuel Efficiency

Commercial fleets and vehicle manufacturers continue to test add-on devices and other solutions.

Driver Dennis Jones, left, and James Sorrels, director of transportation, appreciate the savings from aerodynamic features in the Kenworth T680.

EPA To Eliminate HFCs Used In Reefer Cooling And Grocery Refrigeration; Grants 3-Year Extension For Refrigerated Trucks

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

This action responds to President Obama's Climate Action Plan by reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a class of potent greenhouse gases used in air-conditioning, refrigeration, and other equipment.

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American Trucking Associations Calls On FMCSA To Move To Risk-Based Enforcement Programs

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

The report presents a range of recommendations relating to FMCSA's Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, more efficient use of field enforcement resources ways to make on-site compliance reviews more effective.

How Sysco Manages Grain-Fed Beef Exports: An Inside Look

Dan Chase, Sysco Corp.’s senior director of logistics and outbound marketing, leads a seven-person team that gets an order, secures the product from the plant, and then preps the beef for its final destination.

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Dot Foods Seeks To Attract Women To Warehouse Jobs To Meet Demand

Food-distribution giant Dot Foods Inc., has formed "Women of the Warehouse" to try and help attract women to jobs traditionally held by men.

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Sysco Meets With FTC Commissioners To Save Acquisition Of US Foods

Sysco executives in the face-to-face meetings have indicated willingness to negotiate further, but didn't put forward a new formal offer to divest additional assets to win approval.

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Sysco/US Foods Merger Hits Standstill: Customers Are Okay While Competitors Are Lovin’ It

Foodservice operators are generally optimistic about the merger.

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Sysco/US Foods Merger Hits Standstill Despite Agreement To Sell 11 DCs To Performance Food Goup

Sysco’s agreement with rival Performance Food Group Co. to sell 11 U.S. Foods distribution centers with a combined $4.6 billion in annual revenue was more than double the $2 billion in revenue that Sysco originally planned to divest.

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Free Shuttle Connects Shoppers With Hy-Vee Supermarket In Iowa

The absence of transportation options creates significant challenges for people who receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) subsidies.

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