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Albertsons Companies Files For Public Offering

Albertsons Companies

Food Logistics reported in January that the FTC approved a merger of Albertsons and Safeway, making Albertsons the second largest U.S. supermarket chain after Kroger.

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South Koreans Clamor For Potato Chips; Retailers Struggle To Meet Demand

Nearly a year after its launch, Honey Butter Chip remains a wildly popular and difficult-to-track-down snack in South Korea.

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FDA Extends Restaurant Menu Labeling Rules One Year: FMI Applauds Decision

FMI - The Food Industry Association

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin says the FMI will continue to work with both FDA and Congress to address business challenges with implementing restaurant menu labeling in grocery stores.

Alibaba’s Ma: U.S. Entrepreneurs Can Expand Into China’s E-commerce Trade

The founder of Alibaba Jack Ma is visiting the U.S. to meet with potential American partners to discuss how they can work together to make it easier to sell more of their products to Chinese consumers.

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Taco Bell Launches Delivery Service With DoorDash

The delivery service will be available in over 90 cities and more than 200 restaurants throughout the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area and Dallas regions.

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General Mills Inc. Commits To 100 Percent Cage Free Eggs In U.S.

General Mills released a refresh of their global policy statement on animal welfare, which outlines their beliefs and policies to support animal welfare throughout their global supply chain.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Ports Lose Import Container Trade As Asian Shippers Reroute To Gulf And East Coast

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

The decline, measured in the dollar value of goods imported in containers, is partly due to Asian shippers rerouting cargo to the Gulf and East Coasts after protracted West Coast labor negotiations led to delays earlier this year at Pacific ports.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Voice Recognition Expands Beyond Order Picking

Since order picking can account for 40 to 60 percent of the labor in a food or beverage warehouse, this benefit remains a driving force for voice automation.

Wireless devices and Bluetooth headsets enable hands-free operation at Nature’s Way Products Inc. with step-by-step picking instructions to guide orders to completion. The company uses Knighted’s Datria voice solution.

Greek Crisis Fuels Oil Price Fall

The “no” vote has created turmoil across the globe, and oil prices have crashed to their lowest levels in months.

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Ports And Truckers Face Chassis Shortage

Finding a free chassis – little more than a steel frame with wheels - can take hours, making them a top source of port congestion because containers can’t be transferred from a ship to a truck without them, truck drivers say.

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Pet Food Maker Stella & Chewy's Recalls Products Over Listeria

Stella & Chewy’s was notified by the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) that it issued a stop sale order on a single lot of Chewy’s Chicken Freeze-Dried Dinner Patties for Dogs, 15 oz. bags because MDA detected Listeria in the product.

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International Logistics Firm Kuehne + Nagel To Acquire ReTrans Inc.

Kuehne+Nagel Group

The acquisition builds on Kuehne + Nagel’s overland strategy and will significantly strengthen the company’s position as an end-to-end logistics provider in North America.

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