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Food Logistics Presents the 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers List

The list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve.

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Genessee & Wyoming to Acquire Providence and Worcester Railroad for $126 Million

Genesee & Wyoming

P&W interchanges with G&W’s NECR and CSO railroads, as well as with CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Southern, the Housatonic Railroad and the New York & Atlantic Railroad, and connects to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific via NECR.

The addition of P&W to G&W’s existing presence in the region substantially enhances G&W’s ability to serve customers and Class I partners in New England, which is a highly competitive rail market with a premium placed on timely, efficient and safe rail service.

Des Moines Cold Storage Builds New Cold Storage Facility

ESI Group USA, a nationally accredited design-build engineering and construction management firm, was selected to provide their specialty design-build services for this exciting project named Crossroads Cold Storage facility.

Des Moines Cold Storage recently broke ground for its new 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Iowa.

Risk/Compliance

Foodservice Industry Prepares for Big Challenges on Many Fronts

From the FSMA to labor regulations to changing consumer demands and more.

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Software Solutions

Food Logistics Industry Embraces Big Data to Optimize the Supply Chain

Organizations must maintain a real-time view of the holistic supply chain that connects restaurants with the entire logistics ecosystem.

Arvind Venugopal, senior product manager at Cleo.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

Enhanced visibility and control are important benefits for temperature-sensitive cargoes.

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Software Solutions

How ‘Hypermodal’ Trade will Transform Logistics

Report explores how Big Data and analytics are removing logistics efficiencies.

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Robotics and Automation: Evolution, not Revolution

Robots take on more picking, sorting and packaging as technology advances.

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Software Solutions

Honeywell Nears Agreement to Acquire JDA Software for Around $3 Billion

Honeywell International

The acquisition would boost Honeywell’s shift into software, as opposed to the heavy goods like jet engines and building control systems for which the company is best known.

Honeywell International Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire JDA Software Group Inc., a maker of software that helps businesses manage their supply chains, according to a person familiar with the matter, according to MarketWatch.

The Fresh Market Signs Wholesale/Distribution Agreement with Supervalu

In its role as grocery wholesaler, Supervalu will supply The Fresh Market with traditional and signature grocery products across a range of categories including meat, deli, bakery, grocery, frozen foods and dairy.

The Fresh Market, Inc. operates 176 stores in 24 states across the U.S.

Email Campaign Urges McDonald’s to Remove Antibiotics from Global Livestock

McDonald's Corp.

U.K.-based ShareAction has launched an online action enabling people to email Steve Easterbrook, the CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, calling on him to stop the routine use of antibiotics in the company’s global livestock supply chains.

ShareAction, U.K.-based responsible investment charity, has launched an online action enabling people to email Steve Easterbrook, the CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, calling on him to stop the routine use of antibiotics in the company’s global livestock supply chains.

Amazon Prime Video Makes Japanese Delicacies '1-Click' Purchase

Amazon hopes this combination of online streaming and shopping can differentiate the new service from traditional shopping channels.

Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo will create video content featuring local specialties from across Japan to be shown on Amazon Prime Video. While watching, shoppers can buy the products featured just by tapping the '1-Click' icon.

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