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Ferrero To Acquire U.K. Confectioner Thorntons

Ferrero, best known for its nutty chocolates wrapped in gold foil, said it would keep the Thorntons brand and the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire.

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House Appropriations Committee Funding For FSMA Falls Short

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Senate Appropriations Committee is preparing its version of the budget proposal and the two chambers of Congress will merge aspects of both versions to create a funding proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

In this file photo Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Senator Thad Cochran is sitting with committee member Senator Mitch McConnell.

Grocery Manufacturers Warn Vermont Over GMO Labeling Rule; Organic Consumers Group Defends The Mandate

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

The state's labeling mandate on foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is scheduled to go into effect in July 2016, but food manufacturers are finding even more costs and challenges from the law the GMA said in a letter to Vermont's Governor.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin responded to the letter yesterday on his Facebook page: The Grocery Manufacturers Association sent me a letter yesterday urging me to abandon Vermont's GMO labeling law. Here's my response: Here's an idea for the industry: Just label your products. All of them, nationwide. 64 countries already do it. I'm sure the food industry in America could summon the moral imagination to be the 65th. The industry's real concern is that as goes Vermont so will go America. Plain and simple Vermont's law is about giving consumers the right to know what is in their food. For too long consumers in America have been denied that right. Vermont is saying enough is enough. Give us the right to know.

Alibaba’s Logistics Arm Launches Distribution Centers For Fresh Groceries In Three Major Chinese Cities

The opening of Cainiao’s three distribution centers is part of a major expansion of its logistics network that includes a new 60,000 square-meter warehouse in eastern China.

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Propane Autogas Mitigates Maintenance Concerns for Sausage Delivery Fleet

Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)

For Stevens Sausage, the rising cost of maintenance on diesel engines was a driving factor in its decision to switch to propane autogas.

Stevens Sausage, based in Smithfield, N.C., has found propane fuel significantly reduces fleet maintenance costs.

A&P Seeks 'Strategic Options,' Including Possible Asset Sale

The New York Post on Wednesday reported that A&P was shopping 137 of its 301 stores, basing its report on what it called a list of targeted stores.

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Avian Flu Drives Up Egg Prices

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released data in April that showed a dozen large eggs averaged $2.07, but prices have risen considerably since then, with some individual markets now topping $3 a dozen.

The bird flu outbreak has caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve importing egg products from the Netherlands to be used for baking and in processed foods.

Sen. Reid Urges Congress To Fully Fund FSMA

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Senate Minority Leader made his plea Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Senator Harry Reid speaks at the U.S. Capitol Building.

Vantix Logistics Selects Yusen Logistics (Americas) As Intermodal Provider

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

Under the contract, Yusen Logistics is managing 60 to 70 intermodal freight movements each month for Vantix, the Dallas, Texas-based division of McLane Co. Inc. and a provider of supply chain solutions for the food industry.

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Union: A&P Supermarket Group Entertains Purchase Offers

Montvale, N.J.-based A&P operates Pathmark, Waldbaums, SuperFresh, Food Basics and Food Emporium stores, employing more than 30,000 workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

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Will Uber Really Change Urban Food Delivery? The $50 Billion Question

UberEats, launched last fall to speed lunch and dinner items from popular restaurants to Uber users in parts of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto and Barcelona, sometimes has so few customers that drivers have to throw away food at day’s end.

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E-Commerce Solutions

Nestle, Walmart, Unilever Scramble To Meet China's Shift To E-Commerce

An estimated 461 million Chinese consumers, a third of the population, are now shopping online, up from 46 million in 2007, when e-commerce started gaining momentum.

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