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Construction Begins on Cold Storage Facility at Port of Tampa Bay

The facility will be located on a 13.7-acre site adjacent to Berth 219, and is designed to handle palletized breakbulk cargo, as well as refrigerated containers.

Wal-Mart VP Offers Food Safety Tips

Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety and health for Wal-Mart tells 300 industry members at the annual meeting of the U.S. Apple Association in Chicago “what you did for food safety last year is no longer good enough.

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Chattanooga Quickly Becoming a Hot Spot for Logistics Startups

Three new technology-based logistics firms move to Tennessee following a 12-week accelerator program called Dynamo Accelerator.

Dynamo leaders believe their program is the only logistics- and transportation-focused accelerator in the country. Running as a 'sibling' to the accelerator, the Dynamo fund is an $18 million early-stage fund investing in logistics startups. Most of the funding came from Chattanooga-based individuals and investment entities, several of which committed $1 million or more.

Superbug MRSA Found in Pork on UK Supermarket Store Shelves

Recent tests were done on minced samples of 97 U.K.-produced pork products sold at Asda Stores and Sainsbury’s, two of the largest supermarket chains in Great Britain.

British public health officials are concerned about superbugs because even the strongest antibiotics available might not cure some people who become infected by MRSA, which can be contracted from eating infected meat or through contact with infected animals.

Is Amazon Looking for a Logistics Partner?

Amazon reportedly spent $11.5 billion on shipping last year and some estimate that if they were to handle fulfillment all by itself it could offer a potential savings of $1.1 billion annually.

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South Idaho Food Hub Looks to Keep Rolling

The area includes operations in food warehousing, and transportation, container and packaging companies.

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Logistics Providers Challenged to Guide Shippers through Rapid Change

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Increasingly, shippers are turning to third-party logistics providers for help managing and crunching data.

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Giant Eagle Evolves Supply Chain with Manhattan Associates Transportation Management

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The implementation integrates inbound and outbound transportation systems, consolidating three systems into one.

Symbotic's Robot Systems Can Automate Entire Warehouses

Robots can move goods and arrange them into perfect pallets, tailor-made for the design of the grocery store.

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Online Groceries Retailer FreshDirect Raises $189 Million

FreshDirect is an online food grocer that delivers fresh meat, produce and other specialty items.

Whole Foods Takes a Stake in Delivery Service Instacart

The grocer’s investment in Instacart comes as more consumers buy groceries online for home delivery.

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Are We on the Cusp of the Next GMO Food War?

CRISPR is a genetic engineering technique that allows scientists to easily snip out or add little bits of DNA to a genome.

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