Food & Beverage

Coca-Cola, U.S. State Dept. to Use Blockchain to Combat Forced Labor

March 22, 2018

Coca-Cola Co. and the U.S. State Department along with two other companies said last week they are launching a project using blockchain’s digital ledger technology to create a secure registry for workers that will help fight the use of forced labor worldwide.

Cheerios Maker Is Latest Victim of Trucker Shortage

March 22, 2018

Bloomberg

General Mills Inc. suffered the worst plunge since mid-2015 after shipping costs and other expenses squeezed profit margins to their thinnest point in years.

How Driverless Cars See the World Around Them

March 21, 2018

The New York Times

On Sunday night, a woman died after she was hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber in Tempe, Ariz. The car was operating autonomously, though a safety driver was behind the wheel, according to a statement from the local police.

China Is Leaving the West Behind in Race for Electric-Car Raw Materials

March 20, 2018

Industryweek

China is first out of the blocks in the global race to secure raw material supplies critical for the batteries that will power the electric vehicles of the future.

Trump Condemns Chinese Factories. China Is Already Closing Some.

March 19, 2018

The New York Times

Li Jinzi’s apartment lost its heat when the kilns went cold. Li works at a Chinese aluminum factory, the sort of hulking industrial installation that has helped set off a global trade fight.

Bottled Water May Contain Tiny Particles of Plastic, Research Shows

March 16, 2018

Fortune

A lot of bottled water contains tiny bits of plastic, known as microplastics, according to research conducted by a non-profit journalism organization called Orb Media.

From Big Box to the Last Mile: Tracing Retail's Evolution

March 15, 2018

Matt Powers, Executive VP, JLL

Retail Planning in the Age of Amazon

March 15, 2018

Hank Saiia, Principal Solutions Architect, ToolsGroup

Big Box vs. Amazon: The Retail Battle of Behemoths

March 15, 2018

Colby Beland, VP Sales & Marketing, CaseStack

Most of America’s Fruit Is Now Imported. Is That a Bad Thing?

March 15, 2018

The New York Times

It’s obvious to anyone who visits an American supermarket in winter — past displays brimming with Chilean grapes, Mexican berries and Vietnamese dragon fruit — that foreign farms supply much of our produce.

Food & Beverage

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