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California Wildfires Could Impact Wine Country for Years

The wine business can be brutally difficult, but what has been happening since Sunday night in California’s famed wine country is unprecedented.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Daikin Reefer Introduces ‘Active’ Controlled Atmosphere Technology

The refrigerated container manufacturer claims the technology will revolutionize refrigerated shipping, allowing container lines to launch a fresh charge against air freight in the battle for perishable cargo.

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Bimbo Bakeries to Build Distribution Center in New Jersey

Construction for the new, 17,700-square-foot distribution center is underway, and is expected to wrap up in November.

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UPS Opens Massive Distribution Center in Port of Tacoma

United Parcel Service (UPS)

At 770,000 square feet, the new center will hold a lot of packages and employ a lot of people.

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Software & Technology

Walmart Targets Young, Urban Adults with New Private-Label Brand

Through its online arm Jet.com, Walmart will roll out private-label brand, Uniquely J, in a few months with food categories like coffee, olive oil, laundry detergent and paper towels.

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Amazon Sells $1.6 Million in Whole Foods' Brands in First Month

Amazon has sold about $1.6 million in Whole Foods' store-brand products in the first month since taking over the organic chain.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Containers Sit Untouched at Puerto Rico's Ports

It's one thing to get supplies to Puerto Rico, but officials at the Department of Homeland Security say moving goods around the island is the bigger challenge.

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World’s Largest Food, Retail Companies Agree to Standard Food Expiration Dates

Consumer Goods Forum

Fifty of the world’s biggest food and retail companies are changing their expiration labels exclusively to "Use by" by 2020.

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Hurricane Irma Squeezes Life from the Orange Juice Industry

The most recent estimates of the widespread damage to Florida's orange trees put the statewide losses as high as 70 percent.

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Puerto Rico’s Agriculture Decimated by Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria wiped out about 80 percent of the crop value in Puerto Rico—making it one of the costliest storms to hit the island’s agriculture industry.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Plans in Motion for a Fourth Indiana Port on Ohio River Site

State officials say they've reached a purchase agreement for a former electric plant site in southeastern Indiana as a possible new Ohio River shipping port.

Indiana Harbor

Coca-Cola Bottler is Buying up Southeastern Warehouse Space

Coca-Cola Company

Valparaiso Coca-Cola, a sales center of Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, opened a new $5.5 million, 24,000 square foot facility last week in Valparaiso, Florida.

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