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Brewers to Add Nutrition Labels to Beer

Anheuser-Busch InBev

According to a statement from the Beer Institute, brewers will disclose calories, carbohydrates, alcohol content by volume (ABV) and portion size, both on labels affixed to bottles and cans and on websites that will be accessible via a QR code.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Constellation Brands and Heineken, which produce more than 80 percent of the beer sold in the U.S., announced plans to begin providing consumers more nutritional information about the beers they sell.

Rail & Intermodal

Regulators Seek Alternatives to Proposed Great Lakes Railroad

The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis instructed the company in a July 5 letter to submit alternative alignments — or explain why there aren’t any — along its 278-mile route from LaPorte to Milton, Wis.

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Software & Technology

UberEATS Expands Food Delivery to Phoenix, Ariz.

Initially, UberEATS will deliver only to downtown and central Phoenix, Arcadia, Paradise Valley and south Scottsdale up to Shea Boulevard, although participating restaurants are spread across the Valley.

Uber is killing off its “instant” option in UberEats, its food-delivery service, just one month after the standalone app launched in New York City.

Community FoodBank of New Jersey Implements Voxware to Efficiently Serve More Families

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Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminals to Raise Traffic Mitigation Fees

Port of Los Angeles

PierPass launched the OffPeak program in 2005 to reduce severe cargo-related congestion on local streets and highways around the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

The increase will sustain continued operation of PierPass OffPeak gates amid labor cost increases.

Investors to Probe Danone WhiteWave Foods Takeover Bid

Danone North America

At $56.25 per share, Danone's offer represents a premium of approximately 24 percent over WhiteWave's average 30-day price of $45.43. Analysts are divided over whether the offer price is high.

Law firm Kahn Swick & Foti announced plans to investigate the Danone bid today, with former Louisiana attorney general Charles Foti is heading up the investigation.

Autonomous Robots Deliver Food in Europe

Starship Technologies

Starship Technologies has been testing its robots in 12 countries over the past nine months, but this will be the first time businesses will be using the technology to deliver real orders to paying customers.

The little robots, which are designed to operate on sidewalks rather than roads, make deliveries within a two- to three-mile radius. They can carry loads weighing as much as 20 pounds, at speeds of up to four miles per hour.

Risk/Compliance

Wendy’s Hit by Massive Cyber Attack, Places Blame on Service Providers’ Remote Access

Wendy’s has now arranged to offer fraud consultation and identity restoration services to all customers who used a payment card at a potentially affected restaurant during the time when the restaurant may have been affected.

Wendy’s first reported unusual payment card activity affecting some restaurants in February 2016. In May, the company confirmed evidence of malware being installed on some restaurants’ point-of-sale systems, and worked to disable it. On June 9, the company discovered additional malicious cyber activity involving other restaurants. That malware has also been disabled in all franchisee restaurants where it was discovered.

Sysco Corp. Acquires E-Commerce Platform for Restaurant Supplies and Equipment

Sysco Corp. acquired Supplies on the Fly, an e-commerce platform providing restaurant supplies and equipment exclusively to Sysco customers.

In 2009, Sysco entered into an agreement with Instawares Holding, LLC, the owner of Supplies on the Fly, to develop www.suppliesonthefly.com. Sysco also secured an option to purchase all of the equity interests of Supplies on the Fly, which it has now exercised.

Danone to Acquire WhiteWave Foods Company for $12.5 Billion

Danone North America

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, subject to the approval of WhiteWave’s shareholders, regulatory approvals, and customary conditions.

WhiteWave’s business includes highly recognized, category leading brands such as Silk, So Delicious, Vega, Alpro, Provamel, Horizon Organic, Wallaby Organic, Earthbound Farm and International Delight.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Expanded Panama Canal Smashes Toll Record

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines-operated MOL Benefactor paid a $829,468 toll for the previously too big containership to use the Panama Canal to pass through, breaking the $575,545 toll paid by COSCO Shipping Panama for its inaugural transit of the expanded locks.

The 10,000 TEU MOL Benefactor was actually the first neopanamax containership to use the new locks since commercial operations began June 27, so the transit offers a glimpse of what is likely to come in terms of toll revenue.

Material Handling Equipment

Honeywell to Acquire Intelligrated for $1.5 Billion

Honeywell International

Intelligrated designs, manufactures, installs and supports conveyor, sortation, palletizers, robotics, AS/RS solutions, warehouse execution systems, labor management software and order fulfillment technologies.

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