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Layoffs hit Amazon Fresh, Kroger, UNFI and other food companies

Freight Waves

The closure of the UNFI warehouse is the result of a split with client Key Food Stores Co-op Inc., NYSE: FDP ) is closing a fruit processing facility and two warehouses in Yakima, Washington, and laying off 51 full-time workers and 448 seasonal employees. by the end of 2026. Wholesale distributor United Natural Foods Inc.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Ports and railroads are straining in part because of Washington's failure to adopt an infrastructure program. A recent article in The Washington Post led off with an anecdote about an 87-year-old man who was looking for work and was told by a trucking company that if he had a commercial drivers license, they would put him in a cab that day.

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Borderlands Mexico: Renegotiating USMCA may boost North American trade 

Freight Waves

The USMCA faces a critical juncture as it approaches its first six-year review in 2026, though negotiations are already underway. Mexican senior officials have been making regular visits to Washington since early 2023. Jorge Gonzalez Henrichsen, CEO of The Nearshore Co.,

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The need to know

EFT

China ready to discuss tariffs and subsidies with US at WTO China is ready to have discussions about trade policies, including tariffs and subsidies, that Washington has identified as obstacles to reforming the World Trade Organization, a senior delegate at China's mission to the WTO said.