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Friopuerto Opens Cold Store Facility In Veracruz, Mexico

Friopuerto Veracruz is designed to streamline the processes of imports of perishable goods through the Atlantic coast of Mexico and, in particular, from Spain.

The opening ceremony was chaired by Ramón Gómez Barquín and Edgar López, respectively president and general manager of Group Inversor Veracruzano as well as by Francisco Romeu Loperena, president of Friopuerto and the Romeu Group.

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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

J. M. Smucker Co. To Acquire Big Heart Pet Brands

Big Heart Pet Brands is the largest stand-alone producer, distributor, and marketer of premium-quality, branded pet food and pet snacks in the U.S.

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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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Oman’s Sohar Port Signs Pact For Flour Mill And Logistics Center

The new project is part of a strategic move to achieve self-sufficiency in essential food products according to Jamal Aziz, chief executive officer of Sohar Freezone.

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Snowstorm Snags Restaurant Deliveries In Chicago

Daily deliveries are feeling the pinch from the weekend blizzard as tractor trailers packed with fresh food try to pull in and out of narrow alley ways piled with snow

File photo from a 2011 snow storm in Boulder, Colo., involving delivery vehicles.

Industrial Robots: China To Surpass EU And North America By 2017

International Federation of Robotics (IFR)

China only has 30 industrial robots per 10,000 employees in manufacturing industries, where in North America robotic density is five times higher than in China, where the majority of industrial robots are used for handling operations and for welding.

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FTC Approves Albertsons and Safeway Merger; Chains To Divest 168 Stores

Albertsons Companies

Supermarket chains Albertsons and Safeway agreed to sell 168 stores in eight states to win U.S. antitrust approval for their $9.2 billion merger, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday.

McKay TransCold LLC Files For Bankruptcy

Five months after launching its refrigerated rail service TransCold Logistics LLC, parent company McKay TransCold LLC closed up shop and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation with debts of about $7 million.

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Rail & Intermodal

U.K.’s CDC To Invest $25M In Prime Logistics In India

Pristine Logistics is a growing Indian company that develops and operates vital infrastructure to transport and handle railway freight in rural and under-served parts of the country.

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Winter Storm Juno Pounds The Northeast

Several locations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Long Island and Rhode Island have picked up over two feet of snow, while amounts in New York have ranged from 9.8 inches at Central Park in New York City to 30 inches on Long Island.

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KeHE Distributors To Open DC In San Joaquin Valley

KeHE Distributors joins Walmart and Macy's in announcing they will have hundreds of job openings in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley area.

Tyson Foods Inc. To Upgrade Vienna, Ga. Poultry Plant, Add Over 500 Jobs

Tyson Foods purchased the Vienna plant in 1995. The facility currently employs about 700 people, generating an annual payroll of more than $15.6 million.

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