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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. The restaurant features what the company calls an Order Ahead Lane, which serves mobile-order customers their food through a conveyor system.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. Walmart unleashes ‘largest drone delivery footprint of any U.S. retailer thanks to partnerships with Wing and Zipline.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

McCormick & Company , an American food company that manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavoring products to retail outlets, food manufacturers, and foodservice businesses is no exception. That’s all for this week.

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Kroger Restaurant Supply Takes Grocer into Foodservice Distribution

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Kroger Restaurant Supply opened for business on April 5 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Food away from home” overtook “food at home” for the first time around 2010, as illustrated in the chart below. Source: Data from USDA Economic Research Service Food Expenditure Series. The Launch of Kroger Restaurant Supply.

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List of Top 7 Supply Chain Management Scholarships

SCMDOJO

The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth. The ideal candidates considered for this offer include those majoring in food service and the hospitality industry. However, you must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in transport or any area of logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon is turning grocery-picking gig workers into Whole Foods employees. The plan, according to a letter to employees, is to bring gig workers on as Whole Foods employees. Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

2017 Food Industry Transportation and Logistics Conference , March 5-7, Orlando, FL. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 30 – May 3, Fort Worth, TX. Industry Conferences (chronological order). Retail Supply Chain Conference , February 12 – 15, Orlando, FL.