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Starbucks, Dunkin' Brace for Levies, Bans on To-Go Coffee Cups

Overwhelmed by trash, jurisdictions around the world are banning single-use plastic takeaway containers and cups.

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Inventory Burn From Caterpillar to Coca-Cola Set to Hit U.S. GDP

U.S. companies including Coca-Cola Co., Whirlpool Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. confront the need to reverse bloated stockpiles of products after inventories surged across corporate America.

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Walmart Creates an Angus Beef Supply Chain, Bypassing Tyson

The nation’s biggest grocer has partnered with a Texas cattle rancher and other industry-related businesses to provide a steady supply of no-hormone-added Angus beef to 500 of its U.S. stores.

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Technology Just Might Solve the Dwell Time Conundrum

Nobody profits when drivers wait in the loading dock of a distribution center for teams to load or unload their trucks. It costs everybody in food retail. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates “detention time” costs trucking companies $3 billion a year and, if you carry that over to the larger economy, the price the public ultimately pays is closer to $6.5 billion a year.

Brazil’s Sugar King Says Infrastructure, Railways Are the New Hot Commodities

Commodity powerhouse Cosan Ltd. is ready to invest “tens of billions” in a plan that will reshape how the nation’s crops get transported.

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Bulging Stockpiles Will Weigh on U.S. Growth Throughout 2019

The rising stockpiles of cars, furniture and other goods that helped the U.S. economy boom in 2018 are now poised to cause a hangover this year.

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Kenya Fresh Produce Platform Aims to Disrupt African Retail

In the country’s fragmented retail market, where 90 percent of food is sold through informal outlets, tech startup Twiga Foods is trying to create efficiency to lower food prices.

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McDonald's Quest for Specialty Eggs Cuts Cage-Free Prices for All

McDonald’s mission to use only cage-free eggs is rippling across the market.

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The Winners and Losers of Coffee's 13-Year Low

Coffee has been among the worst-performing commodities in the past few years as the world became awash with beans, and there are few signs of a meaningful rebound any time soon.

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These Asian Chocolatiers Are Spicing Up the Global Sweets Scene

A rising crop of artisanal chocolate makers are daring to try — and succeeding — in the unlikeliest of places.

A plantation worker turns drying cacao beans in the sun. Photo: Shutterstock.

Walmart Puts Reusable Bags at Store Checkouts to Reduce Plastic

Walmart will offer reusable shopping totes at the checkout counters of all its U.S. stores for the first time as the world’s largest retailer starts to move away from the use of plastic bags.

Shoppers purchase items at a Walmart Inc. store. Photo: Shutterstock.

Amazon Go Faces Unlikely Challenge From Checkout-Free Startup

Grocers, alarmed at Amazon’s rapid growth in Europe, are considering fighting back with the help of a tiny Portuguese startup.

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