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Study: U.S. business logistics costs slow considerably with 2.6% growth

The report reveals total U.S. business logistics costs rose to $1.48 trillion in 2015, a 2.6% increase from the previous year.
June 22, 2016
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Lombard, Ill., released its 27th Annual State of Logistics Report, which was produced in collaboration with global strategic management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney, Chicago, as the author and researcher, and Penske Logistics, Reading, Pa., continuing in its longstanding role as top supporter of the report.
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Olymel to expand pork processing plant

The expansion will include the construction of a refrigeration room and reorganization of production tables.
June 22, 2016
Olymel L.P., Canada, announced plans to invest more than $25 million to expand its hog slaughterhouse and butchering facility at St-Esprit in the Lanaudière region.
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1WorldSync, FoodLogiQ partner to improve supply chain traceability, transparency

The partnership provides a supply chain traceability solution that delivers transparency while tackling food safety and compliance issues.
June 22, 2016
1WorldSync, a multi-enterprise product information network based in Lawrenceville, N.J., and FoodLogiQ, a provider of food safety, traceability and sustainability software as a service (SaaS), partnered to provide the food supply industry with a supply chain traceability solution that delivers transparency while tackling food safety and compliance issues.
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Hannaford store concept

Hannaford Supermarkets opens new concept store

The 68,000-square-foot Bedford Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy in Bedford, N.H., represents a new design concept for the grocer.
June 22, 2016
Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, Maine, unveiled its largest and most innovative supermarket ever.
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Kellogg establishes venture capital fund to support growth

The venture capital fund will play an important role in achieving Kellogg's 2020 strategic growth objectives.
June 22, 2016
Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., established eighteen94 capital (1894) to make minority investments in companies pursuing next-generation innovation.
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Study: Cloud usage in manufacturing, engineering to triple by 2017

Eighty percent of operations departments, 70% of engineering groups and 59% of manufacturing departments expect to grow their use of enterprise cloud apps dramatically by 2017.
June 22, 2016
Global manufacturing companies have realized good results by adopting cloud applications, and they plan to accelerate cloud use dramatically by 2017, especially in their manufacturing, engineering and operations groups.
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PermaCold, DarkSky Technologies partner to provide energy-saving solutions in cold storage facilities

The model aims to result in significant and long-term reductions in power consumption, negative environmental impacts and toxic materials.
June 22, 2016
PermaCold Engineering, Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based refrigeration design-build firm, and DarkSky Technologies, an LED solutions provider based in Portland, Ore., announced a formal partnership that will combine expertise in their respective fields to develop and build new custom-designed and retrofitted cold storage and food processing facilities.
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Agropur opens new head office in Canada

The new office includes a laboratory, distribution center and what is said to be Canada's largest dairy R&D center.
June 22, 2016
Canada-based Agropur Dairy Cooperative officially opened its new head office complex in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
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Dean Foods completes acquisition of Friendly's Ice Cream

The Friendly's Ice Cream business, under the ownership of Dean Foods Co., will continue to operate out of the facility in Wilbraham, Mass.
June 20, 2016
Friendly's Ice Cream, LLC, Wilbraham Mass., announced that it finalized the sale of its retail ice cream and manufacturing business to Dean Foods Co., Dallas, Texas.
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