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'Buyable Pins' Allow Merchants To Sell On Pinterest

Shopify is currently the only way for small and medium-sized businesses to sell using Buyable Pins on Pinterest.

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Refrigerated Transportation Market To Grow 12+% Annually Through 2019

Research and Markets

End-users need product-specific refrigerated vehicles that can prevent food contamination by avoiding cross-product transportation.

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Amazon Expands Prime Time Service In Manhattan; Battles Walmart On Price

Amazon said customers can order groceries, prepared meals and baked goods from D'Agostino, Gourmet Garage and Billy's Bakery through its Prime Now app.

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Amazon Expands Into Private Label Food

Amazon has approached some private-label food manufacturers seeking a partner in preparation to broadly expand its fledgling lineup of private-label brands to include an array of grocery items such as milk, cereal, and baby food.

Judge Grills Both Sysco And FTC Over Sysco/US Foods Merger

After more than three hours of questioning by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, the outcome of the case appeared unclear.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said there was “plenty of evidence” in the case that showed restaurants and other buyers of food-distribution services use a mix of providers besides Sysco and US Foods.

E-Commerce Solutions

HighJump Acquires E-Commerce Provider Nexternal

HighJump Software

Nexternal's omnichannel commerce platform serves manufacturers, distributors and retailers and includes an order management system that captures both business-to-business and business-to-consumer orders, via standard and mobile web browsers.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Seeks Action On Sustainable Transport

Ban called sustainable transport “a common thread” linking the upcoming UN Summit in September in New York and the COP21 climate change conference in Paris in December.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Expands Services To U.S. East Coast

The new services out of Northern Europe are part of the company’s effort to operate its own East Coast network, rather than buying space on ships belonging to its competitors.

French liner CMA CGM has hailed the inauguration of the widened Panama Canal, stating that the canal allows it to reconfigure its strategy and create a major transshipment hub in nearby Jamaica.

Featured In Food Logistics: Benchmark Study Finds Improvement Needed In Food Transport Safety

One of the survey’s key findings was the cost of temperature violations, as respondents ranked temperature violations as the top non-conformance issue they are facing.

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Software Solutions

PeopleNet Acquires Cadec Global Inc.

The addition of Cadec will further extend the fleet mobility technology and transportation solutions of PeopleNet in the foodservice and private fleet industries to enable greater levels of safety, compliance, cost reduction and customer service.

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Hormel Foods Corp. To Buy Natural Meat Maker Applegate Farms, LLC

Applegate, the No. 1 brand in the natural and organic value-added prepared meats category, will operate autonomously as a standalone subsidiary in the company’s Refrigerated Foods segment.

Featured In Food Logistics: Pacific Northwest Carves Out A Food & Beverage Niche

The software, technology and aerospace industries that have dominated the region’s economy over the years have attracted a highly-educated workforce that has strengthened the demand for artisan foods and beverages in recent decades.

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