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How Sysco Manages Grain-Fed Beef Exports: An Inside Look

Dan Chase, Sysco Corp.’s senior director of logistics and outbound marketing, leads a seven-person team that gets an order, secures the product from the plant, and then preps the beef for its final destination.

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Domino’s Pizza To Offer ‘Tweet To Order’ In U.S.

Domino's will be the first major player in the restaurant industry to use Twitter on an ongoing basis to place and complete an order.

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E-Commerce Growth Pushes Higher Warehouses

Eight feet of added ceiling height may not seem like a lot, but for warehouse builders, the extra clearance can be the difference between an empty building and one that attracts a tenant such as Walmart.com or Amazon.com.

ES3’s facility in York, Pennsylvania serves as both a manufacturers’ mixing center and a retailers’ distribution center.

Listeria Outbreak Alarms U.S. Apple Industry

The president of the U.S. Apple Association has called food safety the apple industry’s “top issue.”

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Eco-Friendly Food Carts Coming To New York City

In a pilot program set to be announced on Monday, MOVE Systems is providing 500 free carts, called MRV100 Hybrids, to vendors across the city, in partnership with the City Council.

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American Fast Freight Acquires Caribbean Shipping Services, Inc.

Caribbean Shipping operates primarily in the Puerto Rico market specializing in refrigerated freight forwarding.

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CMA CGM To Operate Logistics Platform In Cuba’s Mariel Harbor

CMA CGM has been present in Cuba since 2000, one of the only three shipping companies to call the country, and is the first international company to sign such a logistics development agreement in Cuba.

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Bourbon Distillers Scrutinize Logistics As Demand Surges Amidst Barrel Shortage

Kentucky distillers filled 1.2 million barrels in 2013 alone, and that wasn’t easy because barrel producers have been struggling to keep up since the lumber industry contracted so deeply in the wake of the housing collapse.

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Grocery Giants Ahold and Delhaize Explore Merger with U.S. Focus

Dutch grocer Ahold, which owns Peapod and several U.S. supermarket chains, and Belgian rival Delhaize, which owns Food Lion in the U.S., are exploring a merger which has sent their shares soaring, though analysts were split over the merits of any deal.

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Performance Food Group Executive Testifies In Favor Of Sysco/US Foods Merger

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Holm said that after the Sysco-US Foods merger and the divestitures to PFG, his company would be ready at the outset to compete for business from large national customers. PFG would be a competitor “that will be taken seriously,” he said.

George Holm is President and Chief Executive Officer of Performance Food Group.

McDonald’s Tests Postmates Direct Delivery In New York City

Customers can go to Postmates.com or download the Postmates mobile app (available for iOS and Android) to order their favorite McDonald's food for delivery within an hour from 88 select McDonald's restaurants in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

China And Russia Launch $2 Billion Agriculture Investment Fund

It marks a sharper pivot toward Russia and accelerates a drive that has seen the Asian giant spend billions of dollars to acquire food-producing companies abroad as well as cultivate farming producers like Argentina and Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a joint press conference after signing a joint statement in the Kremlin on May 8, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.

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