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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. That trend has been referred to by a number of terms, such as “buying local” and “eating local”. Is “eating local” the next-generation of the “organic” trend?

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Halloween Candy – A Scary Supply Chain Planning Problem

Logility

In the interactive “ Top Halloween Candy by State ” map, CandyStore.com shows my beloved candy corn is the favorite candy for trick-or-treaters in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan and Alabama. A growing trend amongst ages 25-34 is dressing pets in costumes. That is an average of $86.79

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Freight Gathers Strength in Early November, Led by Western Region

DAT Solutions

We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports, and we might miss a broader trend. I decided to look at last week's rate trends by region. These results are atypical , so they may surprise longtime freight trend watchers.

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Rates and Demand Are Still High for Refrigerated Freight

DAT Solutions

Those, combined with the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricanes, have led to tight capacity in southern Idaho, and outbound rates continue to climb out of Twin Falls. mile, and it’s continuing on a downward trend this week. Florida rates continued to slide: Miami to Atlanta dropped 40¢ to $1.29/mile,

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Imported Produce Volume Outpaces Home-Grown

DAT Solutions

The big food service outfits have private fleets, or they work with contract carriers, so the restaurant trend "eats away" at the refrigerated freight volume on the spot market. still grows plenty of apples, onions, and potatoes, in Washington, Colorado and Idaho, respectively. More imports, less home-grown. and Mexico.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

I track produce trends, since these have some variability from year to year, and the unpredictable demand often has a big influence on spot market trends. Further West, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho all appear to be on track for onions and potatoes. Huge Harvests Expected for Apples, Onions, Potatoes.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

It’s one of our top six trends we’re following in 2019, and we have decades of experience in this area. “What are your customer, partner, regulatory, and vendor expectations?”. Are you meeting those expectations? The great news about supply chain compliance is that AB&R® makes it a breeze. Business Address 1 *. Business Address 2.