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The Freight Broker’s Secret Weapon with Nick Schrock

The Logistics of Logistics

He previously worked at Flock Freight, Ungerboeck Software, O’Brien Associates Food Brokerage, and Northwestern Mutual. About Valoroo Based in San Diego, CA, Valoroo is an outsourcing provider that focuses specifically on the logistics industry. At 13 years old, he was a professionally sponsored roller blader.

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Making More Possible for Your Cold Chain With Complete, Tailored Solutions

Americold

Americold’s cold chain experts will be onsite at the 2024 AFFI CON event in San Diego, CA., from February 24-27. Meet with us about your temperature-controlled supply chain challenges and learn how we streamline activities to reduce transit time and cost while maintaining an unbroken cold chain.

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Give Your Sweetheart Something Expensive This Valentine’s Day: Eggs

Enterra Insights

That’s putting stress on consumer budgets and the bottom lines of restaurants, bakeries and other food producers that rely heavily on eggs.” observe, “The rising cost of eggs and the increasing costs of other food items has left many American families feeling the squeeze in their weekly or monthly grocery budget.”[3]

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The Backorder, March 20 2024

Unleashed

“The last decade has seen protein added into just about every food and drink product you can imagine – despite the fact most adults already consume sufficient levels of protein. As consumers, the food and drink we buy and consume is one of our simplest agencies for positive change. We’re proudly made in the UK.”

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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

He wrote, “The earliest humans were interested in a variety of geographical questions, including where were food, water, and friends; how long did it take to move between place A and B, and how could they illustrate familiar surroundings?”[1] ”[2] However, SDSU professor Ming-Hsiang Tsou states, “We disagree with that.”

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

His son, Paul Ecke, assumed the business in the 1920s and moved the operation to Encinitas, 25 miles north of San Diego. By 1909, the poinsettias were selling so well that he made them the focus of his entire business. Ecke soon developed secret breeding techniques that vastly improved the durability and aesthetics of poinsettias.

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The Next Generation of Fresh: iTradeNetwork at Spring Hackathons

ITradeNetwork

The first was HackXX 2019, a women-centric hackathon at UC-San Diego on April 6-7, followed up by HackSC 2019 at the University of Southern California on April 12-14. We enthusiastically set out toward southern California with the goal of attracting and mentoring talent in computer science and other STEM Fields.