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Target, Walmart Race To Build Fulfillment Centers For E-Commerce

This quarter Walmart expects to open four such facilities, each more than 1 million square feet, while Target expects to spend $1 billion this year to improve supply chain and technology infrastructure.

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Waste Reduction

Hy-Vee Nebraska Stores To Turn Organic Waste To Compost, Biogas And Animal Feed

Nebraska Hy-Vee stores will divert excess fruits and vegetables, bakery products, solid dairy products and floral clippings with the help of the Sanimax system, which will then turn the food waste into compost, biogas and animal feed.

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E-Commerce Solutions

Mondelez International Partners With ChannelSight To Accelerate E-Commerce Growth

Mondelez will continue to add "Buy Now" buttons to owned, earned and paid media platforms across 25 markets, linking to over 130 retailers' websites, to make it easy for consumers to both find and buy Mondelez International products online.

Whole Foods Market To Target Millennials With New Chain Offering Value Orientation

The plan is to begin opening stores next year, and given the more standardized design and product assortment, the company expects a fairly rapid expansion from there.

WERC Conference: Lease Financing Offers Solution To Automation Costs

Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)

Finding ways to overcome cost concerns with automation was addressed during a session, “Financing and Leasing Automation” during the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference Program held this week in Orlando, Fla.

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Sysco/FTC Court Battle Over Sysco/US Foods Merger Begins

In opening arguments by Sysco's Richard Parker of O'Melveny & Myers and the FTC's Stephen Weissman, the two sides disagreed on whether there was a national market for food distribution.

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WERC Conference: Collaborative Robots Address Labor Shortage And More

The key advantage to what has been termed “collaborative” robots is their ability to perform a variety of tasks, as opposed to the large, industrial robots used for high-speed, repetitive motions in assembly lines.

Chris Harbert of Rethink Robotics explains the benefits of “collaborative” robots at the WERC Conference.

WERC Conference Podcast: Unilever Executive Gains Insights On Robots In The Warehouse

Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)

Chris Harbert, global sales director at Rethink Robotics, described the advantages of “collaborative” robots.

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WERC DC Measures Study Finds Shift to Customer-Focused Metrics

Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)

On-time shipments remains the most popular metric among members of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)

IARW/WFLO Expo: Food Safety Experts Present Top Concerns About FSMA

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Both speakers focused much of their attention on the sanitary transportation of food (STF) proposed rule, which is scheduled to be published in final form in March 2016.

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Food Industry Urges Congress To Add $109.5 M In Funding For FSMA

Costco Wholesale Corp., Walmart, GMA and the Produce Marketing Association joined 16 others to back FDA’s request for an additional $109.5 million in funding in the Fiscal Year 2016 Agriculture/FDA Appropriations legislation.

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Foodcareplus Launches Reefer Consolidation Service From Canada To Europe For Seafood

The new integrated reefer consolidation service from Halifax will allow the seafood community to ship deep-frozen product from Canada straight into the heart of Europe via its frozen cargo facility in the port of Antwerp.

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