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Customer Data And The Supply Chain: P&G’s Approach Reveals The Scope Of The Challenge

At last week’s Teradata 2015 Partners Conference & Expo in Anaheim, Calif., coping with expanding amounts of data has emphasized the importance of integrating databases to enable different departments to make use of data and prevent duplication of tasks.

Big data has allowed grocery retailers to move from transaction-based commerce to interaction- and observation-based analysis and decision-making capabilities.

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Kellogg Nears $1 Billion Merger With Diamond Foods

Kellogg Company

If the talks result in a deal, Kellogg, whose cereal lineup includes Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops and Rice Krispies, would further transition toward snack foods.

Kellogg Co. is in late-stage talks with snack maker Diamond Foods about acquiring the $1 billion company.

Grocery Manufacturers Association Offers Guidance On Complying With Vermont GMO Labeling Law

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The GMA, the world’s largest trade association for food, beverages and consumer products—has issued a road map to its member companies on how to comply with Vermont’s precedent-setting law that requires the labeling of GMOs.

Whole Foods Recalls Salads In Northeast Over Listeria

A sampling of the products tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes during a routine inspection of Whole Foods Market’s North Atlantic Kitchen facility.

Whole Foods Market has recalled bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta Salad for possible Listeria contamination.

E-Commerce Drives Warehouse Super Sizing

Industrial real estate analysts say that in recent years, an increasing number of massive distribution centers have popped up in response to growing e-commerce.

ES3’s facility in York, Pennsylvania serves as both a manufacturers’ mixing center and a retailers’ distribution center.

Subway To Serve Only Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Beginning in March 2016, Subway customers across the U.S. will able to order meals made with chicken raised without antibiotics.

Subway Restaurants is beginning to transition to serving only protein from animals that have never received antibiotics across all of its 27,000-plus U.S. restaurants in early 2016.

Featured In Food Logistics: Inventory Costs Drive Need For Greater Storage Density

Food and beverage supply chain managers look at several factors when choosing inventory storage tools. A key consideration is improving storage density, along with minimizing product damage, protecting worker safety and ensuring product sanitation.

One beverage manufacturer wanted all mezzanine platforms to be constructed with closed shapes, aluminum decking, and to incorporate clean surfaces with minimal crevices and catch points in the structure.

Amazon Set To Disrupt Global 3PL Market, Analyst Reports

Robert W. Baird & Co., has released an extensive summary of Amazon’s unique advantages in the $400 billion to $450 billion global 3PL market.

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Tech Trends Directing Global Logistics: Uberization Of Trucking, Robotization Of The Warehouse; Augmented Reality

Sophisticated tracking software is making it easier and faster to deliver shipments, manage schedules, monitor cargo, plan routes and avoid delays, all in real-time and the result is faster, cheaper and more sustainable circulation of goods.

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Fresh & Easy LLC Could File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Again

If the company can find a buyer for some or all of the 103 remaining locations, that could postpone a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Fresh & Easy LLC, the El Segundo supermarket chain, could file for its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in two years in the next few days if the company cannot find a buyer for some or all of the 103 remaining locations.

McDonald’s Franchisees Call All-Day Breakfast Launch A Big Miss

McDonald's Corp.

The new menu is slowing down service, reducing average ticket costs, and causing chaos in the kitchens, franchisees told Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski in a new survey.

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Florida Fast Food Restaurants Add Alcohol

Restaurants such as Burger King, Starbucks, Taco Bell and Sonic are trying out the concept of adding alcohol to their menus.

Starbucks is also in on the act, with beer and wine at its growing “Starbucks Evenings” stores in Orlando, Seattle, and what is expected to be thousands of other locales.

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