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Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Why Truck Drivers Matter with Joe Amici, Echo Global Logistics

Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez talks with Joe Amici, director of consolidation, Echo Global Logistics, about how critical the Coronavirus pandemic was to truck drivers and why the supply chain thrives off of drivers.

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Which Grocery Delivery Service is the Right One For Me?

More and more consumers are leaning toward online grocery shopping as the COVID-19 pandemic continues on. Food Logistics narrows down the list to shop from.

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Rodents: Threatening Supply Chain Integrity From Farm to Fork

Rats cost the world’s economy billions of dollars every year, and are a primary cause of health inspection and third-party audit failures for good reason.

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Matching the Customer’s New Grocery Journey

Integrating data sources into a single customer view to know everything there is to know about a customer is an important step for optimizing and guiding each journey to a natural – and profitable – conclusion.

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Strategies Grocers Can Use to Tempt Customers Back to In-Store Shopping in 2021

With consumer behavior changing almost immeasurably over the past year, grocers must now think outside the box to keep and increase customer loyalty.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Spirits and Beer Supply Chain

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna discuss the ins and outs of the beer and spirits supply chain.

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Living in a Pandemic for One Year Shifts Consumer Grocery Habits

Since values and interests have changed after a year of living through a pandemic, companies involved in the food industry need to keep a close watch on changing demands.

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Harris Farm Markets Leverages Demand Forecasting

After wildfires and COVID-19 created problems in sourcing and unpredictability in demand for Harris Farms, prompting it to turn to data for demand predicting.

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Stor.ai’s $21M Seed Fund Signals New Era for Online Grocery Shopping

The latest funding will accelerate stor.ai’s go-to-market of next-generation in-store shopping technology, including artificial intelligence-based tools, an e-commerce solution, customized in-store maps and more.

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Enhancing Food Safety by Improving Organizational Resilience

Building a resilient organization using these three pillars of organizational resilience can help any business in the food, beverage and retail supply chain achieve quality, safety and sustainability goals.

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Technology to Solve the Grocery Delivery Paradox

With consumers increasingly eager to buy groceries online, food providers need to elevate their technological offerings to assure that everything the customer buys arrives safely and on time.

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Dark Stores and Delighting the Grocery Customer

Here's a few goals that grocers need to bear in mind in order to continue to delight a customer that has become accustomed to new ways of shopping.

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Albertsons Debuts New Automated, Contactless Grocery Pick-Up Kiosk

The automated, temperature-controlled kiosk, created by Cleveron, provides a contactless pickup experience.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Consumer Packaged Goods with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association

Marina and Mackenna with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association, to discuss the new administration's impact on consumer packaged goods supply chains and what opportunities exist for CPG players in 2021.

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Coronavirus Presents New Beginnings—One Year Later

While March 12, 2020 was the last time any of us saw our co-workers in person, it was it also the day of New Beginnings, an alternative “New Normal” way of doing things, for the better.

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How B2B E-Commerce Technology Advances Support of Food Logistics

With the dramatic increase in B2B e-commerce selling, the food logistics industry can ill-afford slow adoption of technology solutions that efficiently create dynamic workflows, product movement and lot traceability.

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Processors Palette: Silver Fern Farms Stays on Top Despite Global Pandemic

Silver Fern Farms embraces sustainability and traceability, allowing it to stay on top during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Are Meal Kits Worth the Hype?

Meal kits are growing in popularity, but do they live up to the hype that is surrounding them? Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez shares her experience.

myEnso Installs Autonomous Robots

myEnso taps Geek+ for a fleet of goods-to-person robotics to streamline its inventory.

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Brick Meets Click Study Reveals Total U.S. Online Grocery Sales Hit $9.3B in January

The delivery and pick-up segment captured $7.1 billion, accounting for 77% of all online grocery spending during the month.

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3 Ways to Create a Contactless Supply Chain

While the transformation of an entire industry is no easy task, shippers, retailers and carriers can implement practices with their top supply chain partners driving the process and technological changes required for pick-up and delivery.

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How Perishable CPG Supply Chains Augmented by DSD Networks Prevailed During the Pandemic

Contrary to common perception, not all supply chains struggled to meet demand. Perishable CPGs, for example, excelled because they were well positioned to respond to the unique challenges posed by the pandemic.

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AFFI, FMI Study Proves Frozen Foods are Pandemic-Proof

As consumers turned to online shopping at a record rate, the vast majority were also adding frozen to their digital cart.

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Texas’ Food Supply Chain Struggles as Cold Front Continues

A week into an unprecedented winter storm, Texas' food supply is starting to dwindle.

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Stor.ai’s Smart Basket Supports Personalization Efforts in Grocery Retail

Smart Basket guides the purchase journey, allowing grocers to simulate in-store comforts and personal touches, boost their own private label products and more.

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How COVID-19 Increased Growing Adoption of Third-Party Food Delivery

The crowdsourced model is a solution that enables expanded delivery capacity to be deployed efficiently and sustainably for businesses, whether they’re located around the block, across town or all over the country.

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Acosta Survey Reveals 75% of Shoppers Will Stick to Some New Habits Post-COVID-19

The latest shopper research shows COVID-19 concern levels may finally be waning, with current concern at 7.5 out of 10 — the lowest level reported since early March 2020.

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Freshly’s New Facility Aims to Reduce Order-to-Delivery Cycle Time

The 134,000-square-foot facility is said to be Freshly’s largest dedicated order-assembly facility to date, employing over 250 people.

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COVID-19 and the Sudden Rise of Online Grocery

The right WMS/MHS combination affords grocers that needed flexibility to meet their fundamental objectives without tying up precious capital.

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IRI: Small, Extra Small and Private Label CPG Manufacturers Gained Market Share in 2020

Earlier in 2020, private label store brands more than held their own against the national brands, making these brands both recession-proof and pandemic-proof.

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ACSI Data: Nondurables Struggle, as 90% of Major Manufacturers Fail to Satisfy Customers

Customer satisfaction with food manufacturing stumbles 3.7% to 79. None of the 11 major food processors included experienced any improvements.

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The Keys to Winning Wallet Share in 2021 and Beyond

For 2021 and beyond, it’s time for retailers to remove the blinders as a result of siloed processes and data in the supply chain and see the entire landscape across all channels of trade.

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Smart Refrigeration Solutions for Restaurant Applications

With technology, restaurants and retailers can rest assured that they are delivering high-quality, fresh food.