IFDA News

Performance Food 와 Nicolas 사의 배송기사가 2012년 IFDA 트럭 챔피온십에서 우승을 차지했다.  Performance Foodservice, Cash-Wa Distributing, and Nicholas & Company Drivers Seize First Place Honors at the 2012 IFDA Truck Driving Championship - To roars of applause, nine winners individually took to the stage at the awards banquet that was the culmination of the 2012 IFDA Truck Driving Championship, held September 14-16 in Nashville, TN. There were backslaps from team members and hugs from spouses as each winner was announced. Passing through the crowd, winning drivers were congratulated by competitors from other companies in recognition of the significant achievement. "It's a competition, but camaraderie is high," said Tom Zatina, president of McLane Foodservice Distribution and chairman of IFDA. "This is an event that in a very direct manner supports the strong safety culture we work to achieve at our companies." Full Story

이번 2012 식자재 유통 컨퍼런스의 Speaker로 Harbor Wholesale Foods의대표가 회사의 성장전략과 현 시장 상황 등에 대해 발표한다.  또한 편의점에서의 신선식품의 성장기회도 포함된다.  Harbor Wholesale Foods CEO Justin Erickson Discusses Business, the "Fresh Food Bandwagon," and DSC 2012 -- In this far-ranging interview, Erickson talks about his company's go-to-market strategy, today's distribution environment, acquisitions, and more. Erickson also discusses c-stores and the growing fresh foods opportunity in the convenience segment, as well as a session he will lead at the upcoming Distribution Solutions Conference titled, "Jump on the Fresh Food Bandwagon."

식자재 유통 컨퍼런스를 통해 물류센터 디자인 및 각종 최신 기술 솔루션 등을 획득한 얘기도 발표할 예정이다.  On specific solutions his company has found at the Distribution Solutions Conference, Erickson states: "The list goes on and on. We've been participating in the event for eight years now. It started from finding a consultant to help us with our warehouse design and order selection. We've discovered technology there. We're using voice picking; we've implemented routing software we found at the IFDA show. We've learned things that have helped us manage our labor, like piece rate and incentive programs for drivers and in the warehouse. We learned about transportation compliance issues and truck leasing. We found vendors for refrigerated trailers and other equipment. A lot of those things we've implemented and use today have helped us drive out costs and be more efficient and accurate in what we do." Full Story

식품 안전 및 품질관리 관련하여 2012 DSC 컨퍼런스에서 Sysco와 Reinhart의 부문 리더가 Presentation을 제공할 예정이다.  In the workshop "How Food Safety/Quality Departments and Operations Integrate Successfully" at the upcoming Distribution Solutions Conference, senior representatives from Reinhart FoodService and Sysco Corporation will discuss how their companies QA and Operations integrate successfully to minimize food safety risks, comply with regulations, and best serve customers and organizational objectives. Speakers include Sharon Karlman, corporate director of QA/NS at Reinhart, and Mitch Gilgour, senior director of quality assurance at Sysco. PLEASE NOTE: the early registration deadline for the conference is Monday, October 1, so register now to get the "early-bird" rate. For full conference information, click here.

2012 DSC 신규 세션 소개 – 비디어 캡쳐 기술을 활용한 위험도 높은 배송기사 선별 방법…  A new session just announced for the 2012 Distribution Solutions Conference looks at changing risky driver behavior through the use of objective video capture technology.  Studies show that most accidents are caused by driver error and risk taking behavior. By using this technology, distributors are in better position to improve their company's safety training methods, prevent accidents, and save money in litigation costs. This Expo session features IFDA member Al Dibens, senior director of safety, security and business continuity management at Sysco Corporation, who will share his company's experience with camera technology and the successful results. A vendor representation from DriveCam will also take part in the session. If you haven't registered for the conference, do so now as the early registration rate expires on Monday, October 1. More than 120 distributor companies are already attending the show, taking place October 29-31 in Las Vegas. For conference information, click here.

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Operator News

도미노 피자는 약 64억불 규모의 팬 피자 시장에의 진입을 계획하고 있다. Domino's plans to move into the $6.4 billion pan pizza category. Pan pizzas, thicker than conventional pizzas and cooked in special pans, will be sold at Domino's nearly 5,000 U.S. stores beginning Sept. 24. Among the big chains, Pizza Hut all but owns the pan pizza market, which accounts for a large piece of its business. Pan pizzas account for roughly 20% of the nation's pizza sales, reported USA Today. Full Story

TableUp이라는 모바일 앱을 통해 지역 식당 별 대기시간을 알 수 있다.  TablesUp is a mobile app that allows users to see local restaurant waiting times. After downloading the app, consumers view a map with color-coded pins that represent wait times ranging from less than 10 minutes to more than 30. Users also can request a wait time for a restaurant and get a text message response, reported OregonLive.com.

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달라스 기반의 햄버거 체인 Mooyah는 플로리다 등 성장을 빠르게 하고 있다.   Dallas-based burger chain Mooyah is expanding into Florida and hopes to open a Tampa Bay area restaurant in the next year. The chain wants 200 restaurants by the end of 2014 and 50 in Florida over the next five years, reported Tampa Bay Times.

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뉴욕시의 시장은 달고 지방 많은 음식을 공공 및 사립병원의 메뉴에서 제외하는 방안을 고려 중이라고 밝혔다.  New York City's Mayor is looking to remove sugary and fatty foods from both public and private hospitals. The cafeteria crackdown will ban deep fryers, make leafy green salads a mandatory option and allow only healthy snacks to be stocked near the cafeteria entrance and at cash registers. At least half of all sandwiches and salads must be made or served with whole grains. Half-size sandwich portions must be available for sale, reported The Associated Press.

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Buffalo Wild Wings의 매출은 올해 1조원을 돌파할 것으로 보이는데, 상장 후 약 9년 만에 달성한 결과이다.  Buffalo Wild Wings' sales, expected to cross the $1 billion mark this year, have grown eightfold since the company went public in 2003. The chain, which has almost 850 restaurants in 48 states and one Canadian province, should make good on its long-held goal of 1,000 restaurants by 2013. And its CEO sees 1,500 outlets within five to seven years as the company continues moving beyond the Midwest to the coasts and Texas, reported Minneapolis Star Tribune. Full Story

스타벅스는 스웨덴과 노르웨이에 시내 중심 매장을 내년 처음으로 오픈 예정이다. Starbucks will open its first city-center stores in Sweden and Norway next year as the coffee-shop operator works to boost sales in Europe. Starbucks will partner with Norway's Umoe Restaurant Group AS to open the stores and will increase its locations in airports and train stations, reported Bloomberg.com.

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맥도날드는 약 700개 점포를 대상으로 맥도날드 고객 만을 위한 독점 컨텐츠 중심의 M 채널을 적용하기로 하였다.  McDonald's is introducing the M Channel at 700 restaurants. The TV channel's aim is to offer exclusive content to entertain customers and is akin to a broadcast network with its own news, entertainment and sportscasts localized for cities and even neighborhoods. M Channel could expand to the roughly 14,000 McDonald's nationwide within 18 months of getting the "go" from the company and franchisees, reported The Associated Press. Full Story

Retail News

월마트는 향후 2년 내에 첫 번째 점포를 인도에 오픈할 예정이다.  Walmart expects to open its first retail stores in India in the next two years after the government eased foreign-investment restrictions. The retailer's Asia chief executive stated it will take 12 to 18 months to open retail stores once Walmart gets permission to do so, though only nine of India's 29 states indicated they will welcome foreign retailers, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)

일본 패밀리마트는 태국에의 점포 오픈에 속도를 내고 있다.  Japanese c-store operator FamilyMart will accelerate its store openings in Thailand through a new business partnership with Central Retail. Under the tie-up accord, FamilyMart will sell its entire stake in SFM Holdings, which holds FamilyMart's area franchiser Siam FamilyMart, to Central Retail for 7.8 billion yen (about $100 million). FamilyMart revealed the new tie-up will help double the number of convenience stores to 1,500 within five years and 3,000 in a decade, compared with 746 stores as of the end of August, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)

냉동식품은 2011년 약 79억불로 전년 대비 약 0.6% 증가하였다.  Frozen meals saw a 0.6% increase in sales in 2011, rising to $7.9 billion, following two years of declines after peaking in 2008 at $8.2 billion, according to Mintel. Weight-management brands are growing faster than non-diet brands. At Nestle, four of five Stouffer's Lean Cuisine varieties gained market share in the 52 weeks that ended Feb. 19, according to Mintel. By comparison, the core Stouffer's brand lost 0.2 percentage points, although it remains the largest frozen-food brand, with a 12.5% share, or $432.5 million in sales, reported Advertising Age.

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신선 시장의 대표는 전통적인 슈퍼 대비 스페셜티 형식의 최근 유통업체들의 확장이 주목할 만하다고 전했다.   Fresh Market's president and CEO thinks there is opportunity for leading specialty formats to gain share against conventional supermarkets, according to a discussion at the Goldman Sachs 2012 Global Retailing Conference. With its focus on perishables, Fresh Market "almost complements" Trader Joe's focus on non-perishables and Fresh Market would consider opening up right next to them if the opportunity arises, claimed the executive, reported RetailWire.

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아마존은 온라인 판매자를 대상으로 대출상품을 소개하는 신규사업을 시작하기로 했다.  Amazon.com is launching a new business offering loans to some of its online sellers, a move that could boost the growth of its internet marketplace while exposing it to potential credit risks. The new program is called Amazon Lending and sellers on the company's marketplace have been sent e-mails offering loans from Amazon Capital Services, reported Reuters. Full Story

온라인 식료품점 Peapod는 가상 슈퍼마켓을 기차역을 대상으로 확장하기로 했다.  Launched at a Chicago "L" station last spring, online grocer Peapod is expanding its virtual supermarkets to 17 CTA and Metra stations. The interactive billboards, which allow commuters to scan and buy grocery items on the fly using a free smartphone app, will pop up at nine CTA and eight Metra stations. Virtual shelves will also go up over the next week at dozens of stations in Boston, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, according to a Peapod spokeswoman, reported Chicago Tribune. Full Story (Free Registration Required)

월마트는 2008년 이후 처음으로 점포확장 계획을 발표했으며, 2년 내에 약 22개의점포를 오픈하기로 했다.  Walmart is expanding in Japan for the first time since 2008, planning 22 new stores in the country over the next two years and scouting for acquisitions to enlarge its 368-store presence in the world's second-largest consumer market. "I expect single-person households will continue to grow and people will have less money and all of that plays to our strengths," stated the president and CEO of Seiyu and Walmart Japan Holdings. Walmart entered into a partnership with national grocery chain Seiyu 10 years ago, then acquired the company in full four years ago and continues to operate under that name in Japan, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)

Industry News

제과업계의 스니커즈가 각각 1&2위인 M&M과 Trident의 추월이 년 내에 전망되고 있다.  Snickers is set to pass M&M's and Trident as the top global confectionery brand by the end of the year, advancing from its third place slot in 2011, according to Euromonitor. Snickers is expected to surge to $3.57 billion for 2012, capturing a 1.8% share of the market. Full Story While a win for Mars, the rankings are a loss for Kraft Foods' Trident. The gum brand fell from second to third place as projected 2012 worldwide sales slipped to $3.32 billion. Kraft remains the global leader with 14.7% share when all confectionery brands are totaled, reported Advertising Age. Full Story (Free Registration Required)

미국인들이 가장 선호하는 해산물의 10종은 성장하는 시장에서 수입된 것으로 보인다. 46.5억 lbs의 전체 소비량 중 약 33억 lbs가 수입된 것으로 추정되고 있다.  The top 10 most consumed seafood items by Americans are feeding a growing market, according to the National Fisheries Institute. The overall seafood volume was 4.65 billion-lbs., according to the federal government. The data also showed American seafood companies exported a record 3.3 billion-lbs. valued at $5.4 billion. Full Story

Companies expected to release sales and earnings this week include: Carnival, Landec and McCormick & Co.

유럽연방은 특정 미국 와인의 수입제한 조치에 대한 완화 요청을 긍정적으로 검토하고 있다.  The European Commission is considering a U.S. request to drop an import ban of American wines bearing the label "chateau" or "CEOs," a similar term used mainly on wines from Burgundy in eastern France. An ECU wine committee is tentatively scheduled to vote on the request Sept. 25, whereupon it will go to the commission for a final decision that could be positive considering the tides of globalization in Europe, reported The Washington Post. Full Story (Free Registration Required)

북한 농가들은 수확량이 높은 농가를 대상으로 미국 대상 수출을 승인할 수 있다고 얘기하고 있다.  North Korean farmers who have long been required to turn most of their crops over to the state may now be allowed to keep their surplus food to sell or barter in a directive enacted by Kim Jong Un, The Associated Press reported. The proposed directive appears aimed at boosting productivity at collective farms that have struggled for decades to provide for the country's 24 million people, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (Free subscription required)

카길사는 인수대상을 물색 중이다.  Cargill is looking to make acquisitions even as it focuses on expanding organically. The agricultural producer and trader would "probably grow best" with 40% of its expansion coming from deals, according to its CEO. Cargill plans to spend virtually all of the capital it deploys in the year through May 2013 on organic growth, reported Bloomberg.com.

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러시아는 곡물 수출을 더 이상 제한하지 않기로 했다.  Russia will no longer restrict grain exports, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich stated. Hot and dry weather has burned into Russia's cereal harvest, slashing yields by more than a quarter just as the U.S. experienced its worst harvest in more than half a century, sending global prices for wheat and corn into overdrive, reported Reuters.

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Meanwhile, 반면에 러시아는 몬산토 산 GMO 옥수수에 대해서는 수입금지를 유지하였다.  Russia's consumer-rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor suspended the import of Monsanto's genetically engineered corn following a French study's suggestion the crop might cause cancer. Rospotrebnadzor also claimed the country's Institute of Nutrition was asked to assess the validity of the study, while a Monsanto spokesman stated the impact of the ban would likely be small as Russia is a net exporter of grain and imports little American-grown corn, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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인도의 쌀 수출량 중 약 600,000톤 이상이 항구 정체와 수요 증대로 지연되고 있다.  India has pending rice export shipments of more than 600,000 tons due to congestion at ports and strong demand, resulting in large costs of demurrage and shipment delays, reported The Wall Street Journal. This is significant because it reflects India's inability to quickly ship out excess grains at a time when both demand and supply is strong. The pending shipments are almost equivalent to India's actual monthly rice exports.

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정부 발표에 따르면 지난 4년 동안 통신료 지출이 가장 높게 나타났다. Government data show people have spent more on phone bills over the past four years, even as they have dialed back on dining out, clothes and entertainment- cutbacks that have been keenly felt in the restaurant, apparel and film industries, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)

페이스북은 약 10억 명의 회원 간 선물 쿠폰을 제공하는 신규 서비스를 출시하였다.  초기 100개 선물 상품에는 꽃 배송, 스타벅스 등을 포함한다.  Facebook debuted Facebook Gifts, a new service that will eventually let its more than 950 million members exchange gifts from their profiles. Starbucks, Magnolia Bakery and 1-800-Flowers are among Facebook's 100 launch partners, reported USA Today. Full Story

Health News

우유와 요거트를 함께 섭취하는 것은 다이어트에 도움이 별로 안 된다는 연구 결과가 나왔다.  Adding a couple of servings of milk or yogurt to a diet will not likely help in weight loss, found a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers analyzed the results of 29 studies including a total of 2,101 participants with dairy intakes ranging from one to more than six servings per day. On average, people assigned to the extra-dairy groups lost 0.3 more pounds than the comparison group, a difference that could have been due to chance, reported Reuters.

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냉동감자를 배송 및 준비하는 과정에서 아크릴아마이드라는 유해물질의 발생 가능성이 제기되었다.    The process for preparing frozen potatoes that are distributed to some food outlets can influence the formation of acrylamide in the fries that people eat, according to a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The study identifies potential ways of reducing levels of acrylamide, which the National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer regard as a "probable human carcinogen," reported Science Daily.

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식품 과학 저널에 따르면 카놀라유의 일부 대체 측면에서 생선오일을 추천하며, 오메가-3 지방산 성분을 제공한다고 한다.  Partially replacing canola oil with fish oil in nutrition bars can provide the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids without affecting the taste, according to a study published in the Journal of Food Science. In the study, four levels of fish oil were evaluated to determine consumer acceptance of fish-oil fortified nutrition bars. The results showed that oat and soy-based nutrition bars fortified with the lowest replacement level (20%) of fish oil did not affect consumer acceptance or purchase intent, reported Science Daily. Full Story

Washington News

미국 전역의 땅콩버터에 대한 Recall은 땅콩과 아몬드 버터 등으로 확장 적용되고 있다.  A nationwide peanut butter recall has now been expanded to dozens of peanut, cashew and almond butters, according to producer Sunland. The company's voluntary recall now also includes 76 varieties of almond butter, peanut butter, cashew butter, tahini and roasted blanched peanut products, reported Chicago Tribune.

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오바마 정부는 멕시코와의 16년 된 토마토 무역협정을 종료하는 프로세스를 시작하였다.  President Barack Obama's administration took a step toward terminating a 16-year-old tomato trade agreement with Mexico following a request from growers in Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department stopped short of immediately breaking up the agreement but took a preliminary position in favor of ending the pact, reported Reuters. Full Story

Market News

기후변화와 다양한 대체 작물 등으로 인해 설탕가격이 년 내에 완화될 것으로 보인다.  Sugar prices may soften over the course of this year while corn, wheat, soybeans and cocoa surge to multi-month and all-time highs as dry weather ravages crops. Standard Chartered cut quarterly price forecasts for benchmark sugar prices after concerns receded over supply from Brazil, but warned upside risks remained for 2013. The bank lowered its average sugar price forecasts to 21 U.S. cents/lb. for the third quarter, from 23 cents previously and 22 cents/lb. for the fourth quarter from 24 cents, reported CNBC.com. Full Story

중국의 사과 소비량이 많아짐에 따라 과일가격이 상승하고 주스 제조업체의원가도 상승하고 있다.  As China consumes more apples, prices for the fruit are rising, driving up costs for juice makers. Fresh apple consumption in China, which produces more than half of the global supply of the fruit, has soared 80% from the 2007-2008 crop year to the crop year ending in June 2012, according to the USDA. That compares with growth of just 36% world-wide in the same period. The surge is shaking up a small corner of the commodities world, the market for apple-juice concentrate in the U.S., and has led to the first-ever futures contract for the product,reported The Wall Street Journal.

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Maine 주의 농가는 과일을 대상으로 한 파리의 급작스러운 증가로 어려움을 겪고 있다.  Maine farmers are seeing a sudden increase in the numbers of an invasive fruit fly, potentially bad news for the state's blueberry industry, according to The Associated Press. The spotted wing drosophila was first detected in Maine last summer in small numbers. But this summer, traps in Monmouth have bagged thousands per week. Fighting the insect could cost farmers who may have to spray pesticides twice a week.

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내년 하반기까지 베이컨 가격의 상승이 약 5~7% 수준으로 이루어질 것으로 보인다.  While consumers will face bacon prices that will be 5% to 7% higher by the second half of next year, they typically will continue to buy it, claimed a Purdue Extension agricultural economist. The expert also claimed that farmers could lose nearly $60 per head through the end of the year, even more than the $45-a-head losses that producers faced in the "pork price disaster" in late 1998, reported USA Today.

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아보카도는 공급확대로 지속적인 물량 판촉이 확대될 것으로 보인다. Avocado shippers expect a continuation of promotable volumes as California supplies wind down and Mexican and Chilean shipments increase. California will be a player in the deal longer than usual this fall, and big volumes from Mexico should guarantee strong promotional opportunities for retailers in the coming weeks, stated the vice president of sales and marketing for Calavo Growers. California volumes were declining at the rate of about 10% per week in September, reported The Packer Online.

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최근 B2B 시장 대상 올리브유의 진품 및 품질 리뷰 과정에서 대부분 연방기준을 통과하였으나, 종종 감각적인 기준 통과는 어려웠던 것으로 나타났다.  Almost all of the samples in a recent authenticity and quality review of olive oils sold to restaurants and food-service establishments passed common federal chemistry tests, but often failed to meet sensory standards, and 10% had clearly been adulterated, report researchers at the University of California, Davis, Olive Center. Based on these findings, the researchers recommend that the restaurant and food-service sectors enhance their quality-control protocols for olive oil by including more effective tests, reported Western Farm Press. Full Story