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Global Fast Food Market To Grow Through 2019 As Developing Markets Urbanize

Transparency Market Research

In the developing markets such as China and India, increasing purchasing power of buyers and developing inclination for eating out are predicted to fuel the interest in fast food in the next six years.

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Michigan Police Post Squirrel’s Mug Following Massive Walnut Heist

The Shelby Township, Mich., police posted a be-on-the-lookout on its Facebook page for the scoundrel who stole $128,000 worth of walnuts from a trailer in a storage lot.

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Albertsons Companies Files For Public Offering

Albertsons Companies

Food Logistics reported in January that the FTC approved a merger of Albertsons and Safeway, making Albertsons the second largest U.S. supermarket chain after Kroger.

Alibaba’s Ma: U.S. Entrepreneurs Can Expand Into China’s E-commerce Trade

The founder of Alibaba Jack Ma is visiting the U.S. to meet with potential American partners to discuss how they can work together to make it easier to sell more of their products to Chinese consumers.

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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.

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