Currently, more than 10 different date labels on packages – such as Sell By, Use By, Expires On, Best Before, Better if Used By or Best By – can result in confused consumers discarding a safe or usable product after the date on the package.
February 17, 2017
In a new industry-wide effort to reduce consumer confusion about product date labels, grocery manufacturers and retailers have joined together to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.
Software Advice analyzed 200 of these interactions to help other buyers understand what those trends are, and how they can improve their business’s operations with a new software solution.
February 16, 2017
Software Advice, Austin, Texas, surveyed hundreds of supply chain professionals from a variety of industries seeking to implement new software for their business to gain insight into the broader trends in supply chain management (SCM).
Aramark's facilities services team consists of 72,000 employees managing nearly 1 billion square feet for more than 1,300 clients.
February 16, 2017
Aramark, Philadelphia, Pa., announced a joint venture with Carter Brothers, an East Point, Ga.-based provider of integrated facilities management (IFM), project management, electronic security, electrical and mechanical services.
Yorkshire Provender will continue to operate from its Yorkshire, UK, location.
February 16, 2017
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a definitive agreement to purchase The Yorkshire Provender Ltd.
The $600,000 packing line can inspect, clean, wash, dry, sort, box, label and seal fruit harvested from the 1,000-acre campus farm.
February 16, 2017
The Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology on the Fresno State campus, Fresno, Calif., unveiled a state-of-the-art citrus packing line that was donated by Bee Sweet Citrus, Fowler, Calif.
It features 10,764 square feet of office space, 10 dock doors, a 64,583-square-foot trailer yard and an ocean container depot with capacity for 1,000 TEUs.
February 16, 2017
Yusen Logistics, Secaucus, N.J., opened a 53,820-square-foot logistics center near Celaya, Mexico.
Biomass Heating Solutions will use electricity-generating technology to process poultry litter into energy for heating two of the four poultry houses during the demonstration period.
February 16, 2017
Double Trouble Farm, Rhodesdale, Md., is said to be the first Maryland poultry operation to install cutting-edge technology that converts poultry litter to energy.