Warehousing: Page 260

Warehousing
The New York Times Expands Into Meal Delivery
The Times is partnering with meal-delivery startup Chef’d, which will send the ingredients to readers within 48 hours.
The Times’ foray into meal delivery is another example of how the publisher is looking for new ways to make money from its content, brand and journalists to hedge against the uncertain future of newspapers.
Regulations
Retailers Recall Sunflower Seeds Over Listeria
Creative Snacks Co. of Greensboro, N.C., announced last week it is recalling specific lot codes of bulk and packaged sunflower seed products due to the potential presence of Listeria.
Dozens of other products including protein bars, nuts, trail mix and sunflower seeds were also recalled because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to a recall notice from TreeHouse Foods Inc.
Transportation
West Coast Ports Remained Busiest U.S. Ports Despite Labor Woes In 2015
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., maintained the first and second spots, respectively, as the leading U.S. ports despite volume losses caused by labor disputes in 2015.
Datamyne us port report 2015 1 1 57289fc36b9fc
Ocean Ports & Carriers
East Coast Ports Not Ready For Enhanced Panama Canal
As the wider, deeper canal nears its debut next month, ports that stand to gain aren’t ready to handle the bigger ships that will come through.
Another possible drag on new canal traffic is the slumping global economy, which has pummeled shipping rates and left many cargo ships idle.
Software & Technology
Target Corp. Invests In Disruptive Technology To Boost Food Transparency
The Food + Future coLab is a multi-year collaboration between Target, IDEO and MIT’s Media Lab.
The Food + Future coLab is a multi-year collaboration between Target, IDEO and MIT’s Media Lab.
Software Solutions
Kewill To Acquire LeanLogistics
Kewill
Kewill, a provider of software for supply chain execution, has agreed to purchase LeanLogistics from parent Brambles, Limited.
Kewill, a provider of software for supply chain execution, has agreed to purchase LeanLogistics from parent Brambles, Limited.
Warehousing
Container Carriers Negotiate Third Ocean Carrier Alliance
The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.
The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.
Transportation
Weak Long-Haul Demand Impacts Class 8 Truck Orders
North American Class 8 truck net orders fell for the fourth consecutive month to 13,500 units, showing a negative 16 percent month over month and minus 39 percent year over year comparisons and the lowest April since 2009.
North American Class 8 truck net orders fell for the fourth consecutive month to 13,500 units, showing a negative 16 percent month over month and minus 39 percent year over year comparisons and the lowest April since 2009.
Sustainability
Target Cracks Down On Suppliers, Invests $5 Billion In Supply Chain
Target Corporation
The moves, effective May 30, are the first major steps Target has taken since Mulligan was appointed as COO late in 2015 to fix supply problems that emerged after it expanded product offerings, including fresh food, several years ago.
Target logo 56fd4607a3a03
Regulations
Fairway Market Seeks Reorganization In U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11.
Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Warehousing
Teamsters Strike US Foods In Southern California And Phoenix, Ariz.
US Foods
The strike in Corona comes just days after 200 Maryland Teamsters began their own unfair labor practices strike at US Foods' Severn, Md. facility for failing to bargain in good faith.
Teamsters who drive for US Foods in Corona, Calif. have launched an unfair labor practice strike to protest allegations that the foodservice company violated federal law that protects workers' rights.
Regulations
FDA Releases Guidance For Menu Labeling
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities, but instead, describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.
The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.
Previous Page
Page 260 of 450
Next Page