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Sales of Organic Foods Reportedly Top $1Bn a Year at Kroger

Organic foods have long carried a price premium along with a certain snob appeal or caricature, depending on your view: Fancy eats for affluent folks, not the hungry and thrifty masses. So much for that stereotype. Organic products sold under Kroger’s store brand are about to top $1bn in annual sales.

Global Driver-less Vehicle Shipments to Exceed 42 Million by 2035 14 Million by 2030

Global driver-less vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driver-less vehicle base reaching 176 million.

Managers Need to Know When to Step Out of Way of Computers

The exact moment when computers got better than people at human tasks arrived in 2011, according to data scientist Jeremy Howard, at an otherwise inconsequential machine-learning competition in Germany.

Consumers Want Grocers to Offer More Locally Produced Food, Study Says

Grocery shoppers today want local food-and they are willing to pay a premium for it. This is a growing opportunity for retailers.

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In E-Commerce, the Race to Own the Last Mile Is Heating Up

The field of companies offering rapid delivery of items ordered online is getting awfully crowded.

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Airline Dedicates Freighter to Basel's Growing Life Sciences Industry

AirBridgeCargo Airlines will cater to Basel, Switzerland's thriving health care industry with the launch of a Boeing 747 freighter service on Sept. 19.

Whole Foods Market Latest Grocer to Offer Same-day Home Delivery

Whole Foods Market moves into the fast-growing same-day grocery-delivery space with the news that it is partnering with one-hour grocery delivery start-up Instacart to have products delivered to customers' homes in as little as one hour. Customers will soon also have the option to place orders via Instacart and pick up their order at a local Whole Foods store.

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Central Freight Lines Expands Operations in Georgia

Central Freight Lines Inc., a privately held provider of less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation based in Waco, Tex., has purchased the LTL assets of DTI of Atlanta, Ga.

Anheuser-Busch, Ryder Join to Convert Distributor's Diesel Fleet in Houston to Natural Gas

Ryder System has partnered with Anheuser-Busch to replace the beer company's 66 diesel tractor fleet in Houston with compressed natural gas-powered engines.

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Orders for Class 8 Vehicles in August 'Atypically Robust'

Demand for commercial vehicles remained healthy in August as 43,100 total NA Classes 5-8 orders were booked. Over the course of the past 12 months, NA Classes 5-8 net orders have totaled 531,500 units, an improvement of 20 percent/90,000 units compared to the preceding 12-month period.

European Retailers Could Face Another Food Scandal, Report Says

So-called "adversarial procurement" practices among large retailers are a threat to the "integrity of the food industry", according to a major report into the horse meat scandal in Europe.

Big-Box Retailing: Will E-Commerce Blow the House Down?

In the folktale "The Three Little Pigs," a house made of brick is the one that the Big Bad Wolf can't blow down. If only today's brick-and-mortar retailers were as sturdy.

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