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PRE Brands unveils new packaging

PRE Brands' unique patent-pending packaging emphasizes taste appeal and highlights the dual-sided clear vacuum-sealed structure.
March 7, 2017
Chicago-based PRE Brands unveiled a comprehensive brand refresh, including a new website, new item launch and redesigned packaging graphics for its lineup of premium grass-fed beef products.
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Top 5 trends in 2017 impacting foodservice supply chains

Consumers usually see the effect these trends have on stores and restaurants, it’s not always known how these trends impact back-of-store operations and increase the complexity of supply chains.
March 7, 2017
HAVI, Downers Grove, Ill., identified five foodservice industry trends for 2017 and beyond that could impact foodservice supply chains.
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Apio aims to be 100% clean label by 2018

Apio’s “100% clean label” initiative focuses on reformulating supplier-sourced salad dressings and toppings and vegetable tray dips.
March 7, 2017
Apio, Inc., a Guadalupe, Calif.-based producer of fresh-cut vegetables and salads under the Eat Smart brand, is said to be the first brand in the non-organic salad kit and tray category to commit to clean ingredients and labeling, with plans for all products to contain a “100% clean label” by the end of 2018.
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Crown Equipment opens new, larger sales, service center in IN

Situated at 9110 Avionics Drive near the Fort Wayne International Airport, the Crown Lift Trucks location offers a complete selection of material handling technologies, products and services.
March 7, 2017
Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a new sales and service location in Fort Wayne, Ind., to help meet growing customer needs in Northeast Indiana, including the Fort Wayne and South Bend areas and a portion of Southwest Michigan.
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Research finds companies saved $14 for every $1 invested in reducing food waste

The types of investments companies made include quantifying and monitoring food loss and waste, training staff on practices to reduce waste, changing food storage and handling processes, changing packaging to extend shelf life, changing date labels and other staff and technology investments.
March 7, 2017
New research finds that for every $1 companies invested to reduce food loss and waste, they saved $14 in operating costs, providing concrete evidence of the clear return on investment from food loss and waste reduction.
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Walmart, IBM, Tsinghua University explore use of blockchain technology

Blockchain technology is designed to generate transparency and efficiency in supply chain record-keeping.
March 7, 2017
IBM, North Castle, N.Y., Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., and Tsinghua University, China, announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China.
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US Foods to acquire SRA Foods

US Foods will continue to operate the SRA Foods facility in Birmingham, and expects to welcome its more than 100 employees to the company.
March 6, 2017
US Foods, Rosemont, Ill., announced plans to acquire SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor in Birmingham, Ala., with annual sales of approximately $80 million.
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Study: CPG manufacturers show price declines of -1.6% in 2016

The overall decline was primarily driven by lower trade pricing in the refrigerated and frozen segments, -5.4% and -8.0% respectively.
March 6, 2017
Consumers are paying less for grocery items in 2016, according to the latest data from Price-Trak, an Albany, N.Y.-based market research company specializing in price and trade promotion reporting of 150 standard categories.
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