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Fast-Food Chains Seeking Fresh Ingredients Face Big Challenges

Fast-food chains are slow boats to turn because of their massive size, so every significant change in the menu is a bigger risk than for other restaurants.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Wendy's tested a blackberry-laden Summer Berry Chicken Salad. The salad proved popular enough that plans were made to roll it out nationwide, but the berries' slow growth made them a challenging ingredient.

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Food Logistics Presents the 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers List

The list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve.

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Genessee & Wyoming to Acquire Providence and Worcester Railroad for $126 Million

Genesee & Wyoming

P&W interchanges with G&W’s NECR and CSO railroads, as well as with CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Southern, the Housatonic Railroad and the New York & Atlantic Railroad, and connects to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific via NECR.

The addition of P&W to G&W’s existing presence in the region substantially enhances G&W’s ability to serve customers and Class I partners in New England, which is a highly competitive rail market with a premium placed on timely, efficient and safe rail service.

Des Moines Cold Storage Builds New Cold Storage Facility

ESI Group USA, a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm, was selected to provide their specialty design-build services for this exciting project named Crossroads Cold Storage facility.

Des Moines Cold Storage recently broke ground for its new 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Iowa.

Reefer and Trailer Manufacturers Raise the Bar

Temperature control and green options expand to further enhance cold chain integrity.

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How Technology Innovation Transforms the Cold Chain

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Moving From Providers To Partners

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Risk/Compliance

Foodservice Industry Prepares for Big Challenges on Many Fronts

From the FSMA to labor regulations to changing consumer demands and more.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

SOLAS Ocean Container Weight Rule Takes Effect

Safety requirement pushes maritime industry to better organize their information management.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

Enhanced visibility and control are important benefits for temperature-sensitive cargoes.

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Food Logistics’ 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

3 Pl Top 2016

Robotics and Automation: Evolution, not Revolution

Robots take on more picking, sorting and packaging as technology advances.

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