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EDEKA, a Germany-based food retailer, announced plans to build its fifth logistics center.

FoodMaven, Colorado Springs, Colo., closed a $15.3 million Series B financing from Tao Capital Partners, San Francisco, and Fine Line Group, also based in San Francisco, to support the company’s growth and expansion.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), Canada, released “A landscape review of plastics in the Canadian fresh produce sector,” a technical report developed by Value Chain Management International (VCMI), Canada, to address plastic packaging in the produce industry.

DHL Supply Chain, a Westerville, Ohio-based division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, released “Rethinking Packaging,” a new trend report that offers a comprehensive look at the future of packaging in the logistics industry.

ADM, Chicago; Bunge, Ltd., White Plains, N.Y.; Cargill, Minneapolis; COFCO International, Hong Kong; Louis Dreyfus Co., The Netherlands; and Glencore Agriculture, Australia, the founding members of the industry-wide initiative to modernize global trade operations announced its new project name—Covantis.

UbiQD, Inc., a Los Alamos, N.M.-based nanotechnology development company, received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, D.C.

Interact Analysis, UK, released “The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019,” a report that indicates strong and sustained growth for the collaborative robot industry.

Grubhub, Chicago, released findings from its annual "Year in Food" report.

Digital is sparking change in every market segment, and grocery is no exception. That's the overarching takeaway from the inaugural Grocery Digital Maturity Benchmark study, which was conducted by Incisiv, West New York, N.J., and Winsight Grocery Business, a unit of Technomic, Chicago.