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Stir Foods, Pacifica Foods acquire Sabra's salsa business

The acquisition of Sabra’s salsa business enhances the company's salsa manufacturing capabilities and adds capacity to support the continued growth of Stir-Pacifica.
November 13, 2018
Wind Point Partners, Chicago, and portfolio company Stir Foods, Orange County, Calif., and Pacifica Foods, Corona, Calif., acquired Sabra Dipping Co.'s salsa business based in Oceanside, Calif.
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Research shows lower turnover rate with women drivers

Female drivers tend to be more satisfied in most areas with their carriers, the study says.
November 13, 2018
Stay Metrics, South Bend, Ind., published a new research paper that attributes critical areas of driver job satisfaction and turnover intent to gender.
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sustainability farm

Field to Market, Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN announce new capability for farmers to quantify stewardship

The integration of Field to Market's sustainability metrics provides commodity crop producers and the supply chain with a seamless solution for assessing sustainability performance.
November 13, 2018
Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, Washington, D.C., and Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, Arden Hills, Minn., announced the forthcoming availability of Field to Market's sustainability metrics within the new Truterra Insights Engine from Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN.
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Study: Catering to the adventurous consumer is key for 2019

The Top 10 trends for 2019 report analyzes global developments in food and beverage launch activity and consumer research.
November 13, 2018
Targeting increasingly adventurous consumers, who are set on new discoveries and experiences, will be key to developments in the food and beverage industry in 2019, according to a report released by Innova Market Insights, The Netherlands.
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National Pork Board, U.S. Meat Export Federation to partner on Pork 2040

The Pork 2040 research will also assess trends in the development of new production and marketing technologies.
November 13, 2018
The National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa; the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), Denver, Colo.; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., announced plans to engage in a foresight-based marketing study called Pork 2040.
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Food safety testing

Study: Recalls driving growth in worldwide food safety market

This demand will drive the food safety market to exceed 1.3 billion tests in 2019, with more than 300 million of these tests being for higher value pathogen detection and identification tests.
November 13, 2018
Recent food recalls in the United States and Europe is putting more pressure on processors to test more frequently, thus driving demand for food safety diagnostic products and commercial laboratory services over the next five years, according to a study produced by Strategic Consulting, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
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Line item RFID to increase supply chain efficiency

The study found that when RFID was not implemented, 69% of orders shipped and received from brands to their retailer partners contained data errors.
November 12, 2018
Brand owners and retailers using electronic product code (EPC)-enabled radio frequency identification (RFID) to optimize inventory management and reconcile product shipments are capable of achieving 99.9% order accuracy, according to a new research from the Auburn University RFID Lab, Auburn, Ala., and GS1 US, Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Ahold Delhaize, TU Delft partner to expand AIR lab

By expanding its focus to robotics, AIRLab Delft will further drive innovations for daily business.
November 12, 2018
Ahold Delhaize, The Netherlands, partnered with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, to expand the company's Artificial Intelligence for Retail (AIR)Lab.
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Top 10 food trends in 2019

The report report identifies flavors, ingredients and even technological advancements in artificial intelligence and farming as components of the wave of dining and eating influences.
November 12, 2018
The Sterling-Rice Group (SRG), Boulder, Colo., identifies the top culinary trends that will stand out on menus and expand into grocery shelves.
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