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TMS Needs Diversify In The Food Supply Chain

Companies take on more tasks managing freight, creating a need to integrate more software silos.

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Cold Storage Capacity Rises To Meet Growing Global Food Demand

Improving incomes in developing countries drive the demand for protein; expanding natural and fresh markets challenge storage and transport providers.

The growth of chilled food has fueled demand for Tiger Gool Express's intermodal transport service.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Primed For A Panamax-sized Opportunity

Ports along the Gulf Coast will be ready to compete for the increase in containerized cargo an expanded Panama Canal will bring their way.

The Port of New Orleans recently welcomed the return of Chiquita after a 40-year hiatus.

How Agile Are Today’s Foodservice Supply Chains?

Today’s consumer demands immediacy, variety and freshness, requiring an integrated, collaborative foodservice supply chain.

Dot Foods readies products in a distribution center for full truck load delivery.

Uber Launches UberRUSH For Businesses In NYC, Chicago And San Francisco

With help from business platform partners Shopify, Clover, ChowNow, Bigcommerce and BloomNet as well as local on-demand ordering platforms like delivery.com, businesses can integrate on-demand delivery into their businesses.

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Truck Driver Shortage Worsens

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

The report, ATA’s fourth major analysis since 2005, shows that by the end of 2015, the driver shortage will reach nearly 48,000. If current trends hold, the shortage may balloon to almost 175,000 by 2024.

According to a new analysis by the American Trucking Associations, the shortage of truck drivers has grown to nearly 48,000 and could expand further due to industry growth and a retiring workforce.

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Whole Foods Market Inc. Partners With Sandwich Maker Mendocino Farms

Mendocino Farms said the partnership will include testing Mendocino Farms venues inside select Whole Foods Market stores and new value-priced 365 by Whole Foods Market stores in California.

Whole Foods Market Inc. has made a minority investment in Mendocino Farms, an 11-unit, upscale sandwich chain known for its indulgent sandwiches and salads made from ingredients such as humanely raised, antibiotic-free pork.

Anheuser-Busch InBev And SABMiller Agree To Merge, Marking Record Takeover

Anheuser-Busch InBev

The agreement, which is tentative, caps weeks of back-and-forth over price, with SABMiller saying three previous overtures undervalued its business.

A successful takeover would give AB InBev beer brands such as Peroni and Grolsch and control of about half of the industry’s profit.

Alibaba ‘Gateway To China’ Global Shopping Festival Hosts 39 Countries

Alibaba outlined its international strategy to serve as the “gateway to China” for brands worldwide in front of representatives from 39 countries, more than 40 partnering international brands, and nearly 30 fresh food associations from around the world.

Alibaba Group officially launched its 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in a ceremony at its Hangzhou headquarters.

Haggen Stores Struggles With Acquisition After FTC Okays Abertsons/Safeway Merger

Albertsons Companies

Instead of becoming a regional powerhouse, Haggen is struggling to stay afloat after filing for bankruptcy-court protection last month and announcing the closing of 26 of its recently purchased stores.

The FTC allowed the small Pacific Northwest supermarket operator Haggen Holdings LLC to buy most of the stores following the Albertsons-Safeway merger, and Haggen quickly ballooned to 164 locations throughout the West from 18 in Washington and Oregon.

Storms Deliver $300 Million-Plus Crop Damage To Southeastern States

The estimate is early and conservative and viewing the devastation was the first step in the long process of assessing the damage to the state’s agriculture, according to a news release.

South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers toured the state by air Oct. 5 and 6 and witnessed how the massive rainfall submerged thousands of farm acres under water with farm buildings standing as islands in the water and washed away farm roads.

Thermo King Acquires German-based Transport Refrigeration Maker Frigoblock

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FRIGOBLOCK manufactures and designs transport refrigeration units for trucks and trailers in Europe, primarily sold in Northern Europe.

Executives from Ingersoll-Rand plc, which owns Thermo King,and FRIGOBLOCK pose for the announcement that Ingersoll-Rand has acquired FRIGOBLOCK, a manufacturer and designer of transport refrigeration units.

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