More than $22,500 in awards will be presented, and the top applicant will be invited to attend the conference and accept the award in person. Eligible applicants are children or dependents (including spouses) of a supply chain department employee whose company's FSA membership dues are current.

SUPERVALU has completed its purchase of Associated Grocers of Florida. The company has also broadened Instacart home-delivery and curbside-pickup options from its Cub stores to all retail brand locations.

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Food Shippers of America Agenda 2018 as of 11/16/17.

Food Shippers of America’s 63rd Annual Conference will be held March 11-13th, 2018, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, AZ. If you have attended an FSA conference in the last three years, you will receive an email invitation that will include your own unique voucher number. This number will be needed when you access the link within the email invitation to complete your conference registration.

63rd Annual Food Shippers of America Conference Sponsors for 2018 include:

California Public Employees Retirement System raised its position in Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) by 5.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,348,829 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 72,800 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System owned about 0.26% of Sysco worth $72,769,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Key companies profiled in this report are Agro Merchants Group, Llc (U.S.), Cloverleaf Cold Storage (U.S.), Americold Logistics (U.S.), Preferred Freezer Services (U.S.), Burris Logistics (U.S.), Lineage Logistics Holding Llc (U.S.), Nichirei Logistics Group Inc. (Japan), Kloosterboer Group (Netherlands), Swire Cold Storage Ltd (Australia), Interstate Cold Storage Inc. (U.S.) and others.

Amazon.com Inc.’s price cuts at Whole Foods, a key part of its strategy for the upscale grocer, are rocking its supermarket rivals. Shares of Kroger Co. and Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. fell after Amazon announced that it was lowering prices on more grocery items and holiday staples. Whole Foods also signaled that markdowns will get more aggressive as it adopts Amazon’s Prime subscription platform. The popularity of Prime threatens to give the grocer a weapon it can wield against other chains, which already have seen their shares pummeled this year.

On Dec. 8, Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) informed its shareholders that it is moving its stock listing to the Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange. On the Nasdaq, Pepsico’s ordinary stock will continue trading as PEP, starting on Dec. 20. Jamie Caulfield, Pepsico’s senior vice president of investor relations, commented, "We believe this move will provide us with greater cost-effectiveness and access to Nasdaq's unique portfolio of tools and services to connect with our investors more efficiently."

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) is conducting research into shipper utilization of 3PLs and brokers, and would appreciate your participation of this Survey. This information will help them better understand the current transportation marketplace, which could assist us in several facets. Food Shippers of America collaborates with TIA to help improve transportation needs in the food industries.

Anheuser-Busch appears to be adding two new hard teas to its Best Damn lineup, according to labels submitted to federal regulators. Best Damn Hard Tea Original and Best Damn Hard Tea Peach were each approved by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on the final day of November, though it’s unclear when or if the drinks may be available for consumers. According to the labels, both beverages will be available in single-serve 25-ounce cans as well as 12-ounce bottles and are at 5.5 percent alcohol-by-volume, in line with other beverages in its Best Damn hard lineup, which includes a Root Beer, Apple Ale, Cream Soda and Sweat Tea.

For folks in the beer-drinking Midwest, beer is a part of everyday life. In fact, it's likely that most of us will have a selection of beer around during holiday gatherings and family meals. But how do you get the most of your experience by pairing the beer you have with the food you're going to serve (or eat)? We talked with Megan Mares, trade brewer for Miller Brewing. She handles training and beer education for both employees and clients, and she offered up quite a bit of food for thought when it comes to creating great beer pairings – for the holidays or any day.