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by Brian Everett, on Jan 3, 2025 3:10:52 PM

Faced with changing market demand in recent years, Kellogg Company split up its businesses into two separate entities in 2023. It tasked one of these new companies, WK Kellogg Co, …

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by Conrad Winter, on Jan 3, 2025 1:50:21 PM

Considering that 70.5% of food in the U.S. is transported by truck, any impact to trucking costs or capacity impacts food shippers, according to Rebecca Brewster, President and Chief Operating …

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by Courtney Bloom, on Jan 3, 2025 10:18:44 AM

Trucking activity in the United States contracted in November, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, just the second decrease since July. “The frustratingly …

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by Brian Everett, on Dec 23, 2024 3:05:15 PM

What are the biggest issues and areas of interest for those following Food Shippers of America (FSA)? Some of the hottest topics revolve around how to leverage technology to generate …

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by Brian Everett, on Dec 6, 2024 1:53:43 PM

Food companies may be wrestling with the “Great Breakup” (the trend in the past two years of women leaving their job for more fulfilling work or the workforce altogether), yet …

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by Staff, on Dec 6, 2024 12:21:28 PM

Source: Walmart Walmart has been slashing U.S. delivery costs by automating its supply chain – including automation in more than 50% of its fulfillment center volumes. Increased automation and more …

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by Courtney Bloom, on Nov 20, 2024 9:09:35 PM

Trucking activity in the United States rose modestly in October, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, the third increase since July. “The slow, …

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by Staff, on Nov 20, 2024 9:02:56 PM

Based in Pennsylvania, Giant Eagle employs nearly 36,000 individuals and is one of the 40 largest family-operated companies in the United States – operating Giant Eagle, GetGo, and Market District …

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by Staff, on Nov 20, 2024 8:39:37 PM

Starbucks works with 450,000-plus farms that grow the highest quality Arabica coffee in the world. Starbucks works to develop on-farm interventions, share seeds, research and practices across the industry to …

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by Staff, on Nov 20, 2024 8:30:14 PM

Inside a Dollar General DC. The discount retailer is continuing to expand its distribution capabilities in the western United States by opening a new facility in Aurora, Colorado. Dollar General, …

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