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This Week in Logistics News (September 25 – October 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Costco is renting 3 container ships and ‘several thousand containers’ Amazon ends free Prime delivery for Whole Foods deliveries. Hy-Vee brings inventory robots to 5 stores to plan orders, reduce stockouts. High freight rates and growing geopolitical tensions are also driving up costs.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.