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Yusen Logistics opens logistics center in Bajio, Mexico

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.
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Double Trouble Farm installs manure-to-energy technology

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.
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US Foods to acquire All American Foods

All American Foods offers more than 4,000 SKUs to nearly 1,000 customers throughout Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
February 15, 2017
US Foods, Rosemont, Ill., agreed to acquire All American Foods, a broadline distributor based in North Kingstown, R.I.
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PMMI study: Healthy, convenient food options are top of mind

New product launches with plant-based claims have increased almost seven-fold since 2011.
February 15, 2017
Food processing machinery continues significant annual growth, increasing 11.3%, according to the “2017 Trends in Food Processing Operations” report, produced by PMMI.
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U.S. solar market smashes records, grows 95% in 2016

For the first time ever, U.S. solar ranked as the No. 1 source of new electric-generating capacity additions on an annual basis.
February 15, 2017
In its biggest year to date, the U.S. solar market nearly doubled its annual record, topping out at 14,626 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) installed in 2016.
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Todd Greiner Farms expands packing operations

The new equipment is part of ongoing improvements that have included the addition of a second packing house and two additional packing lines over the last three years.
February 15, 2017
Todd Greiner Farms Packing, LLC, a Hart, Mich.-based asparagus grower/packer/shipper, announced plans to add a 5th packing line to its Hart facility.
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Norfolk Southern opens new locomotive maintenance, repair shop in Chicago

The Chicago site operates a locomotive shop for minor repairs at its Calumet Yard intermodal facility and mobile rapid-response crews inspect and service outbound locomotives.
February 14, 2017
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS), Norfolk, Va., opened a new locomotive maintenance and repair facility in Chicago to enhance operational efficiency for trains moving through the nation’s largest rail hub.
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Survey: Focus on sustainable procurement intensifies across the globe

In 2017, the two largest obstacles for sustainable procurement programs were a lack of internal resources and difficulty tracking supplier sustainability performance.
February 14, 2017
Sustainable procurement programs are more integral and widespread than ever before, but face a critical juncture as they scale to reach the next level of maturity.
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Study: Coupon activity reveals changes in shopper preferences

the share of redemption captured by offers that are loaded directly to shoppers’ retailer loyalty accounts (load-to-card) grew 20% between 2015 and 2016.
February 14, 2017
Analysis by Inmar, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., of 2016 coupon activity reveals an ongoing "promotional transposition" with paperless, digital coupons beginning to overtake traditional paper coupons in popularity.
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