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Southern U.S. Ports Step Up to Meet Reefer Demands

The perishable food supply chain needed to address mounting challenges as consumer demand for fresh produce grew.

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Uber Launches Global Assault on Takeaway Meals Market

UberEats is making an aggressive drive into takeaway meal deliveries, gearing up to enter at least 22 more countries.

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Google Express Ramps Up Delivery Service

Retailers participating in the Google Express online delivery service include Whole Foods, PetSmart and Costco.

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Online Groceries Retailer FreshDirect Raises $189 Million

FreshDirect is an online food grocer that delivers fresh meat, produce and other specialty items.

Whole Foods Takes a Stake in Delivery Service Instacart

The grocer’s investment in Instacart comes as more consumers buy groceries online for home delivery.

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Food Loss and Waste Contributes Greatly to Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming

While some go hungry, one-third of produced food decomposes into greenhouse gases heating up our atmosphere.

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Global IT Spending in Cold Chain Logistics to Grow More than 8 Percent

Technologies include smart refrigerator systems powered by the Internet of Things, analytics and cloud computing.

Food Delivery Startup Deliveroo Expands with Business Tier for Corporate Accounts

Deliveroo for Business lets companies control how employees use the app to order food and get it delivered to the office.

Software & Technology

Robot Developed by Skype Founders Delivers Food in San Francisco

Starship’s “friendly sidewalk robots” are designed to deliver parcels, groceries and other goods within a 2-mile radius, the company said, operating as a local on-demand service, rather than competing with FedEx and UPS.

Starship Technologies is testing the robots in Europe with commercial partners like London’s Just Eat and Pronto food-delivery companies; the Swiss Post; and Germany’s Hermes delivery service. This month it partnered with Mercedes-Benz to develop and test Robovan, which will use the carmaker’s Sprinter vans as mother ships for eight delivery robots.

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A.P. Moller–Maersk to Separate into Two Divisions: Transportation/Logistics and Energy

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The main growth focus of A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S going forward will be delivering best in class transportation and logistics services as an integrated transport and logistics company.

Transport & Logistics will consist of Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Damco, Svitzer and Maersk Container Industry based on a one company structure with multiple brands.

Private Equity Giant Blackstone Group to Buy $1.5 Billion Worth of U.S. Logistics Properties

Blackstone Group LP, a private equity company, agreed to buy 46 industrial properties in the U.S. from LBA Realty LLC for $1.5 billion as it steps up investments in stable, income-producing real estate with low risk.

Blackstone Group CEO and Co-founder Stephen Schwarzman.

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