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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Ports Of Los Angeles, Auckland And Guangzhou Establish Formal Working Alliance

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The newly formed alliance provides a platform for growing trilateral cooperation to foster trade, innovation and investment opportunities between the public and private sectors of the three regions.

Ambassador Vilma Martinez, left, President of the L.A. Harbor Commission, signs agreement along with Yuan Huahui, center, Deputy Director-General of the Guangzhou Port Authority, and Sanchia Jacobs, Manager Global Partnerships & Strategy, Auckland Council.

Amazon.com Challenges Students To Design Warehouse Robots

The Seattle retailer hopes to make its challenge a regular event that encourages innovation in robotics and steers academic research toward e-commerce automation.

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Supply Chain Visibility

JDA Software Chooses Google Public Cloud; Retailers Wary Of Amazon Web Service

Analysts say the agreement is a sign that JDA’s retail industry customers are growing wary about giving business to Amazon, even in an area where they aren’t in competition.

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Proposed Ahold/Delhaize Merger: A Milestone In U.S. Grocery Retailing

Aside from operating traditional stores, Ahold owns online grocer Peapod. After a merger with Delhaize, Peapod would have access to the Delhaize network and potentially 1300 new pick-up points.

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Podcast: Quality Will Be Key For Amazon’s Private-Label Food

Panelists on a Wharton Business radio show discuss how consumers demand quality from private-label food brands, which will be the biggest obstacle for the e-commerce giant to overcome.

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WhiteWave Foods Co. To Acquire Plant-Based Nutrition Maker Vega For $550 M

Vega offers a broad range of market-leading plant-based nutrition products - primarily powdered shakes and snack bars - containing nutrient-dense, superfood ingredients.

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Campbell Soup Co. To Acquire Garden Fresh Gourmet For $231 M

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Garden Fresh Gourmet is the No. 1 branded refrigerated salsa in the U.S. and also makes hummus, dips and tortilla chips.

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Hillary Clinton Endorses $15 Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers

Speaking by phone Sunday morning to more than 1,200 workers and organizers from the Fight For 15 movement gathered in Detroit, Clinton showed her most robust support yet for the national effort to raise pay for fast food workers.

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Tricycle-Powered Food Delivery Teams With New Food Hub In Portland, Ore.

The company recently said it is teaming with nonprofit Ecotrust to operate warehouse, processing and cold storage operations at The Redd on Salmon, a new food hub being developed on two blocks in the Central Eastside Industrial District.

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Food Chain Workers Alliance Slams Walmart’s Supply Chain Practices

The FWCA contends that Walmart’s supply chain strategy “leads it to source disproportionately from places with lax local environmental and labor regulations.”

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Automated Guided Vehicles Set To Soar Through 2019

The growing industrial pressure to produce more, in less time is creating awareness about the benefits of using AGVs for material handling and is a major factor driving the market growth.

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Nestle SA Pulls Maggi Noodles In India Over Lead Contamination

Maggi two-minute noodles, which sell at roughly a dozen rupees ($0.20) per single-serving packet, are a hugely popular snack in India.

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