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Food Industry Logistics: Trends That Matter

Dynamic consumer demand thrusts logistics into the spotlight as a critical competitive differentiator.

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Taco Bell Launches Delivery Service With DoorDash

The delivery service will be available in over 90 cities and more than 200 restaurants throughout the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area and Dallas regions.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Ports Lose Import Container Trade As Asian Shippers Reroute To Gulf And East Coast

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

The decline, measured in the dollar value of goods imported in containers, is partly due to Asian shippers rerouting cargo to the Gulf and East Coasts after protracted West Coast labor negotiations led to delays earlier this year at Pacific ports.

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Ports And Truckers Face Chassis Shortage

Finding a free chassis – little more than a steel frame with wheels - can take hours, making them a top source of port congestion because containers can’t be transferred from a ship to a truck without them, truck drivers say.

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International Logistics Firm Kuehne + Nagel To Acquire ReTrans Inc.

Kuehne+Nagel Group

The acquisition builds on Kuehne + Nagel’s overland strategy and will significantly strengthen the company’s position as an end-to-end logistics provider in North America.

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Technomic/Deloitte: Consumer Demand Makes Logistics A Competitive Differentiator In The Food Industry

Deloitte Consulting LLP

The impact of demand-side changes on food industry logistics will be amplified by continual disruptive supply-side innovations designed to offer fast, accurate fulfillment of customized orders.

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Research: Transportation Refrigeration Units Pollute Big Time

7-Eleven Launches Home Delivery, Partners With Postmates

An assortment of 7‑Eleven’s products from hot foods and snacks to cold beverages and other convenience items is just a few taps away and will be delivered by Postmates to customers from select stores in San Francisco and Oakland in an hour or less.

JBS USA To Acquire Cargill's Pork Business For $1.45 Billion

Included in JBS’ acquisition of Cargill’s pork business are two Midwest meat processing plants, five feed mills and four hog farms.

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Kraft Shareholders Approve Merger With Heinz

The transaction will create the third-largest food and beverage company in North America, and the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world.

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PETA Sues California Over Chicken Electrocutions

If PETA’s lawsuit is successful, electric stunning—which is currently believed to be the most common procedure used in California’s poultry slaughterhouses—would no longer be permitted in the state as a method for stunning birds before slaughter.

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ConAgra Foods Inc. To Exit Private Label

ConAgra bought Ralcorp in 2013 to become the biggest maker of U.S. private label foods, but the business has been plagued with problems ranging from customer service issues to pricing concessions, with sales falling nearly six percent in two years.

ConAgra Chief Executive Sean Connolly said on the company's earnings call on Tuesday it was clear trying to turn around the private label business was draining resources and that the segment would likely attract significant interest from potential buyers.

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