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This paper examines supply chain design strategies for a specific type of perishable product - fresh produce using melons and sweet corn as examples. Melons and other types of produce reach their peak value at the time of harvest; product value deteriorates exponentially post-harvest until the product is cooled to dampen the deterioration. Using the product's marginal value of time (MVT), the rate at which the product loses value over time in the supply chain, we show that the appropriate model to minimize lost value in the supply chain is a hybrid of a responsive model from post-harvest to cooling, followed by an efficient model in the remainder of the chain. We also show that these two segments of the supply chain are only loosely linked, implying that little coordination is required ...
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EPA is providing notice of a final determination to deny an administrative petition submitted by Earthjustice on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The petition requested EPA to review the final rule, ``Regulation of Oil-Bearing Hazardous Secondary Materials From the Petroleum Refining Industry Processed in a Gasification System To Produce Synthesis Gas,'' published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2008.
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Checking out some of the produce in grocery stores these days can be a worldly and sometimes weird adventure. One day, I met a woman who was selecting an array of odd-looking fruits at Schnucks. "I'm having a tasting party with my girlfriends," she said.
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Domínguez es originario de República Dominicana; vivió en Nueva York, donde también tenía un supermercado. Hace cuatro años se mudó a Orlando, donde inició los trámites para abrir esta tienda. "Tuvimos muchos contratiempos, pero valió la pena", dijo emocionado Domínguez.
Además del servicio Fancy Fruit & Produce es diferente porque todos los días ofrece especiales, "tratamos de conseguir productos baratos para nuestros clientes; por ejemplo si yo tengo el tomate a 49 centavos hoy y mañana lo consigo a 29 centavos lo pongo al precio más bajo".
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (NYSE: FDP) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The Company ...
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The ears of corn that shoppers see at a Kuhn's Market at 8 a.m. might have been picked the day before at a local farm.
I'll put our produce up against anyone else's," said Joe Dentici, co-founder and president of the Western Pennsylvania grocery chain that is closing a Cranberry store, but looking for new locations as it works to stand out from competitors by emphasizing fresh produce, meat, breads and deli items.
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Williams Cos. Inc. will produce up to 17,000 barrels per day of ethane and ethylene for Nova Chemicals Corp. in Alberta, Canada.
Williams plans to invest $318.5 million in the project to expand its two primary facilities in Alberta to support the long-term agreement.
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Connie Christopher of Amboy and her three daughters, from left, Lindee, 2, Noelle, 8, and Angeline, 5, select a birthday cake Tuesday at Chucks Produce and Street Market in east Vancouver. Store developers plan to build a second store in Hazel Dell to accommodate resident requests for a west-side location, but a hefty traffic impact fee could threaten the project.
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The Hunts Point market in New York, the largest produce market in the nation, is weighing a move across the Hudson River that could bring more than 3,000 jobs to New Jersey.
The New York City Terminal Produce Co-operative Market at Hunts Point in the South Bronx, which supplies grocers and restaurants in the tri-state area, has flirted with New Jersey before. Newark unsuccessfully wooed the market two years ago, as did the state in the mid-1990s.