Food waste remains a problem, and what better day to highlight new solutions than Earth Day? A new app from Cornell University, FMI, and USDA aims to alleviate food waste by removing the uncertainty about whether or not food is still safe to eat. David Fikes of FMI reports that 20 pounds of food per…
Archives for April 2015
Retailers are Going Green Today for a Greener Tomorrow
Earth Day acts as a reminder for each of us to consider ways we can help to green up the planet, but Stop & Shop and Wegmans are one step ahead of us. Stop & Shop has recently made public their work on an anaerobic digester. This machine will turn once wasted food scraps into usable…
Rockline Industries Wins an Award
Family owned since 1976, Rockline Industries based in Sheboygan, WI wins the Manufacturer of the Year Award for 2014. This was awarded by the Sheboygan County Chamber, who recognized Rockline Industries for their continued commitment to job creation, community investment and growth. In the past three years Rockline has added nearly 250 jobs that have benefited…
Distribution 3.0: The Physical Internet
The below is an excerpt from ES3’s “collaborate.grow.win. how smart devices create smart supply networks” whitepaper. Receive your copy today to understand the impacts of the convergence of the Internet of Things and the Physical Internet on retail’s future state. The Physical Internet provides a global framework for collaboration, enabling scale and cost-savings. Designed to…