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Tyson Foods Inc. To Upgrade Vienna, Ga. Poultry Plant, Add Over 500 Jobs

Tyson Foods purchased the Vienna plant in 1995. The facility currently employs about 700 people, generating an annual payroll of more than $15.6 million.

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Dimensional Weight Pricing Boosts Shipping Costs This Month

Endicia surveyed 700 businesses and found that 28 percent of online businesses hadn't heard of dimensional weight pricing that will hit the rivals of the U.S. Postal Service.

UPS explains dimensional weight packaging on its website. Divide the cubic size in inches by 166 to determine dimensional weight in pounds.

Chattanooga Supermarkets Open Doors To Local Suppliers

The Bi-Lo chain one year ago launched its "Bi-Local" program, which has put products from 19 Chattanooga-area businesses in its stores.

Sen. Schumer Proposes Stricter Food Safety Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) publicly urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a new food safety plan to address instances of unsanitary food warehouses throughout the U.S.

Panama Canal Shipping Boom To Let Loose

Drewry Maritime Research says it expects transhipment activity through Panama to grow strongly once the expansion of the Panama Canal is completed, which is due to be completed next year.

This is an artist's impression of the Panama Canal Expansion on completion.

$1 Billion Renovation Set For Cuba’s Mariel Port

A $1 billion project to modernize the port and create a special economic zone will add Mariel as a stop on a global maritime highway that stretches from Asia to Europe.

This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2013, shows the first phase of the Cuba's Special Development Zone in the port of Mariel, about 50 kilometers west of Havana.

Wonton Foods Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 111

Officials interviewed 73 ill persons, and found that 48, or 66 percent of them ate bean sprouts or menu items containing bean sprouts the week before they got sick at restaurants that were supplied with bean sprouts by Wonton Foods.

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Will Kroger Enter Florida?

Kroger Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is reportedly eyeballing Florida, and possibly the company Bi-Lo/Winn-Dixie as an acquisition to help push the nation's second-largest supermarket company into the Sunshine State.

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Listeria Prompts Nationwide Recall Of Granny Smith And Gala Apples

The presence of Listeria monocytogenes was confirmed at an apple processing facility in Shafter, Calif., according to the Monterey County, Calif. health department.

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Radiant Logistics Inc. To Acquire Canada-Based Wheels Group Inc.

Wheels, founded in 1988, provides intermodal and truck brokerage services throughout the U.S. and Canada along with third party logistics solutions and value added warehouse and distribution service offerings in support of U.S. shippers looking to access

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AdvancePierre Foods To Acquire Landshire Inc.’s Wholesale And Manufacturing

AdvancePierre will assume ownership of Landshire's sandwich manufacturing operations, which produce more than 80 frozen, fully-cooked products and feature a variety of sandwiches including patties, subs, wedges, breakfast offerings and specialty items.

Mondelez International Builds $90 M Biscuit Plant In Bahrain

The government of Bahrain has reclaimed the necessary land for construction of the new plant, which will have a total capacity of nearly 90,000 tons per year with a plot size of more than 250,000 square meters (2.7 million square feet).

Bahrain's Minister of Industry & Commerce, Dr. Hassan Fakhro and Vishal Tikku, Mondelez International's Area Vice President for the Middle East.

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