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Nestle To Divest Davigel To Brakes Group

Davigel, which supplies frozen and chilled meals and ice cream to restaurants and hospitals, was part of the Buitoni frozen food business Nestle bought in 1989.

Investment To Spur Tiger Cool Express Refrigerated Container Fleet

Tiger Cool Express, the second largest U.S. operator of 53-foot domestic refrigerated containers, announced in February the acquisition of 200 containers from Quingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd. bringing its fleet to 435 containers.

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Fast Food Workers Call For Nationwide Strike For Higher Pay

The latest wave of protests to press for pay increases to $15 an hour was expected to kick off in New York at dawn outside a McDonald's in Brooklyn, pick up momentum during the day and culminate in a march to Times Square during the evening rush hour.

Protesters, including college students, fast-food restaurant employees and other workers, display placards as they march Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in Boston. Organizers of the event are calling for the nation's lowest paid workers to earn at least $15 per hour.

Truck Driver Shortage Stays High As Freight Volumes Rise

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

Turnover at truckload fleets – a barometer of the driver shortage – remained very high in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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India-Based VRL Logistics Set To Go Public

VRL logistics is in the business of providing surface logistics and parcel delivery with a fleet of 3,546 owned vehicles across 28 states.

USDA Expands Beef And Pork Trade With Mexico And Peru

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcements during a meeting with producers in Des Moines, Iowa.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Washington State Ports Stand To Gain On Portland’s Woes

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

The demise of Hanjin’s and Hapag Lloyd’s Portland ship calls means that in most cases their customers will shift their cargo to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Del Monte Pacific Acquires U.S. Veg Group Sager Creek For $75 Million

Fresh Del Monte Produce

Sager Creek produces speciality vegetables for foodservice and retail customers and includes brands like Veg-All, Freshlike, Popeye, Princella and Allens', among others.

E-Commerce Leaders Add Brick And Mortar Stores

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Food And Beverage To Push Demand For Refrigerated Vehicles Through 2020

The rise in home delivery of frozen and chilled food and beverages, for instance, is helping spur market opportunities for refrigerated transportation.

Reefer load posts picked up 10 percent and volume was up markedly in big metro areas like Los Angeles and Dallas. The number of truck posts fell 2 percent nationwide, bumping the refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 12 percent from 2.8 to 3.1. The national average reefer rate increased 1 cent to $1.80 per mile.

Vertical Farming Brings Agriculture To Urban Environments

AeroFarms is developing the world's largest-producing vertical farm in a vacant steel factory in Newark that after it begins running later this year, the farm's indoor system will grow around 2 million pounds of baby greens annually.

AeroFarms is set to open the world's largest indoor vertical farm will open in the second half of 2015.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. Builds $12 M Bacon Plant In Cudahy, Wis.

Smithfield Foods

The new, 17,000-square-foot plant will include four slicing lines that will increase Smithfield Foods' bacon capacity by approximately 10 million pounds.

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