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Mondelēz May Make Second Hershey Bid as Five Trust Members to Leave

A takeover would have created the world’s largest confectioner and expanded Mondelez’s U.S. footprint.

Supply Chain Visibility

How to Build a Supply Chain that Can Tackle Quick-Service Restaurant Breakfast Challenges

The most in-demand item on your supply chain breakfast menu should be a heaping scoop of agility.

Whether your company sticks to traditional fare like eggs and bacon, or ventures into more exotic breakfast items, your supply chain is the difference between coaxing your customers into a lucrative morning routine or making a stop by your restaurant a one-time curiosity.

Wendy’s to Remove Chickens Raised with Antibiotics

Wendy's, which purchases more than 250 million pounds of chicken annually, also said it would commit to specific goals for the reduction of antibiotics important to humans in pork and beef production in 2017.

Wendy's and its chicken suppliers have been working to eliminate all antibiotics important to human medicine from chicken production, the company told Reuters on Thursday. As of June 2016, half of Wendy's chicken supply was raised without medically important antibiotics. Wendy's said it would be at 100 percent by next year.

GMO Labeling Law Presses Small Manufacturers

Small and medium-sized manufacturers may not have financial cushions like bigger businesses to absorb the cost of such changes, which can run into the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.

A new law that requires food makers to label the packaging of any products that contain genetically modified ingredients has small and medium-sized manufacturers facing some big decisions.

E-Commerce Puts Kroger Into Competition with Partner Procter & Gamble

The expansion of private-label brands could be a threat to consumer-product companies that fail to generate excitement for their brands with innovation and advertising.

Railex to Suspend Service in the Southeast

The Riverhead, N.Y.-based rail logistics transporter of refrigerated perishables plans to cease operations in Jacksonville, Fla., by August 13.

Railex is working with the Union Pacific and CSX railroads to identify a service plan that will allow timely deliveries to Southeastern customers through a new location.

Amazon Introduces First Branded Jet for Prime Members Delivery

The Boeing 767-300, with “Prime Air” emblazoned on its side in bright blue letters, is part of the company’s plan to support one- and two-day U.S. package delivery.

Amazon One is one of 40 jets that Amazon agreed to lease through air cargo partners Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Air Transport Services Group Inc. earlier this year.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Taps CommerceHub Boost E-Commerce Growth

BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc.

The platform will coordinate the process of buying, storing and shipping inventory from CommerceHub’s network of approximately 9,500 drop-ship suppliers that receive orders and ship products directly to consumers.

BJ’s joins a vibrant network of trading partners, which in 2015 powered an estimated $11.6 billion in gross merchandise value (total economic value of goods) through CommerceHub’s platform.

Software & Technology

Walmart Bids to Acquire Jet.com to Fight Amazon

The world's largest retailer is playing catch up with Amazon.com Inc. on distribution and technology, and acquiring Jet.com could give Wal-Mart access to their innovative pricing software, its network of warehouses and customer data.

Wal-Mart disclosed a total of $3.1 billion for e-commerce and digital projects, such as its platform and new warehouses, in the four fiscal years to January 2017.

BNSF and Los Angeles Appeal Ruling Halting Southern California International Gateway

The appeal could mean years of legal wrangling for the Southern California International Gateway, a project nearly a decade in the planning and opposed by the community, the city of Long Beach, its schools and several environmental groups.

In the latest twist of what has been a three-year-long legal battle, the city of Los Angeles and BNSF Railway rejected a Contra Costa judge’s finding that the city failed to adequately analyze the environmental impacts the rail yard would have on the West Long Beach community, as required by state law.

E-Commerce Solutions

Illinois Lawmakers Crack Down on Unlicensed E-Commerce Wine Shipments

The legislation represents the alcohol industry's attempt to protect the so-called three-tier system against unlicensed wine shippers sending booze to Illinois customers and merchants illegally bringing alcohol across state borders without paying taxes.

When you buy a six-pack or a bottle of wine or tequila at a store in Illinois, you're participating in the three-tier system in its most traditional format. A wholesaler sold that alcohol to the store after buying it from the manufacturer.

Georgia Port Authority Receives $44 Million for Rail Expansion

Georgia Ports Authority

The $44 million award, made possible through the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (NSFHP) Program, is a significant portion of a total $128 million project known as the Port of Savannah International Multi-modal Connector.

Currently, 18 percent of the containers handled at Garden City Terminal (above) moves on Class I railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX.

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