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Free Shuttle Connects Shoppers With Hy-Vee Supermarket In Iowa

The absence of transportation options creates significant challenges for people who receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) subsidies.

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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

Bendix Roll Stability Now Standard On Utility’s Refrigerated Trailers

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced it would make Bendix’s roll stability a standard spec on its 3000R base model refrigerated trailers.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Slowdown Affecting Idaho Potato Shipments

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

Idaho potato farmers have seen export shipments returned to the state because they could not be moved timely from West Coast ports.

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Castellini Group Building Fresh Produce DC In Georgia

Once completed, Castellini’s new distribution center will help the company reach 80 percent of the U.S. market within a single day’s truck drive.

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Beer Consumption: What’s Hot, What’s Not

After peaking at nearly 219 million barrels in 2008, total U.S. shipments have declined since, reaching just 211.7 million barrels in 2013.

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Industry Week’s “Six Key Predictions for Manufacturing in 2015”

Industry Week released its predictions for the manufacturing sector, which includes ongoing reshoring by U.S. companies.

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Longshoremen, PMA Still “Far Apart” On US West Coast Contract Talks

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

The current contract expired nearly six months ago, and the PMA is charging the longshoremen with deliberately working slower due to the stalemate in contract talks.

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The Dirty Side Of Ocean Shipping

What happens on the high seas isn’t necessarily visible from land and the industry is largely unregulated when it comes to emissions.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

Iran Will Export Food To Russia Starting In January

The Iranian food imports will include a range of foods from fresh milk to hard cheese as well as fish, seafood, and fruits and vegetables.

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Study: Illinois Top US Hub For Domestic Food Shipments

The report showed that the U.S. food network moves more than 400 million tons of food annually, and of that total, more than 70 million tons are transported through Illinois, the most of any state in the nation.

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Haggen To Expand From 18 Stores To 164 Stores With Major Acquisition

Albertsons Companies

After the close of the transaction in early 2015, Haggen will convert all of the acquired Albertsons and Safeway stores to the Haggen banner in phases during the first half of 2015.

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Napa Valley Winemakers Consider Exports To Cuba

Amid a host of American corporations poised to enter or re-enter a market largely denied them for half a century, local wineries are beginning to look into future sales through Cuba’s tourism and restaurant industries.

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