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Hanson Logistics Expands Chicago Consolidation Center

This expansion provides additional space for the Velocities Multi-Vendor Consolidation program, a distribution solution for food manufacturers who consolidate multiple SKU frozen food orders shipping to major retail, wholesale, and foodservice DCs.

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DO & CO Chicago Catering Inc. Completes Facility Renovation Near Chicago O’Hare Airport

The 112,065-square-foot renovation of an existing building has transformed it into a comprehensive food preparation facility for DO & CO Chicago Catering, Inc.

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United States Cold Storage Adds Warehouse In Quakertown, Pa.

This new location enables USCS to continue to grow its multi-vendor consolidation program and, in turn, drive down shipping costs for current customers.

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Volvo Near Deal To Deliver Parcels To Parked Cars

Volvo Car Group

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL unit is in talks with Volvo Car Group on a partnership that would allow the parcel-delivery service to remotely open autos made by the Swedish manufacturer.

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Mobile Grocery Shoppers Fill Brand Data Gaps

Infoscout, a shopper-research firm fueled by mobile shopping apps plans to use some of their recent funding to buy grocery shopping app Out of Milk to bolster its access to supermarket purchase data.

E-Commerce Solutions

Walmart Stores Inc. To Invest $1.2-1.5B In E-Commerce And Digital Initiatives

Total capital spending for fiscal year 2016 is projected to range between $11.6 and $12.9 billion, including approximately $1.2 to $1.5 billion for e-commerce and digital initiatives.

A worker at Walmart fills an e-commerce order at the Walmart: To Go outlet in California.

Software Solutions

How Important Is Net Neutrality To Supply Chain Innovation?

President Obama invigorated the debate on how the Internet should be regulated when he called for clear network neutrality protections and reclassifying Internet broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

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Maines Paper & Food Service Reduces Tractor Fleet Repair And Maintenance Costs

Maines first partnered in 2010 with Fleet Advantage to study the feasibility of a paradigm shift from 6- to 8-year full-service truck leases to the EXchangeIT operating lease model using 4-year lifecycles combined with contract maintenance.

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C.A.T. Partners With GAIN Clean Fuel

C.A.T., formerly known as Canadian American Transportation C.A.T. Inc., recently signed an agreement with Ryder for the lease of 100 sleeper tractors operating on CNG, nearly a third of C.A.T.’s fleet of 325 tractors.

Plug Power To Offer Hydrogen Fuel To U.S. Customers

Plug Power will offer Praxair liquid hydrogen to its customers throughout the U.S. who are using the company’s GenKey hydrogen fuel cell solution.

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IFDA Conference Report: Distributors Explain How They Reduced Miles But Sustained Customer Service

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

Sean Jones, senior VP of transportation at Naperville, Ill.-based Eby-Brown and Matthew Granlund, vice president of operations and logistics at Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Merchants Foodservice described how their companies accomplished these goals.

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C&S Wholesale Grocers To Acquire The Grocers Supply Co.

The acquisition will include Grocers Supply’s warehouse and distribution operations in the Houston, Dallas, and Rio Grande Valley areas.

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