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Hershey Seeks Innovation Partner To Ship Chocolate In Hot Weather

The Hershey Company

Hershey has launched a contest calling for companies to help it develop a lightweight, affordable shipping system that will keep chocolate cool even in the warmest months.

ConAgra Foods Inc. Joins Cage-Free Eggs Bandwagon

ConAgra’s supplier quality program outlines specific expectations for appropriate animal care, and the company continues to expand and refine this program.

Conagra Brands will be comprised primarily of the operations currently reported as the company’s consumer foods segment, which generated approximately $7.2 billion in fiscal 2015 revenues, as reported. The consumer foods segment consists of popular leading brands such as Marie Callender’s, Hunt’s, RO*TEL, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, PAM, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher’s, P.F. Chang’s and Healthy Choice.

U.S. Xpress Boosts Pay 13.5% For Safe OTR Drivers

U.S. Xpress implemented this pay raise to ensure the company continues to recruit and retain the industry’s most elite and safe drivers.

Starting on March 1st, 2016, U.S. Xpress will implement the safety performance-based pay scale where all OTR solo drivers who have 12 months safe driving record and are accident, CSA violation and ticket free, will earn an additional 13.5 percent. With this pay increase, a safe driver with 5 years of experience could make over $70,000 total compensation.

Feds To Scrutinize Safety Of Canadian Pacific Railway/Norfolk Southern Merger

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)

The Federal Railroad Administration, which regulates safety for the U.S. industry, expects to scrutinize the "significant safety hurdles" that would result from merging any of the nation's major railroads.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Amazon Moves Into Ocean Freight Forwarding

The Seattle retailer registered itself with a federal agency overseeing ocean transportation, a step towards allowing it to serve as an intermediary for suppliers shipping merchandise in or out of the U.S.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

Walmart To Close 269 Stores, Including Walmart Express

Walmart instead will focus on strengthening Supercenters, optimizing Neighborhood Markets, growing the e-commerce business and expanding pickup services for customers.

As part of today’s action, the company will close 154 locations in the U.S., including the company’s 102 smallest format stores, Walmart Express, which had been in pilot since 2011.

Denny’s Commits To Cage-Free Eggs By 2026

Denny’s is the first within the family dining segment to commit to 100 percent cage-free eggs, underlining the brand’s dedication to the humane treatment of animals in its supply sourcing and its ongoing focus on quality, flavor and guest satisfaction.

As the original home of all-day breakfast, Denny’s serves more than 400 million eggs each year, including classic breakfast items such as the signature Build Your Own Grand Slam®, Omelettes and delicious Skillets.

New Report Explores Forced Labor In The Supply Chain

The report highlights initial findings from a methodology that assessed company transparency and disclosure statements on forced labor in supply chains.

The report, “Know the Chain, Transparency Snapshot: A Pilot Benchmark Report,” supported by a United Kingdom-based organization called the Business and Human Rights Centre, includes seven global food companies: Nestle SA, Unilever plc, Mondelez International Inc., Danone, Associated British Foods plc, General Mills Inc. and Hershey Co.

U.S. Launches Pre-Inspection Pilot For Mexican Agriculture Imports

Under this pilot, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists working alongside Mexican Customs officers will pre-inspect low-risk, high-volume agricultural commodities.

Under this pilot, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists working alongside Mexican Customs officers will pre-inspect low-risk, high-volume agricultural commodities that are part of the Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Release Program. CBP states that this initiative aims to improve the flow of trade and reduce border wait times and transaction costs.

Brown-Forman Corp. To Sell Southern Comfort And Tuaca To Sazerac For $543.5 Million

Brown-Forman has marketed Southern Comfort since acquiring the brand in 1979. The company acquired Tuaca in two transactions, completing the purchase in 2002.

Brown-Forman Corp. has reached an agreement to sell its Southern Comfort and Tuaca trademarks to Sazerac for $543.5 million.

Dot Foods Acquires Marketwest, Establishing First Canadian Operations

Dot Foods Inc., the nation’s largest food industry redistributor, announced it will establish operations in Canada for the first time when they acquired Vancouver-based redistributor Marketwest on January 1, 2016.

‘Digital Watermarking’ Partnership Launches, Making Product Scanning Faster And Easier

Digimarc Corp. and GS1 US announced collaborative efforts to speed the industry adoption of watermark barcode technology.

Because it is invisible to consumers in ordinary use, Digimarc's barcode technology can be applied across all surfaces of a product package, which significantly increases the speed of scanning at retail checkout. Retailers benefit from lower costs through greater efficiency, while consumers enjoy a faster checkout experience and the ability to scan Digimarc-enhanced packages with their smartphones to obtain additional product information, pre and post purchase.

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