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Food Delivery Startups Get A Tech Upgrade

Investors believe the category will spawn a number of billion dollar companies in Europe, described as “unicorns.”

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Tales from the Former VP of Fleet Operations for Coca-Cola

RTA

Join fleet hall of famer Steve Saltzgiver, RTA’s senior fleet management consultant, as he shares lessons from his time as VP of Fleet Operations at Coca-Cola and reveals how the four pillars of fleet success can transform your operations.

Tales from the Former VP of Fleet Operations for Coca-Cola

Are Barcodes Headed For Extinction?

Growing demand for more information about the products we buy could mean the end of the simple barcode - the blocks of black and white stripes that adorn most objects for sale and are scanned five billion times a day.

Mobile Barcode Printer

McDonald’s And Tyson Foods Drop Tennessee Poultry Producer Over Chicken-Killing Video

McDonald's Corp.

McDonald’s Corp. and Tyson Foods Inc. severed ties with a Tennessee poultry farm after an animal-rights group on Thursday released video footage from the facility that showed chickens being stabbed, clubbed and crushed to death.

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Report: Amazon To Launch Pickup Service; Prime Now To Deliver Food In Seattle

Amazon is getting ready to launch Prime Now one-hour delivery in the Seattle area, as well as a completely new service called “Amazon Flex” that will deliver hot food from restaurants and a large selection of food and household items.

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Why Postmates Leads The Pack In The Growing Food Delivery Space

Postmates’ on-demand meal delivery service is now available in 30 U.S. cities, more than any other food delivery service.

Heartland Food Products Group To Acquire Splenda From McNeil Nutritionals

The transaction is expected to close before the end of the year, but the financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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Global Stock Market Rout Crimps Big Logistics Players

The slide underscores how much logistics companies stand to lose if global economic growth and trade continue to slow.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 588 points, or 3.6 percent, at 15871, having briefly fallen over 1000 points.

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Uber Updates App To Focus More On Food Delivery

The company’s food delivery option, UberEATS, is appearing as a separate button in a latest update of the app in some cities.

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Parking Space Shortage Plagues U.S. Truckers

U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration

Almost half of the state departments of transportation surveyed reported that truckers were forced to park on freeway interchange ramps and shoulders of highways, which represents a safety issue.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for April was up month-over-month to a 6.2 reading, however, this number reflects soft market conditions, according to trucknews.com.

Featured In Food Logistics: Trade Heats Up In The U.S. Southeast

The U.S. Southeast region comprises over 60 million consumers, all of whom live within a day’s truck drive from the Port of Jacksonville.

The 8,100 TEU MOL Competence arrived at JAXPORT’s TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point.

Amazon To Test Package Pickups On Public Transit

An Amazon patent application describes a plan for delivering packages via public transit — turning buses, trains, subways and other vehicles into roaming pickup locations.

Jungheinrich AG To Acquire MIAS Group

Jungheinrich AG, an intralogistics service and solution provider with manufacturing operations, has agreed to acquire the MIAS Group, an equipment manufacturer in the fields of warehousing and transportation technology.

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