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Consumers Ditch Meal-Kits, Blue Apron Shares Drop

Competition in the meal-kit industry is heating up and Blue Apron shares are dropping because of it.

Blue Apron

E-Commerce Reaches 5.5 Percent of Grocery Spending

Brick Meets Click

Online spending has reached 5.5 percent of total grocery spending in the US.

Grocery Cart

US Foods Secures SGA's Food Group

US Foods Holding Corp. is in the process of acquiring SGA's Food Group of Cos for $1.8 billion cash.

Usfoods

Meat Stockpiles Fill Cold-Storage Warehouses

While US consumers' appetite is growing for meat, it isn't enough to keep up production, leaving the meat industry reliant on exports.

Meat

Accredo Packaging Set to Expand Headquarters

The expansion will enable the company to boost annual production of flexible film to 2 billion feet.

Accredo Packaging

Chick-fil-A Invades the Meal Kit Industry

Chick-fil-A will start offering "mealtime kits" at 150 restaurants in the Atlanta area, making it the first fast-food chain to offer a meal kit service.

Chickfila

Latest Funding Gives DoorDash Big Plans

DoorDash current services 1,200 cities in Canada and the US and is planning on adding 600 more by the end of the year.

Doordash

Reinhart Foodservice Plans $14 Million Expansion

Reinhart Foodservice is planning to expand its Southern Foods distribution center in Bowling Green, Kentucky just five years after it was purchased.

Reinhart

Start Up Develops Small Automated Grocery Distribution Centers

Takeoff Technologies

Takeoff Technologies is developing "micro fulfillment centers" - small, heavily automated grocery distribution facilities that could be located inside existing supermarkets and used to quickly assemble orders for delivery or customer pickup.

Takeoff

Consumers Call the Shots When It Comes to Online Grocery Shopping

Some retailers are getting the message, but others are scrambling to catch up.

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E-Commerce Solutions

Exceptional Service a Must in Today’s Competitive Retail Environment

United Parcel Service (UPS)

Success will come to those retailers who address the dynamic online shopping experience and future consumer demands.

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The Only Thing That Won’t Change in the Food Industry? The Pace of Change

Driven by millennials, more changes are already emerging from Gen Z—and all food manufacturers must adapt accordingly.

Randall Freeman

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