#food truck market estimation

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Atrocities US committed against ASIA

Between 1996-2006, The US has given money and weapons to royalist forces against the nepalese communists in the Nepalese civil war. ~18,000 people have died in the conflict. In 2002, after another civil war erupted, President George W. Bush pushed a bill through Congress authorizing $20 million in military aid to the Nepalese government.

In 1996, after receiving incredibly low approval ratings, the US helped elect Boris Yeltsin, an incompetent pro-capitalist independent, by giving him a $10 Billion dollar loan to finance a winning election. Rather than creating new enterprises, Yeltsin’s democratization led to international monopolies hijacking the former Soviet markets, arbitraging the huge difference between old domestic prices for Russian commodities and the prices prevailing on the world market. Much of the Yeltsin era was marked by widespread corruption, and as a result of persistent low oil and commodity prices during the 1990s, Russia suffered inflation, economic collapse and enormous political and social problems that affected Russia and the other former states of the USSR. Under Yeltsin, Between 1990 and 1994, life expectancy for Russian men and women fell from 64 and 74 years respectively to 58 and 71 years. The surge in mortality was “beyond the peacetime experience of industrialised countries”. While it was boom time for the new oligarchs, poverty and unemployment surged; prices were hiked dramatically; communities were devastated by deindustrialisation; and social protections were stripped away.

In the 1970s-80s, wikileaks cables revealed that the US covertly supported the Khmer Rouge in their fight against the Vietnamese communists. Annual support included an end total of ~$215M USD, food aid to 20-40k Khmer Rouge fighters, CIA advisors in several camps, and ammunition.

In December 1975, The US supplied the weaponry for the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. This incursion was launched the day after U.S. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had left Indonesia where they had given President Suharto permission to use American arms, which under U.S. law, could not be used for aggression. Daniel Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to the UN. said that the U.S. wanted “things to turn out as they did.” The result was an estimated 200,000 dead out of a population of 700,000. Sixteen years later, on November 12, 1991, two hundred and seventeen East Timorese protesters in Dili, many of them children, marching from a memorial service, were gunned down by Indonesian Kopassus shock troops who were headed by U.S.- trained commanders Prabowo Subianto (son in law of General Suharto) and Kiki Syahnakri. Trucks were seen dumping bodies into the sea.

In 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis, the CIA helped topple the democratically elected, left-leaning government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, by telling Governor-General, John Kerr, a longtime CIA collaborator, to dissolve the Whitlam government.

In 2018 after the release of a suppressed ISC (International Scientific Commission) report, and the release of declassified CIA communications daily reports in 2020, it was revealed that the US used germ warfare in the Korean war, 2. Many of these attacks involved the dropping of insects or small mammals infected with viruses such as anthrax, plague, cholera, and encephalitis. After discovering evidence of germ warfare, China invited the ISC headed by famed British scientist Joseph Needham, to investigate, but the report was suppressed for over 70 years.

Between 1963 and 1973, The US dropped ~388,000 tons of napalm bombs in vietnam, compared to 32,357 tons used over three years in the Korean War, and 16,500 tons dropped on Japan in 1945. US also sprayed over 5 million acres with herbicide, in Operation Ranch Hand, in a 10 year campaign to deprive the vietnamese of food and vegetation cover.

In 1971 in Pakistan, an authoritarian state supported by the U.S., brutally invaded East Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. The war ended after India, whose economy was staggering after admitting about 10 million refugees, invaded East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and defeated the West Pakistani forces. The US gave W. pakistan 411 million provided to establish its armed forces which spent 80% of its budget on its military. 15 million in arms flowed into W. Pakistan during the war. Between 300,000 to 3 million civilians were killed, with 8-10 million refugees fleeing to India.

In 1970, In Cambodia, The CIA overthrows Prince Sihanouk, who is highly popular among Cambodians for keeping them out of the Vietnam War. He is replaced by CIA puppet Lon Nol, whose forces suppressed the large-scale popular demonstrations in favour of Sihanouk, resulting in several hundred deaths. This unpopular move strengthens once minor opposition parties like the Khmer Rouge (another CIA supported group), who achieve power in 1975 and massacres ~2.5 million people. The Khmer Rouge, under Pol Pot, carried out the Cambodian Genocide, which killed 1.5-2M people from 1975-1979.

In 1969, The US initiated a secret carpet bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia, called, Operation Menu, and Operation Freedom Deal in 1970. An estimated 40,000 - 150,000 civilians were killed. Nixon lied about this campaign, but was later exposed, and one of the things that lead to his impeachment.

US dropped large amounts of Agent Orange, an herbicide developed by monsanto and dow chemical for the department of defense, in vietnam. Its use, in particular the contaminant dioxin, causes multiple health problems, including cleft palate, mental disabilities, hernias, still births, poisoned breast milk, and extra fingers and toes, as well as destroying local species of plants and animals. The Red Cross of Vietnam estimates that up to 1 million people are disabled or have health problems due to Agent Orange.

US Troops killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians, including women, children, and infants, in South Vietnam on March, 1968, in the My Lai Massacre. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated. Soldiers set fire to huts, waiting for civilians to come out so they could shoot them. For 30 years, the three US servicemen who tried to halt the massacre and rescue the hiding civilians were shunned and denounced as traitors, even by congressmen.

In 1967, the CIA helped South Vietnamese agents identify and then murder alleged Viet Cong leaders operating in villages, in the Phoenix Program. By 1972, Phoenix operatives had executed between 26,000 and 41,000 suspected NLF operatives, informants and supporters.

In 1965, The CIA overthrew the democratically elected Indonesian leader Sukarno with a military coup. The CIA had been trying to eliminate Sukarno since 1957, using everything from attempted assassination to sexual intrigue, for nothing more than his declaring neutrality in the Cold War. His successor, General Suharto, aided by the CIA, massacred between 500,000 to 1 million civilians accused of being communist, in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-66. The US continued to support Suharto throughout the 70s, supplying weapons and planes.

Between 1964 and 1973, American pilots flew 580,000 attack sorties over Laos, an average of one planeload of bombs every eight minutes for almost a decade. By the time the last US bombs fell in April 1973, a total of 2,093,100 tonnes of ordnance had rained down on this neutral country. To this day, Laos, a country of just 7 million people, retains the dubious accolade of being the most heavily bombed country in the world per capita.

From the 1960s onward, the US supported Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The US provided hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, which was crucial in buttressing Marcos’s rule over the years. The estimated number of persons that were executed and disappeared under President Fernando Marcos was over 100,000. After fleeing to hawaii, marco was suceeded by the widow of an opponent he assasinated, Corazon aquino.

Starting in 1957, in the wake of the US-backed First Indochina War, The CIA carries out approximately one coup per year trying to nullify Laos’ democratic elections, specifically targeting the Pathet Lao, a leftist group with enough popular support to be a member of any coalition government, and perpetuating the 20 year Laotian civil war. In the late 50s, the CIA even creates an “Armee Clandestine” of Asian mercenaries to attack the Pathet Lao. After the CIA’s army suffers numerous defeats, the U.S. drops more bombs on Laos than all the U.S. bombs dropped in World War II. A quarter of all Laotians will eventually become refugees, many living in caves. This was later called a “secret war,” since it occurred at the same time as the Vietnam War, but got little press. Hundreds of thousands were killed.

In 1955, the CIA provided explosives, and aided KMT agents in an assassination attempt against the Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. KMT agents placed a time-bomb on the Air India aircraft, Kashmir Princess, which Zhou was supposed to take on his way to the Bandung Conference, an anti-imperialist meeting of Asian and African states, but he changed his travel plans at the last minute. Henry Kissinger denied US involvement, even though remains of a US detonator were found. 16 people were killed.

From 1955-1975, the US supported French colonialist interests in Vietnam, set up a puppet regime in Saigon to serve US interests, and later took part as a belligerent against North Vietnam in the Vietnam War. U.S. involvement escalated further following the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, which was later found to be staged by Lyndon Johnson. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (see Vietnam War casualties). Estimates of the number of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed vary from 966,000 source to 3.8 million.source Some 240,000–300,000 Cambodians,source23 20,000–62,000 Laotians,4 and 58,220 U.S. service members also died in the conflict, with a further 1,626 missing in action. Unexploded bomb continue to kill civilians for years afterward.

In the summer of 1950 in South Korea, anticommunists aided by the US executed at least 100,000 people suspected of supporting communism, in the Bodo League Massacre. For four decades the South Korean government concealed this massacre. Survivors were forbidden by the government from revealing it, under suspicion of being communist sympathizers. Public revelation carried with it the threat of torture and death. During the 1990s and onwards, several corpses were excavated from mass graves, resulting in public awareness of the massacre.

In 1984, documents were released showing that Eisenhower authorized the use of atomic weapons on North Korea, should the communists renew the war in 1953. The 2,000 pages released show the high level of planning and the detail of discussion on possible use of these weapons, and Mr. Eisenhower’s interest in overcoming reluctance to use them.

In the beginning of the Korean war, US Troops killed ~300 South Korean civilians in the No Gun Ri massacre, revealing a theater-wide policy of firing on approaching refugee groups. Trapped refugees began piling up bodies as barricades and tried to dig into the ground to hide. Some managed to escape the first night, while U.S. troops turned searchlights on the tunnels and continued firing, said Chung Koo-ho, whose mother died shielding him and his sister. No apology has yet been issued.

The US intervened in the 1950-53 Korean Civil War, on the side of the south Koreans, in a proxy war between the US and china for supremacy in East Asia. South Korea reported some 373,599 civilian and 137,899 military deaths, the US with 34,000 killed, and China with 114,000 killed. Overall, the U.S. dropped 635,000 tons of bombs—including 32,557 tons of napalm—on Korea, more than they did during the whole Pacific campaign of World War II. The US killed an estimated 1/3rd of the north Korean people during the war. The Joint Chiefs of staff issued orders for the retaliatory bombing of the People’s republic of China, should south Korea be attacked. Deadly clashes have continued up to the present day.

From 1948-1949, the Jeju uprising was an insurgency taking place in the Korean province of Jeju island, followed by severe anticommunist suppression of the South Korean Labor Party in which 14-30,000 people were killed, or ~10% of the island’s population. Though atrocities were committed by both sides, the methods used by the South Korean government to suppress the rebels were especially cruel. On one occasion, American soldiers discovered the bodies of 97 people including children, killed by government forces. On another, American soldiers caught government police forces carrying out an execution of 76 villagers, including women and children. The US later entered the Korean civil war on the side of the South Koreans.

In 1949 during the resumed Chinese Civil War, the US supported the corrupt Kuomintang dictatorship of Chiang Kaishek to fight against the Chinese Communists, who had won the support of the vast majority of peasant-farmers and helped defeat the Japanese invasion. The US strongly supported the Kuomintang forces. Over 50,000 US Marines were sent to guard strategic sites, and 100,000 US troops were sent to Shandong. The US equipped and trained over 500,000 KMT troops, and transported KMT forces to occupy newly liberated zones as well as to contain Communist-controlled areas. American aid included substantial amounts of both new and surplus military supplies; additionally, loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars were made to the KMT. Within less than two years after the Sino-Japanese War, the KMT had received $4.43 billion from the US—most of which was military aid.

The U.S. installed Syngman Rhee,a conservative Korean exile, as President of South Korea in 1948. Rhee became a dictator on an anti-communist crusade, arresting and torturing suspected communists, brutally putting down rebellions, killing 100,000 people and vowing to take over North Korea. Rhee precipitated the outbreak of the Korean War and for the allied decision to invade North Korea once South Korea had been recaptured. He was finally forced to resign by mass student protests in 1960.

Between 1946 and 1958, the US tested 23 nuclear devices at Bikini Atoll, using the native islanders and their land as guinea pigs for the effects of nuclear fallout. Significant fallout caused widespread radiological contamination in the area, and killed many islanders. A survivor stated, “What the Americans did was no accident. They came here and destroyed our land. They came to test the effects of a nuclear bomb on us. It was no accident.” Many of the islanders exposed were brought to the US Argonne National laboratory, to study the effects. Afterwards the islands proved unsuitable to sustaining life, resulting in starvation and requiring the residents to receive ongoing aid. Virtually all of the inhabitants showed acute symptoms of radiation syndrome, many developing thyroid cancers, Leukimia, miscarriages, stillborn and “jellyfish babies” (highly deformed) along with symptoms like hair falling out, and diahrrea. A handful were brought to the US for medical research and later returned, while others were evacuated to neighboring Islands. The US under LBJ prematurely returned the majority returned 3 years later, to further test how human beings absorb radiation from their food and environment. The islanders pleaded with the US to move them away from the islands, as it became clear that their children were developing deformities and radiation sickness. Radion levels were still unacceptable. The United States later paid the islanders and their descendants 25 million in compensation for damage caused by the nuclear testing program. A 2016 investigation found radiation levels on Bikini Atoll as high as 639 mrem yr−1, well above the established safety standard threshold for habitation of 100 mrem yr−1. Similar tests occurred elsewhere in the Marshall Islands during this time period. Due to the destruction of natural wealth, Kwajalein Atoll’s military installation and dislocation, the majority of natives currently live in extreme poverty, making less than 1$ a day. Those that have jobs, mostly work at the US military installation and resorts. Much of this is detailed in the documentary, The Coming War on China (2016). 

After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Douglas MacArthur pardoned Unit 731, a Japanese biological experimentation center which performed human testing of biological agents against Chinese citizens. While a series of war tribunals and trials was organized, many of the high-ranking officials and doctors who devised and respectively performed the experiments were pardoned and never brought to justice. As many as 12,000 people, most of them Chinese, died in Unit 731 alone and many more died in other facilities, such as Unit 100 and in field experiments throughout Manchuria. One of the experimenters who killed many, microbiologist Shiro Ishii, later traveled to the US to advise on its bioweapons programs. In the final days of the Pacific War and in the face of imminent defeat, Japanese troops blew up the headquarters of Unit 731 in order to destroy evidence of the research done there. As part of the cover-up, Ishii ordered 150 remaining subjects killed.

In 1945 during the month-long Battle of Manila, the US in deciding whether to attack Manila (then under Japanese occupation) with ground troops, decided instead to use indiscriminate carpet-bombing, howitzers, and naval bombardment, killing an estimated 100,000 people. The casualty figures show the US’s regard for filipino civilian life: 1,010 Americans, 16,665 Japanese and 100,000 to 240,000 civilians were killed. Manila became, alongside Berlin, and Warsaw, one of the most devastated cities of WW2.

US Troops committed a number of rapes during the battle of Okinawa, and the subsequent occupation of Japan. There were 1,336 reported rapes during the first 10 days of the occupation of Kanagawa prefecture alone.1 American Occupation authorities imposed wide-ranging censorship on the Japanese media, including bans on covering many sensitive social issues and serious crimes such as rape committed by members of the Occupation forces.

From 1942 to 1945, the US military carried out a fire-bombing campaign of Japanese cities, killing between 200,000 and 900,000 civilians. One nighttime fire-bombing of Tokyo took 80,000 lives. During early August 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing ~130,000 civilians, and causing radiation damage which included birth defects and a variety of genetic diseases for decades to come. The justification for the civilian bombings has largely been debunked, as the entrance of Russia into the war had already started the surrender negotiations earlier in 1945. The US was aware of this, since it had broken the Japanese code and had been intercepting messages during for most of the year. The US ended up accepting a conditional surrender from Hirohito, against which was one of the stated aims of the civilian bombings. The dropping of the atomic bomb is therefore seen as a demonstration of US military supremacy, and the first major operation of the Cold War with Russia.

In 1918, the US took part in the allied intervention in the Russian civil war, sending 11,000 troops to the in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions to support the anti-bolshevik, monarchist, and largely anti-semitic White Forces. 

In 1900 in China, the US was part of an Eight-Nation Alliance that brought 20,000 armed troops to China, to defeat the Imperial Chinese Army, in the the Boxer Rebellion, an anti-imperialist uprising. 

In 1899, after a popular revolution in the Philippines to oust the Spanish imperialists, the US invaded and began the Phillipine-American war. The US military committed countless atrocities, leaving 200,000 Filipinos dead. Jacob H Smith killed between 2,500 to 50,000 civilians, His orders included, “kill everyone over the age of ten” and make the island “a howling wilderness.”

Throughout the 1800s, US settlers engaged in a genocide of native Hawaiians. The native population decreased from ~ 400k in 1789, to 40k by 1900, due to colonization and disease. In 1883, the US engineered the overthrow of Hawaii’s native monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, by landing two companies of US marines in Honolulu. Due to the Queen’s desire “to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life” for her subjects and after some deliberation, at the urging of advisers and friends, the Queen ordered her forces to surrender. Hawaii was initially reconstituted as an independent republic, but the ultimate goal of the US was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which was finally accomplished in 1898. After this, the Hawaiian language was banned, English replaced it as the official language in all institutions and schools. The US finally apologized in 1993, but no land has been returned.

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Now you can book small delivery truck with the RideBoom app

RideBoom the unique ride-share app can help you and your business to move your stuff easily and affordably.

 Courier and parcel services have become a fundamental part of our day-to-day life and with the rise of many parcels business or real estate sector e-commerce, local businesses, and food delivery, furniture the demand for quick and efficient removal services has increased. The courier and parcel and removal market in India experienced significant growth after the pandemic.

 Now with the RideBoom app you not only can book taxis and bike rides, but you can also now able to book a small delivery or removal truck.

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You will get the fare estimate on the app that is included the waiting and loading unloading time.

2.   Tap on book now and you able to see the nearest available drivers and the estimated time of the arrival.

3.   You can track the progress of your delivery and will get the fare in the end you can pay cash or pay in the app to the driver.

  At this stage, the RideBoom delivery truck service is available only in tri-city and very soon the service will be added to more cities.

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Unsold clothing may no longer be destroyed in Europe

More than 100,000 tons of discarded clothing ends up in a desert in Chile

Europe is putting a stop to the throw-away culture through a ban on destruction[1] and a digital product passport with information about shelf life and repairability. No more mass destruction of clothing and other unsold merchandise.[2]

Every second in Europe, a full garbage truck of clothing is burned or dumped[3]. And every year, an estimated 11 to 32 million unsold and returned garments are destroyed. Europe has been wanting to reduce this gigantic waste for some time. The European Member States and the European Parliament reached an agreement to this end on Monday evening 4-12: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation[4]. The aim of the 'eco design law' is to make many products more repairable, reusable and recyclable. A product passport and a ban on destruction of unused goods are the key measures.

1. What is a digital product passport?

Consumers are already somewhat familiar with this: the energy label on refrigerators and washing machines gives an indication of their sustainability. That label (or product passport) has had an enormous impact on making those appliances more energy efficient.

The European Parliament and the EU member states now have an agreement to roll out the digital passport more widely and to deepen its content. First of all, almost all products on the European market will have to have such a passport: from car tires and steel to washing tablets and cosmetics to clothing or smartphones. The only exceptions are food, medicine, cars and weapon systems, for which there are separate regulations.

In addition to any energy consumption, the passport also contains information about the origin, composition, repair and disassembly options of the product. This should also make it easier to repair and recycle them. “People can know at a glance which product is the most durable or easiest to repair,” said MEP Sara Matthieu (Green), who was rapporteur in the negotiations.

2. What does the ban on destruction mean?

Initially, the ban applies to textiles. Globally, 92 million tons of textile waste are produced annually. A large portion of these are returned or unsold goods. In two years' time, they may no longer be destroyed, but must be reused or recycled. This ban will eventually be extended to electronics and electrical appliances. Massive quantities of these are also destroyed every year, especially cheaper items that are not sold or have been returned to the manufacturer.

The new rule goes hand in hand with stricter requirements for composition, repairability and disassembly of goods. The details will be worked out product by product by the European administration, but some guiding principles are a ban on adhesives, the absence of toxic substances, the obligation to have spare parts available and, above all, to offer them at an affordable price. The passport should eventually lead to a 'repair score', comparable to the energy label.

Matthieu (Green) expects a huge impact on the consumer market. 'Instead of offering disposable products for mass consumption, companies will offer many more services through robust devices. So to speak, you will no longer buy a washing machine, but an number of wash cycles.'

3. How comprehensive are the measures?

That depends on the control. The product passport is also an important instrument for this. Europe is counting on the famous 'Brussels effect': foreign producers will have to adapt their products if they want to maintain access to the gigantic European consumer market. Although the European consumer organisation BEUC[5] warns against loopholes. The organisation mainly sees a risk that international online platforms such as Amazon or Alibaba will circumvent the new law.

4. Is this agreement now final?

It has already rounded the most important cape. The agreement was finalised in the so-called trialogue negotiations between the European Parliament, the European Council and the Commission. Now it must be approved by Parliament and the Member States, but that counts as a formality.

Source

Lieven Sioen, Onverkochte kledij mag niet meer vernietigd worden in Europa, in: De Standaard, 6-12-2023, https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20231205_96579697#:~:text=In%20eerste%20instantie%20is%20het,ze%20hergebruikt%20of%20gerecycleerd%20worden.

[1]  Deal on new EU rules to make sustainable products the norm; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231204IPR15634/deal-on-new-eu-rules-to-make-sustainable-products-the-norm

[2] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/722179599996534784/towards-a-circular-and-more-sustainable-fashion?source=share

[3] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/723895455727157248/new-report-clothes-are-mercilessly-downcycled-or?source=share & https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/720260226679488512/hms-answer-about-the-dumped-clothes-article?source=share

[4] The proposal for a new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), published on 30 March 2022, is the cornerstone of the Commission’s approach to more environmentally sustainable and circular products. The proposal builds on the existing Ecodesign Directive, which currently only covers energy-related products. https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/sustainable-products/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en

[5] The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC, from the French name Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, "European Bureau of Consumers' Unions") is an umbrella consumers' group, founded in 1962. Based in Brussels, Belgium, it brings together 45 European consumer organisations from 32 countries (EU, EEA and applicant countries). BEUC represents its members and defends the interests of consumers in the decision process of the Institutions of the European Union, acting as the "consumer voice in Europe". BEUC does not deal with consumers’ complaints as it is the role of its national member organisations.

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UNRWA’s role in documenting the genocide, as well as providing food and aid to the Palestinians, infuriates the Israeli government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused UNRWA after the ruling of providing false information to the ICJ. Already an Israeli target for decades, Israel decided that UNRWA, which supports 5.9 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East with clinics, schools and food, had to be eliminated. Israel’s destruction of UNRWA serves a political as well as material objective. 

The evidence-free Israeli accusations against UNRWA that a dozen of the 13,000 employees had links to those who carried out the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7 did the trick. It saw 16 major donors, including the United States, the U.K., Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Estonia and Japan, suspend financial support for the relief agency on which nearly every Palestinian in Gaza depends for food. Israel has killed 152 UNRWA workers and damaged 147 UNRWA installations since the attacks inside Israel by Hamas and other resistance groups on Oct. 7 that killed some 1,200 Israelis. Israel has also bombed UNRWA relief trucks. 

More than 27,708 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, some 67,000 have been wounded and at least 7,000 are missing, most likely dead and buried under the rubble.

More than half a million Palestinians – one in four – are starving in Gaza, according to the U.N. Starvation will soon be ubiquitous. Palestinians in Gaza, 1.7 million of whom have been internally displaced, lack not only sufficient food, but clean water, shelter and medicine. There are few fruits or vegetables. There is little flour to make bread. Pasta, along with meat, cheese and eggs, have disappeared. Black market prices for dry goods such as lentils and beans have increased 25 times from pre-war prices. A bag of flour on the black market has risen from $8.00 to $200 dollars. The healthcare system in Gaza, with only three of Gaza’s 36 hospitals left partially functioning, has largely collapsed. Some 1.3 million displaced Palestinians live on the streets of the southern city of Rafah, which Israel designated a “safe zone,” but has begun to bomb. Families shiver in the winter rains under flimsy tarps amid pools of raw sewage. An estimated 90 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been driven from their homes.

“There is no instance since the Second World War in which an entire population has been reduced to extreme hunger and destitution with such speed,” writes Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University and the author of “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine,” in the Guardian. “And there’s no case in which the international obligation to stop it has been so clear.”

The United States, formerly UNRWA’s largest contributor, provided $422 million to the agency in 2023. The severance of funds ensures that UNRWA food deliveries, already in very short supply because of blockages by Israel, will largely come to a halt by the end of February or the beginning of March.

Israel has given the Palestinians in Gaza two choices. Leave or die. "

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okay I just got back from a trip to the US and I have thoughts:

why is the water level in the toilet bowl so high?? I accidentally dipped my hand in twice during my two weeks there and believe me it was twice too many!!

christ your groceries are expensive compared to here?? maybe it's because I exclusively go to aldi/lidl (which are cheap here) and I hadn't worked out what the equivalent in the states is but like, hannaford and trader joe's seemed a lot more expensive (based on my rough estimations of exchange rates and sales tax)

oh yeah the sales tax not being included on the price of the thing is strange to me also but I kinda knew that was a thing already

I occasionally see memes about like US public toilet cubicles being poorly constructed, with gaps, etc, and living in the UK I did kinda relate to them, but actually going over there I can confirm that the US gaps are bigger and the amount of panel you have is significantly less. like I can maybe squeeze my head under a uk toilet cubicle but I could fairly easily completely shimmy under a US one

okay this one is probably because of the state we were in and I'm sure it's not universal but like, the amount of pride flags I saw flying?? the amount of progressive pride flags?? the amount of "trans people are welcome here" signs and "we respect trans people" posters?? Active trans specific inclusion in *government buildings* right there for everyone to see, and not a single one (that I saw) defaced or torn down? in the uk you're lucky to get trans positive stickers on streetlamps (and even then a lot of them get defaced/torn off soon after going up) and specific LGBTQIA+ businesses might fly flags or put up posters, but in the US, even in the small towns we visited, a bunch of private houses and not specifically queer businesses had pride flags and posters up (again I'm sure this is different in other states but coming from the uk it was a breath of fresh air). oh and also we went to a farmers market in a tiny town and someone running one of the stalls was like "how's it going guys?" and then was immediately like "ah wait is it okay that I say guys? I don't want to misgender anyone" and like, that has never happened to me in the uk and I struggle to even imagine it happening outside of specifically queer settings

oven pizzas!! honestly the oven pizzas we had while there were better than 99% of UK pizzas (I'm including UK oven pizzas, restaurant pizzas, and takeout pizzas), idk what goes in them that's different to the uk but they were So Good

vanilla ben and jerrys??????? we get some B&J flavours in the uk but they're generally expensive compared to other ice cream and there might be 1-3 flavours to choose from in stores that stock it. we saw a whole freezer dedicated to B&J ice cream, in the entire aisle dedicated just to ice cream. anyway, I thought B&J only did fancy flavours so seeing the plain vanilla there was cool

also my lactose intolerance seemed to go on holiday during the trip?? like is american dairy just different? I had cheesecake and ice cream and incredibly cheesey pizzas and cheese toasties and had like 0 ill side effects. As soon as I got back to the uk I went "well I must be cured" and drank a yoghurt drink and Let Me Tell You That Was A Mistake

cars are B I G. we got off the plane and went to the car rental place and all the trucks and vans and stuff were just completely towering over me. It's like someone took a uk truck and expanded it to like 1.5x size. I felt kinda like I was a child again just with the height difference

gas stations!! we stopped off at gas stations and I was expecting like a lil selection of packaged sandwiches and bottled drinks but like, there were salads and sushi and wraps and sandwiches and then an entire hot food counter doing pizzas and hot wraps and there were pastries and several different types of filter coffee and teas and then An Entire Beer Cave?? (side note: alcoholic arizona ice tea?? holy shit??). apparently gas stations are some of the best places to buy booze, which I was not expecting?

I had a super great time while there and everyone was so friendly ^_^ but if someone could tell me why the toilet bowls are like that I'd appreciate it D:

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First on CNN: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour could break $2 billion in North American ticket sales alone

Taylor Swift’s era-defining “Eras” tour is flying like a jet stream, high above the music scene — by billions of dollars.

The tour could gross $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to August survey data from research firm QuestionPro provided to CNN exclusively. That unprecedented total represents primary ticket sales for the US shows that Swift just concluded in Los Angeles, plus a second North American leg coming next year.

The estimated totals are the latest example of the incredible demand for entertainment and experiences that has helped boost the economy, and more specifically, is a staggering show of Swift’s star power and influence on local US economies.

The average price of pre-sale and first sale tickets was $455.78, and Swift has 68 shows total in North America. The survey did not take into account whether respondents bought one ticket or multiple tickets.

The average attendance per show was 72,459, accounting for closed off areas and floor seats, according to QuestionPro data.

That comes to $2.2 billion — and that would make “Eras” the highest-grossing tour ever. Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour was the previous record holder, grossing over $887 million from 2018 to 2023, according to Larry Miller, director of the music business program at New York University Steinhardt.

“We’re talking about a global pop artist who faces virtually infinite demand for those tickets,” said Miller of Swift.

“Eras” has become one of the biggest social events of the year, with concertgoers doling out thousands of dollars on tickets, outfits, transportation and travel accommodations. Concertgoers participating in a QuestionPro poll of 862 people who say they attended at least one “Eras” concert said they spent an average of $291.62 each on their outfits, $214.80 on merchandise and $131.48 for food and drinks.

‘An economic phenomenon’

“Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour is rewriting the playbook of entertainment economics,” said Chris Leyden, director of growth marketing at SeatGeek. “She’s not just a performer — she’s an economic phenomenon.”

The average resale price of an “Eras” ticket was $1,607, SeatGeek told CNN. That’s up 741% from her “Reputation” tour in 2018, during which the average resale ticket price was $191.

A representative for Swift did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.

Swift finished her last US “Eras” show of this year in Los Angeles in August — but not without adding international tour dates, another North American leg of the tour, announcing re-recordings of her albums “1989” and “Speak Now” and releasing the latter album. She kicks off the Latin American leg of her tour later this month.

So far, the economic impact of Swift’s blockbuster tour has been wide-ranging.

Earlier this month, truckers for the tour were given $100,000 checks each, which one trucking company head called “life-changing.”

Food banks across the country in the communities where she has performed have said they received hefty donations from Swift, allowing pantries to replenish their inventories. One food bank network in Arizona said Swift’s donation allowed it to send several tractor-trailers filled with 40,000 pounds of fresh produce to its member food banks.

“Taylor Swift’s donation certainly helped at a time when we’re seeing the need climb and climb and climb,” Terri Shoemaker, a spokesperson at Arizona Food Bank Network, told CNN.

Retailers have also seen a boost from concertgoers looking for clothes that match the theme of Swift’s “eras.” Shops are marketing outfits featuring everything from sundresses and metallic boots to romantic, breezy long dresses and daring red gowns to Swifites shopping for concert looks.

Swift even earned a nod in the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, a collection of survey responses from businesses around the country. According to one business, “May was the strongest month for hotel revenue in Philadelphia since the onset of the pandemic, in large part due to an influx of guests for the Taylor Swift concerts in the city,” Fed officials wrote.

Swift kicked off the highly-anticipated “Eras” — her first tour since her “Reputation” stadium tour in 2018 — in March. The show features an expansive, roughly three-hour long set list that spans 14 years of her career.

The Ticketmaster meltdown

Hell was the journey for Swifties who sought tickets, though it brought those who secured them heaven. The heavy demand snarled Ticketmaster’s website last November, when pre-sale tickets first went live, leaving some verified fans locked out even with access codes. That spurred some Swifties to file a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and lawmakers to grill a top executive from parent-company Live Nation Entertainment during a three-hour hearing.

Ticketmaster did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.

Fans who couldn’t secure tickets weren’t deterred from heading to concert venue parking lots to listen from there, according to data analytics platform Placer.ai.

During the three nights of the tour’s stop in Nashville, Tennessee, about 33% of the Nissan Stadium’s total crowd during the concerts stood outside the venue in parking lots to tailgate. Groups also gathered at stops in Philadelphia and Arlington, Texas.

“We’ve never seen anything like this,” said Ethan Chernofsky, senior vice president of marketing at Placer.ai, noting that the phenomenon is reminiscent of die-hard sports fans tailgating outside stadiums. “That’s just not concert behavior.”

Swift’s tour is slated to conclude in late 2024, provided she doesn’t extend the tour yet again. Miller says that while it’s tough to imagine another musical artist beating her “Eras” record, it’s not impossible to see Swift topping it herself.

“When it comes to Taylor, I’ve learned to never say never,” he said.

ts1989fanatic holy shit potentially 2.2 BILLION just from North America, what the fuck does it look like when you add in the rest of the International dates.

She’s setting the bar so high others are going to need jet packs to clear it.

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Refrigerated Truck Rental Market Expected to Witness a Sustainable Growth Over 2033

Market Definition

Refrigerated truck rental is the renting of a truck that has been outfitted with a refrigeration unit. This type of truck is typically used to transport perishable goods, such as food or flowers. Refrigerated truck rental is a popular option for businesses that need to transport temperature-sensitive items but do not have the budget to purchase or maintain their own refrigerated truck.

Market Outlook

The global Refrigerated Truck Rental market was valued at USD 2.2 Billion in 2022 and it is anticipated to grow up to USD 3.8 Billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 5.5% during the forecast period.

The growth opportunities in the market can be found mainly in the looming need for refrigerated transport of pharmaceuticals and food and beverages. Moreover, the refrigerated freight industry is expected to thrive in line with the continued growth in the volume of goods transported by road. Furthermore, the rapid growth of the retail e-commerce industry, the subsequent growth in the need for advanced and efficient logistics, and strengthening regulations on vehicular emissions are some of the factors that have been augmenting the growth of reefer trucks. Refrigerated truck transport happens to be a “derived demand” industry, where the demand for refrigerated truckers is directly proportional to the demand for the products these vehicles are supposed to haul. Besides, reefer truck rental can be a highly cost-effective alternative for businesses engaged in handling reefer cargo as it relieves these businesses from the costs incurred on maintaining a fleet of reefer trucks. Also, refrigerated truck rental services are ideal to ensure proper storage and transportation of temperature-sensitive products and prevent perishable products from spoilage.

The key restraints and challenges in refrigerated truck rental market include high initial investment, volatile raw material prices, and stringent environmental regulations. High initial investment is a major restraint for the growth of the refrigerated truck rental market. The cost of a refrigerated truck is higher than that of a regular truck, due to the additional cost of the refrigeration system. This high cost acts as a barrier to entry for small and medium enterprises. Volatile raw material prices are another challenge for the refrigerated truck rental market. The prices of steel, aluminum, and copper, which are used in the manufacturing of refrigerated trucks, have been volatile in recent years. This volatility has a direct impact on the cost of refrigerated trucks. Stringent environmental regulations are also a challenge for the refrigerated truck rental market. These regulations limit the emissions of greenhouse gases from refrigerated trucks. This is a challenge for the industry as it needs to find ways to reduce emissions without compromising on the performance of the refrigerated trucks.

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Thoroughly analyze smaller market segments strategically, focusing on their potential, individual patterns of growth, and impact on the overall market

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Identify the primary market participants, based on their business objectives, regional footprint, product offerings, and strategic initiatives

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Market Segmentation

 The report analyses the global Refrigerated Truck Rental market based on By Rental Type, By Truck Type, By Application, and region.

Global Refrigerated Truck Rental Market By Rental Type

Based on rental type, the market has been segmented into short-term and long-term. The short-term rental segment is expected to witness significant growth from 2020 to 2027, as it aids the businesses in meeting the seasonal demand by offering suitable refrigerated trucks for the job for a short period, without any commitments or penalties. This is considered as an economically viable option. Also, short-term rental contracts offer flexibility to end-users during temporary peak seasons. Such factors are anticipated to positively influence segment growth over the forecast period.

Global Refrigerated Truck Rental Market by Truck Type

Based on truck type, market is segmented into Light, Medium, and Heavy. Light truck segment led the refrigerated truck rental market. These vehicles are suitable for intra-city transportation of frozen foods and perishable products, especially for QSRs and supermarkets. Owing to the compact size, they offer ease-of-driving in the traffic-congested cities. Hence, the demand for light trucks segment is estimated to rise with the growth in e-commerce retail, FMCG, and pharmaceutical sectors. Besides, several regulations on the entry of heavy commercial vehicles in congested cities during peak hours are also projected to influence the demand.

The heavy truck segment is poised to expand at the second-highest CAGR from 2022 to 2032. Heavy trucks are mostly preferred for long-distance transportation of frozen foods and perishable goods owing to their higher transportation capacity. Moreover, with the use of multi-temperature refrigerated systems, these trucks can transport multiple products such as meat, fish, and dairy products at the same time, thus improving the delivery efficiency as well as profit margins of the service providers.

Global Refrigerated Truck Rental Market by Application

In terms of application, the industry is classified into Food & Beverages. Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, and Others. Among these, the Food & Beverages dominated in 2022 with a revenue share of 37.79%. Frozen food manufacturers are using technologies such as individual quick freezing (IQF) to improve the yield and quality of frozen foods. The IQF method involves transferring the individual food items on a conveyor belt into a blast freezer that quickly freezes the items. With the IQF method, every individual piece of food is frozen separately, as opposed to bulk or block freezing. This method boosts yield by 1.5-3% and results in better quality products with high nutritional value and less wastage. Examples of IQF foods include fruits such as blueberries, strawberries, and peaches, and vegetables such as corn, peas, and green beans. The global IQF vegetable market is expected to reach $2 billion by 2026, thus indicating significant demand for IQF food products in the future.

Geographical Analysis of Global Refrigerated Truck Rental MarketRegion-wise, it is studied across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World. Europe held the largest revenue share of 36.47% in 2021. The market in the U.K. is poised to expand at a considerably high CAGR of 9.6% from 2020 to 2027. The U.K. frozen food product industry is currently the fastest-growing retail category. Also, expansion of retail food chains is likely to spur the demand for cold chain logistics industry over the forecast period, thus increasing the demand for reefer truck rentals in the country. Moreover, retailers are focusing on developing long-term strategic planning to withstand stiff competition in the retail industry as well as the shift in consumer preferences. The production of fruits and vegetables has fallen in Europe owing to unseasonal conditions that could present opportunities for the frozen food industry, which in turn is further expected to drive the market.

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The key players in the Refrigerated Truck Rental market are as Ryder System , Inc., Fraikin Limited, Penske Corporation, Inc., Petit Forestier, The Hertz Corporation, Polar Leasing, Inc., U-COOL Refrigeration, LLC, ReeferTek USA, Corp., KookMate, and Innocool., among others

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Competitive Landscape – Market Share Analysis, Market Leaders, Emerging Players, Vendor Benchmarking, Developmental Strategy Benchmarking, PESTLE Analysis, Value Chain Analysis

Company Profiles – Overview, Business Segments, Business Performance, Product Offering, Key Developmental Strategies, SWOT Analysis

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Cold Chain Industry to Showcase Continued Growth in the Coming Years

The cold chain market refers to the infrastructure and logistics involved in maintaining the integrity and freshness of perishable products, typically food and pharmaceuticals, throughout the supply chain. This process involves temperature-controlled storage, transportation, and distribution to ensure that products remain within specified temperature ranges from the point of origin to the point of consumption. The global cold chain market is on a trajectory of significant expansion, with an estimated value projected to reach USD 372.0 billion by 2029 from the 2024 valuation of USD 228.3 billion, displaying a promising Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.3%. The cold chain refers to a series of temperature-controlled processes, facilities, and logistics used to ensure the integrity and quality of perishable goods throughout their journey from production to consumption. It encompasses refrigeration, freezing, and controlled atmosphere technologies to maintain specific temperature and humidity levels.

Key components of the cold chain market include refrigerated storage facilities, refrigerated transport vehicles (such as trucks, ships, and airplanes), temperature monitoring devices, and packaging materials designed to insulate and protect perishable goods.

The growth of the cold chain industry is driven by several factors:

Increasing demand for perishable goods: With changing consumer preferences and dietary habits, there is a growing demand for perishable products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, seafood, meat, and pharmaceuticals that require temperature-controlled storage and transportation.

Globalization of supply chains: As supply chains become increasingly globalized, there is a need for efficient cold chain logistics to ensure that perishable products can be transported over long distances without compromising quality and safety.

Stringent food safety regulations: Governments and regulatory bodies around the world have implemented strict regulations governing the handling and transportation of perishable goods to ensure food safety and quality. Compliance with these regulations drives the adoption of cold chain solutions by food producers, distributors, and retailers.

Technological advancements: Advances in refrigeration technology, temperature monitoring systems, and packaging materials have improved the efficiency and reliability of cold chain logistics, reducing product losses and ensuring product quality throughout the supply chain.

Growing pharmaceutical industry: The pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on cold chain logistics to transport temperature-sensitive drugs and vaccines safely and effectively. With the increasing demand for healthcare products, especially biologics and vaccines, the pharmaceutical cold chain market is expected to witness significant growth.

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India is poised to witness the fastest growth within the Asia Pacific cold chain market during the forecast period.

India stands as a significant producer and consumer of dairy products, particularly milk and curd. With a burgeoning population and a cultural inclination towards dairy consumption, the demand for efficient cold chain logistics to maintain product integrity from farm to table is imperative. As per a May 2023 report from Slurrp, India boasts a significantly higher milk consumption rate compared to the global average, with nearly half of its population (48.1%) regularly consuming milk or curd. The increasing demand for dairy products in India can be linked to its fast urbanization and improving living standards. India's daily milk consumption stands at 427 g, well above the global average of 305 g.

Moreover, India's rapid industrialization has spurred the growth of various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, processed food, and agriculture. These industries heavily rely on cold chain solutions to preserve the quality and safety of their products. Additionally, the proliferation of Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) and the changing dietary habits of the urban populace have fueled the demand for frozen and chilled food products. As per a report from the credit rating agency ICRA, the Indian Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector is projected to experience growth ranging between 20% to 25% during the fiscal year 2024.This surge in demand necessitates robust cold chain systems to ensure the seamless delivery of perishable goods, thereby propelling the expansion of the cold chain market in India.

Increasing international trade has significantly fueled the demand for the cold chain market at the highest CAGR.

With reduced trade barriers and interconnected supply chains, perishable goods like fruits, vegetables, and pharmaceuticals are transported across borders, necessitating temperature-controlled environments. In 2022, the USDA reported that the total export value of baked goods from the US amounted to USD 4.21 billion, with a volume of 1 million metric tons, reflecting a 1.7% compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2022. Notably, there was substantial year-over-year growth compared to 2021, when the total export value was USD 3.73 billion. Canada led as the top market for US baked goods in 2022, with a value of USD 2.70 billion, followed by Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.

Furthermore, in November 2023, NFUonline reported that the UK Government initiated the UK Dairy Export Programme, allocating USD 1.2 million to support farmers in enhancing the global export of British dairy products. This commitment, announced by the Prime Minister in May 2023, reflects the government's strong backing for the dairy sector. The programme aims to create new opportunities for businesses worldwide. Currently, the UK dairy industry exports goods worth over USD 2.47 billion annually to 135 countries, and this initiative is anticipated to bolster its global standing further. Such export-focused endeavors in the dairy sector have the potential to significantly influence the cold chain market.

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Social media play pivotal role in this phenomenon by facilitating the dissemination of information and trends. Influencers, bloggers, and online platforms showcase diverse cuisines, products, and lifestyles, sparking curiosity and demand in previously untapped markets. For instance, the promotion of use of butter and cheese in various cuisines through social media channels has sparked a newfound fascination in Asian countries, where traditionally these dairy products held less prominence. In 2022, China experienced a 7% increase in butter imports, driven mainly by increased demand from the bakery industry, according to the FAO. This cultural exchange fueled by digital platforms propels the demand for perishable goods, necessitating efficient cold chain logistics to ensure freshness and quality during transportation.

Market Opportunities: Intermodal transport to save fuel costs

Intermodal transport has emerged as a pivotal solution in the cold chain market due to its unparalleled ability to optimize fuel costs. Cold chain logistics demands a delicate balance between temperature control and efficiency. Intermodal transport achieves this balance by seamlessly integrating multiple modes of transportation, such as trucks, trains, and ships, to deliver goods to their destination. By strategically combining different transport modes based on their strengths and cost-effectiveness, companies can minimize fuel consumption. For instance, trains are substantially more fuel-efficient than trucks over long distances, while trucks offer flexibility and accessibility for last-mile delivery. By leveraging these strengths, businesses can significantly reduce their overall fuel expenditure, thereby enhancing cost-effectiveness in the cold chain market.

Moreover, intermodal transport fosters sustainability, a growing concern in modern supply chain management. By optimizing fuel usage, companies not only cut costs but also reduce their carbon footprint. This aligns with increasingly stringent environmental regulations and consumer preferences for eco-friendly practices.

Major players profiled

Americold Logistics, Inc. (US)

Lineage, Inc. (US)

NICHIREI CORPORATION (Japan)

Burris Logistics (US)

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Denmark)

United States Cold Storage (US)

Tippmann Group (US)

Coldman Logistics Pvt.Ltd. (India)

CONGEBEC (Canada)

CONESTOGA COLD STORAGE (Canada)

NewCold (Netherlands)

Seafrigo Group (France)

Trenton Cold Storage (Canada)

Blue Water Shipping (Denmark)

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Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Market Trends: Embracing Disruptive Technologies for Growth

Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Market Overview:

In 2021, the market for commercial refrigeration equipment was estimated to be worth USD 30.12 billion. It is anticipated that the market for commercial refrigeration equipment will increase from USD 32.41 billion in 2022 to USD 50.78 billion by 2030.

Commercial refrigeration equipment plays a critical role in preserving perishable goods and maintaining food safety across various industries. From restaurants and supermarkets to pharmaceuticals and cold storage facilities, the demand for reliable refrigeration solutions continues to grow. This article provides an in-depth overview of the commercial refrigeration equipment market, including segmentation analysis, key takeaways, and regional insights.

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Market key players

Williams Refrigeration

EPTA

Rockwell Industries Limited

Voltas, Inc.

Kysor Warren

A Dover Company

Hill phoenix

The kelvin group

Hussmann Corporation

Enex Technologies

AHT Cooling Systems GmbH

United Technologies Corporation among others

By Segmentation:

1. Product Type:

   a. Display Cases: Display cases, including open-air coolers, glass door merchandisers, and deli cases, are used in retail settings to showcase and refrigerate food and beverage products for customers.

   b. Walk-In Coolers and Freezers: Walk-in coolers and freezers provide ample storage space for perishable goods in commercial kitchens, grocery stores, warehouses, and food distribution centers.

   c. Beverage Refrigeration Equipment: Beverage refrigeration equipment includes beverage coolers, keg coolers, and beer dispensers commonly used in bars, restaurants, convenience stores, and entertainment venues.

   d. Refrigerated Vending Machines: Refrigerated vending machines offer chilled snacks, beverages, and perishable items to consumers in various public locations such as airports, train stations, and office buildings.

2. Application:

   a. Food Service: Commercial refrigeration equipment in the food service industry includes refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, and blast chillers used in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and catering services.

   b. Food Retail: Supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, and specialty food retailers utilize refrigeration equipment to store and display a wide range of perishable goods, including fresh produce, dairy products, and meats.

   c. Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical refrigeration equipment, including medical-grade refrigerators and freezers, is crucial for storing vaccines, medications, and biological samples at optimal temperatures to maintain efficacy and safety.

   d. Cold Chain Logistics: Refrigerated trucks, containers, and warehouses are essential components of the cold chain logistics industry, ensuring the safe and efficient transportation and storage of temperature-sensitive products such as fruits, vegetables, and pharmaceuticals.

Key Takeaways:

1. Energy Efficiency: Increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainability drives the demand for commercial refrigeration equipment with advanced features such as LED lighting, energy-efficient compressors, and eco-friendly refrigerants to reduce operating costs and environmental impact.

2. Technological Advancements: Innovations in refrigeration technology, including digital controls, remote monitoring systems, and smart sensors, enhance temperature accuracy, food safety compliance, and operational efficiency in commercial refrigeration equipment.

3. Regulatory Compliance: Stringent regulations and industry standards pertaining to food safety, energy efficiency, and refrigerant management drive investments in compliant commercial refrigeration equipment to meet regulatory requirements and avoid penalties.

4. Market Expansion in Emerging Economies: Rapid urbanization, changing consumer lifestyles, and growing food retail sectors in emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil, and Southeast Asia fuel the demand for commercial refrigeration equipment, presenting growth opportunities for manufacturers and suppliers.

Regional Insights:

1. North America: The United States and Canada dominate the North American commercial refrigeration equipment market, driven by the presence of established food retail chains, stringent food safety regulations, and technological advancements in refrigeration technology.

2. Europe: Countries in Europe, including the UK, Germany, France, and Italy, exhibit a mature commercial refrigeration equipment market, characterized by a high level of food safety standards, eco-conscious consumers, and a focus on energy efficiency.

3. Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific region experiences rapid urbanization, population growth, and expanding food retail sectors, driving the demand for commercial refrigeration equipment in countries such as China, India, Japan, and South Korea.

4. Latin America and the Middle East & Africa: Emerging markets in Latin America and the Middle East & Africa witness increasing investments in food retail infrastructure, cold chain logistics, and pharmaceutical storage facilities, boosting the demand for commercial refrigeration equipment.

The commercial refrigeration equipment market continues to evolve with advancements in technology, changing regulatory landscape, and shifting consumer preferences towards energy efficiency and food safety. Manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers need to innovate and adapt to these dynamics to capitalize on growth opportunities globally. By understanding regional nuances, customer requirements, and emerging trends, stakeholders can navigate the competitive landscape and drive sustainable growth in the dynamic commercial refrigeration equipment market.

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Crafting a Comprehensive Food Truck Business Plan: Your Ultimate Guide

Embarking on a food truck venture opens doors to the dynamic world of street food, offering unparalleled flexibility and access to diverse customer bases across various locations. The rise of the food truck business model in recent years stems from its convenience, catering to individuals with mobile lifestyles and serving as a low-risk, low-investment option for aspiring entrepreneurs in the restaurant industry. With consumerism on the rise and a growing preference for dining out, the food truck sector has witnessed remarkable growth, reflected in the global market's value of $3.93 billion in 2020, projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 6.8% by 2028.

What Constitutes a Food Truck Business Plan?

A food truck business plan serves as a comprehensive roadmap outlining business goals, strategies, and operational processes essential for success. It provides a blueprint detailing all elements crucial to the business's viability and growth.

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Operating a food truck successfully requires meticulous planning and strategizing, addressing operational challenges such as fuel and power management, securing parking permits, and optimizing cooking and serving in compact spaces. A robust food truck business plan is essential for overcoming these challenges efficiently and ensuring sustainable growth.

An effective food truck business plan functions as a guiding light, navigating the complexities of the market and outlining the best path forward. By delineating business goals, defining target audiences, and operational strategies, a well-crafted plan not only instills confidence but also serves as a compelling tool for securing funding.

Beyond offering delectable recipes from a mobile kitchen, running a food truck demands careful planning and execution. Our guide will provide valuable insights into crafting a comprehensive food truck business plan.

Before delving into the intricacies of drafting a food truck business plan, it's essential to understand why food trucks have become an appealing alternative to traditional restaurants.

Why Is a Food Truck Business Plan Crucial for Success?

Depicts Focus: A formal food truck business plan showcases a clear focus on brand building, signaling visionary leadership and inviting stakeholders to join an ambitious project.

Determines Financial Needs: Assessing startup costs, projected sales, and annual budgets helps determine the precise capital requirements, crucial for sustainable operations and growth.

Understands Competition: Analyzing competitors helps mitigate risks and adapt strategies to differentiate the brand and avoid market saturation.

Understands Customers: Customer analysis illuminates demographics, preferences, and purchasing behavior, enabling targeted marketing efforts and product development.

Evaluates Concept Feasibility: Thorough market research assesses the viability and potential success of the business concept, guiding strategic decision-making.

Discovers New Opportunities: Brainstorming and planning foster innovation, leading to the generation of new ideas and strategies for business growth and differentiation.

Elements of a Food Truck Business Plan

A professional, comprehensive food truck business plan encompasses vital elements essential for success:

Executive Summary: Offers a concise overview of the business concept, menu offerings, target audience, location, mission, core values, financial projections, and profitability.

Company Overview: Explores the culinary vision, mobile kitchen setup, menu offerings, key milestones, relevant licenses, and equipment acquisitions.

Management Structure: Details the expertise, roles, responsibilities, and ownership structure of the management team, ensuring efficient operations and accountability.

Financial Plan: Outlines initial investments, operational expenses, revenue projections, profitability estimates, funding requirements, and repayment terms, crucial for financial sustainability and growth.

Operations Plan: Provides insights into ingredient sourcing, food preparation, supplier/vendor management, location selection, health, and safety compliance, enabling efficient daily operations and contingency planning.

Market Analysis and Outreach: Defines target audiences, analyzes competitors, formulates marketing strategies, and outlines growth plans, driving customer acquisition, retention, and business expansion.

Crafting a successful food truck business plan requires careful consideration of these elements, providing clarity to stakeholders and investors while charting a course for sustainable growth and success.

Conclusion

A well-crafted food truck business plan is indispensable for aspiring restaurateurs and food entrepreneurs, providing a roadmap for success in the dynamic world of street food. By meticulously outlining business goals, strategies, and operational processes, entrepreneurs can navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and build a thriving food truck venture. Whether you're embarking on your first culinary adventure or expanding your existing food business, a comprehensive business plan sets the stage for success in the competitive food truck industry.

This blog would have helped you understand the nuances of writing a food truck business plan. For more assistance with the food industry and digital marketing strategies for restaurants, get in touch.

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Hydrogen Electrolyzer Market to See Strong Investment Opportunity

Advance Market Analytics released a new market study on Global Hydrogen Electrolyzer Market Research report which presents a complete assessment of the Market and contains a future trend, current growth factors, attentive opinions, facts, and industry validated market data. The research study provides estimates for Global Hydrogen Electrolyzer Forecast till 2029*.

Electrolysis is a promising alternative for hydrogen production through renewable resources. In electrolysis, electricity is used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen in a system known as an electrolyzer. A hydrogen electrolyzer is a system with an electrolyte solution, in which the electrodes such as anode and cathode have been placed. The anode is connected to the positive side whereas the cathode is connected to the negative side.

Key Players included in the Research Coverage of Hydrogen Electrolyzer Market are:

Nel ASA (Norway), McPhy Energy (France), Hydrogenics GmbH (Germany), Tianjin Mainland Hydrogen Equipment (China), Giner (United States), Siemens (Germany), Areva H2Gen (France), GreenHydrogen (Denmark), IGas Energy Plc (United Kingdom), Accagen SA (Switzerland)

What's Trending in Market: Hydrogen Is Already Outcompeting Fossil Fuels in Several Places in the World

Challenges: The Market is Highly Concentrated As there are Already Established Players

Opportunities: Decreasing Electrolyzer CAPEX Hydrogen Has Potential to Become a Preferred Fuel Alternative In The Future

Market Growth Drivers: A Rise in the Use of Hydrogen in Refinery Hydro-Processing Increased Need for Eliminating High Hydrogen Transport Costs Rise in Demand for Eco-Friendly Fuels as an Energy Source Supportive Government Regulations towards Use of Hydrogen

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Navigating the Sale of Your Food Truck: A Step-by-Step Guide

Are you considering putting your food truck up for sale? Whether you're looking to explore new opportunities or take a break from the bustling world of mobile culinary delights, selling your food truck requires careful planning and execution. In this guide, will walk you through the essential steps to ensure a smooth and successful sale.

Evaluate Your Food Truck's Value:

Before listing your food truck for sale, it's crucial to determine its fair market value. Consider factors such as the age, condition, equipment, and reputation of your truck. You may want to consult with industry experts or appraisers to get a precise estimate. A well-researched asking price will attract serious buyers.

Organise Your Financial Records:

Prospective buyers will likely request financial information to assess the profitability of your food truck business. Prepare detailed records of your income, expenses, and taxes. Transparency and accuracy in your financial documentation will build trust and streamline the negotiation process.

Highlight Unique Selling Points:

When creating your listing, emphasise the unique aspects of your food truck that set it apart from the competition. Whether it's a special menu, loyal customer base, or a standout design, showcasing these features will attract potential buyers who see value in what you've built.

Complete Necessary Repairs and Maintenance:

A well-maintained food truck is more appealing to buyers. Address any outstanding repairs, perform routine maintenance, and ensure that all equipment is in good working order. Providing a turnkey operation for the new owner will make your food truck a more attractive investment.

Market Your Food Truck:

Utilise various channels to market your food truck for sale. Make an eye-catching internet listing with detailed content and excellent images. Utilise social media platforms, food truck forums, and classified websites to increase visibility. Networking within the food truck community can also help spread the word to potential buyers.

Work with a Business Broker:

Consider enlisting the services of a business broker experienced in the food industry. A professional broker can help you navigate the complexities of the sale, market your food truck effectively, and connect with serious buyers. While there may be associated fees, the expertise they bring to the table can often be well worth the investment.

Be Prepared for Negotiations:

Once potential buyers express interest, be ready for negotiations. Be flexible but firm on your asking price, and consider other terms like financing options or seller financing. Clear communication and a willingness to find common ground will help facilitate a successful negotiation.

Transfer Licenses and Permits:

Ensure a smooth transition by facilitating the transfer of all necessary licenses and permits to the new owner. This includes health department permits, business licenses, and any other regulatory requirements specific to your location. Cooperation in this regard will save time and headaches for both parties.

Draft a Comprehensive Sales Agreement:

Work with a legal professional to draft a detailed sales agreement outlining all terms and conditions of the sale. Cover aspects such as payment terms, timelines, and any conditions that must be met before the sale is finalised. Having a legally sound agreement protects both you and the buyer.

Close the Deal:

Once all negotiations are complete, and both parties are satisfied with the terms, finalise the sale. Transfer ownership of the food truck, provide the buyer with all necessary documentation, and celebrate the successful transition of your culinary venture to its new owner.

By following these steps, you'll be well-equipped to navigate the process of putting your food truck up for sale. Approach the sale with careful consideration, and you'll increase the likelihood of finding the right buyer who appreciates the value of your mobile culinary business.

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Protests by farmers are in full swing across CEE ahead of next week’s EU agriculture ministers' meeting. Populists in the region are looking to exploit the issue ahead of the European elections, to varying degrees of success.

Large demonstrations, many involving tractors blockading city roads and border points, took place across Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia over the past week, as farmers protested a variety of issues, from rising production costs and higher taxes, to excessive environmental rules and bureaucracy, to cheap imports coming from Ukraine.

Yet what unites them is their anger at the EU and member state governments for not listening to their concerns, in what is fast becoming a politically charged affair ahead of crucial elections in June for the European Parliament.

In Poland, where nationwide protests kicked off on February 9, it is the dumping of Ukrainian food produce on the Polish market that is the source of much of the anger.

At Dorohusk, on Poland’s eastern border with Ukraine, hundreds of trucks waiting to leave Poland are stuck in a line longer than 10 kilometres as Polish farmers are blocking the border crossing to force the government to meet their demands.

“This is an act of despair,” Tomasz Warchalawski, a 49-year-old farmer from the Lubelskie region, told BIRN on February 14 as he helped maintain the blockade at Dorohusk. “Prices for our produce have dropped so low since the war started that we are barely making ends meet. Right now, there are times I have to borrow to stay afloat.”

By February 21, Polish farmers were stopping traffic at all border crossings with Ukraine; the rule of the blockades is that only one truck is allowed to pass per hour both ways, with the exception of humanitarian aid, military equipment and fuel. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the blockade indicated “an erosion of solidarity with Ukraine” and that the protest actions in Poland were “more about politics than about grain”, as only 5 per cent of Ukrainian agricultural exports pass through Poland.

Elsewhere in Poland, farmers organised a major action in the centre of the south-western city of Wroclaw on February 15, which included using tractors to block traffic and the burning of tires in front of various offices of national and European authorities. On February 20, a major nationwide action was organised, with many highways and city centres blocked.

All the Polish farmers BIRN spoke to on the border complained that they are now being forced to sell their products at between half and two-thirds of the price they used to get before the war in Ukraine started, because supermarkets and intermediaries can now buy much cheaper Ukrainian products after the EU dropped import duties to support the Ukrainian economy.

For example, farmers used to get about 1,500 zloty (about 350 euros) per tonne of wheat two years ago, compared with just 700-800 zloty now. For corn, the drop has been from 900 zloty per tonne to around 400 zloty, the protesters said.

43-year-old Michal, the owner of a 120-hectare family farm and one of the protesters at Dorohusk, estimated his losses in the past year at 100,000 zloty (about 23,000 euros), while subsidies paid by the government from EU funds made up for only about a tenth of that.

“We don’t have a problem with supporting Ukraine,” he explained. “The problem is that the beneficiaries of this situation are Ukrainian oligarchs, the big businesses controlling the exports. And it’s us, regular family farms over here, who bear the costs.”

Polish farmers have actually been protesting since early 2023 over the Ukrainian import issue. Their actions forced the then-government of the Law and Justice party (PiS) to introduce a unilateral ban on cereal imports from Ukraine after a short-term European ban had expired. But farmers complain that the national ban – which is supposed to still be in place – is not being enforced in practice.

When BIRN visited, there were no Polish authorities in sight to do any checking and the farmers were themselves informally controlling the incoming Ukrainian trucks. The day before, Polish farmers had forced open some trucks, spilling grain out onto the road – proof, they said, that formally banned products were still coming in.

“The pigs change but the trough stays the same,” Michal said in response to a question about whether the actions of the previous PiS government or the current new one, made up of three centrist democratic parties, are in any way helping to meet farmers’ demands.

“We are forced to block the border because nobody listens to us in Warsaw, neither the former nor the present government. They are all happy to turn a blind eye while the cereals still get dumped in Poland,” he added.

Polish farmers have been cheered by the gathering support from farmers across Europe. “We’ve been protesting in Poland since January last year, but nobody paid any attention to us,” 66-year-old Krszysztof, another farmer at the Dorohusk crossing, told BIRN. “We understood faster what was happening because we are right here, close to Ukraine, but now they are all starting to get it. I think if farmers all over Europe rise up, they’ll be forced to listen to us.”

Message received

That call has now been taken up elsewhere in the region, with protests in Czechia and Slovakia starting on Monday and culminating on Thursday. Although complaints about cheaper produce from Ukraine is an issue, it is the huge amount of bureaucracy the EU imposes on farmers and food producers that is at the root of most of their complaints, as well as the European Green Deal, a policy intended to make the EU carbon-neutral by 2050.

“We want to raise animals, grow crops and produce food, not sit at a computer and decipher the sometimes even meaningless requirements of the European Commission, which are constantly changing and hindering the development of the countryside,” Andrej Gajdos, executive vice-president of the Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food Industry, said. “We are in favour of hearing our demands and a real discussion – this is the only way to restore the trust of European farmers and food producers in EU institutions.”

In the early hours of Monday morning, hundreds of tractors converged on Prague’s main thoroughfare from half a dozen directions, only temporarily disrupting traffic despite initial fears of urban chaos, and gathered in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, on the banks of the Vltava river.

Czech farmers are urging their government to defend their interests in the upcoming EU negotiations, crucially to reduce bureaucratic red-tape and reform the bloc’s subsidy policy to better support small and medium-sized farms.

A few hundred Hungarian farmers protested on February 16 at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border carrying banners like “No farmers, no food, no future” and several anti-EU ones like “Brussels betrayed us” and, alongside a coffin, “This is what Brussels wants for us”. Hardly surprising, given the protest was organised by the Hungarian Agriculture Chamber and the National Association of Farmers’ Circles (MAGOSZ), both closely associated with the eurosceptic Fidesz government.

“Why do they [the EU] think that contaminated food is good for us?” asked Balazs Gyorffy, chairman of the Agriculture Chamber rhetorically, alluding to the widespread belief that Ukrainian products are inferior or dangerous.

Populist advances

The farmers’ protests represent an opportunity for Europe’s populists, especially in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament on June 6-9. But, at the same time, if the experience in the Czech Republic is anything to go by, it’s not one that all farmers are willing to concede to them.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a seasoned politician, immediately spied the political potential in the farmers’ protests and has been trying to capitalise on them before the EU elections, which polling by the European Council on Foreign Relations suggests will likely see anti-European populists top the polls in nine member states (including Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), and come second or third in a further nine countries.

On the eve of the last European Council summit on February 1, Orban met outside with protesting farmers on the streets of Brussels, telling them that “European leaders do not take people’s interests seriously, so new leaders must be elected”. And this week, he released a video accusing Brussels of trying to ruin the livelihoods of European farmers and calling for Ukrainian products to be banned from the European market.

The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture told BIRN that, “The unrestricted access of Ukrainian products to the EU market has created unfair conditions and distorted the market for Hungarian and European agriculture, due to the huge differences in production standards.” It argued that maize, which is the worst affected by Ukrainian imports, costs around 146 euros/tonne in Hungary, while it is sold at over 200 euros/tonne in the EU.

The ministry also said it disagrees with the European Commission’s latest proposal to remove poultry, eggs and sugar from the banned list, but leave CEE countries to deal with the problem of cereals. “Until an international solution is found to restrict imports of Ukrainian grain, the Hungarian government is forced to maintain its unilateral import restriction”, the ministry wrote.

In Poland, the politics around the protests is more confused. While rural voters in general tended to lean towards the populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, support for the former ruling party has dropped over the past year, polls indicate. At the same time, farmers do not have an obvious single alternative to PiS.

According to Ruta Spiewak, a researcher from the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development at the Polish Academy of Sciences, there are many different kinds of farmers and rural inhabitants in Poland, each with their own political preferences: some may still stick with PiS out of a lack of better options; some support the agrarian PSL party, which is now in the new governing coalition; some have been drawn to the far-right; and some are even backing Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform, which managed to attract farming protest leader Michal Kolodziejczak to its ranks in the run-up to the October general election.

Kolodziejczak, who is now a vice-minister in the Agriculture Ministry, visited Dorohusk on February 13, even attempting to conduct a parliamentary control on wagons bringing Ukrainian produce by rail into Poland via a crossing point near the blockade. He was refused access.

“He spent the whole day here with us in the cold, I’ll grant him that,” 53-year-old Piotr, another protester, said. “He’s trying to do things, but no one listens to him.”

However, the attempt by populists to hijack the Czech farmers’ protests this week largely backfired. Organised by the outspoken Bohumir Dufek, chairman of the Trade Union of Agriculture and Food Workers, and the no-less flamboyant former head of the Czech Agrarian Chamber and agro-baron Zdenek Jandejsek, the impressive display of strength and unity at Monday’s protest quickly faded, exposing the rift between some participating farmers and more radical elements riding the popular wave of anger against the unpopular five-party governing coalition of Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

By early Monday afternoon, Czech police announced on social media that most of the tractors were already heading home. Talking to local media, some demonstrators said they felt as if the event had been “stolen” from them and they were unable to communicate their actual grievances to authorities.

“This is not what we wanted,” one protester, Milos Novy, complained to Czech TV. “We wanted a peaceful protest, but we are a minority here today. We were not able to ensure that only farmers and people who have something to say about this protest were present.”

“There is no clear, unified political orientation among all the protesting farmers in the Czech Republic,” explains Michaela Kozminova, an analyst at the Prague-based Association of International Affairs (AMO), but “several of the protest’s speakers and organisers have previously been linked to far-right and disinformation groups.”

Part of the industry’s lack of unity on full display this week is also partly explained by the discrepancy between small and large farms, which Kozminova describes as “one of the leading issues of agricultural policy in the Czech Republic”.

Later that day, the rowdier elements gathered for a second protest in Prague’s historic centre, joined by notorious figures around Czechia’s disinformation and far-right scene, including PRO head Jindrich Rajchl and Trikolora president Zuzana Majerova.

Prime Minister Fiala, Agriculture Minister Marek Vyborny and other government figures soon accused the organisers of blatant pro-Russian tendencies and of pursuing “other goals than the interests of the farmers”.

In exchanges reminiscent of mass protests held at the end of last year in Prague, Fiala and his cabinet were in turn accused of “arrogance” by the populist opposition ANO and SPD parties, who lambasted the government for ignoring the all-too-real woes of Czechia’s agricultural sector since taking office, and bowing to the EU’s “catastrophic” green policies.

Both in Czechia and the rest of the EU, “the Green Deal is seen as a threat mainly by those who benefit from the status quo in agriculture and fear a transition to a more sustainable model,” Kozminova explains, especially large agribusinesses and the agrochemical industry.

While condemning the anti-democratic forces seeking to add fuel to the fire, the Czech government was keen to show it isn’t downplaying the difficulties faced by domestic farmers as a result of high energy prices, overbearing bureaucracy and the cheaper competition from non-EU countries, including Ukraine.

Agriculture Minister Vyborny insisted Prague was highly active at the European level to reduce the level of red tape – a promise he is bound to be closely scrutinised on when he attends the EU Agriculture Council meeting on February 26.

“The Czech Minister of Agriculture promised to advocate in Brussels for a reduction of the necessary bureaucracy in agriculture, and suggested several other measures, including non-taxation of agricultural subsidies or social security support,” AMO’s Kozminova says.

Vyborny also pledged to continue negotiations with the Czech Agrarian Chamber, the Agricultural Association and the Association of Private Agriculture – the country’s largest agricultural associations with whom the government has been holding close talks in recent weeks, and who had all distanced themselves from Monday’s protest in advance.

But should the government fail to deliver, they, too, stand ready to take to the streets, roads and borders.

On Thursday, the Czech Agrarian Chamber and other domestic organisations will join a pan-European movement – with delegations also expected from Slovakia, Hungary and Poland – to protest at selected border crossings across the region, just a few days before next week’s EU agriculture ministers’ meeting.

Asked by BIRN what outcome they expect from the meeting, the Agrarian Chamber said that Czech and CEE representatives “should request the reintroduction of the customs regime for Ukraine, support for the export of agricultural commodities, and the temporary increased use of agricultural commodities in the energy mix”.

If Czech Agriculture Minister Vyborny fails to present a proposal by March 1 “to help stop the further collapse of Czech agriculture”, the Agrarian Chamber will call on farmers to take part in protest drives and other demonstrations at the domestic level, its spokeswoman Barbora Pankova told BIRN.

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Revolutionizing F&B Logistics: Customer Analytics Drives Efficiency in Warehouse Order Management

Originally published by Quantzig: Pandemic Logistics Boost: Customer Analytics in F&B Transforms Warehouse Order Management for Optimal Efficiency.

Highlights of the Case Study:

Particular Description

Client     A major US-based multinational food and beverage manufacturer partnered with Quantzig to assess on-demand delivery services and understand the potential of cloud kitchens.

Business Challenge          The client aimed to navigate the challenges posed by the pandemic and capitalize on emerging opportunities, including the demand for international cuisine and technology-driven ordering systems.

Impact  Quantzig's customer analytics solution empowered the client to launch a successful food delivery system for the commercial sector in the US, optimizing logistics and warehouse order management.

Game-Changing Solutions for the Food and Beverage Industry:

The pandemic-driven upheaval accelerated the growth of contactless services, particularly in the food and beverage (F&B) industry. As retail sales dropped, e-commerce providers grew by nearly 15%, leading to a surge in demand for groceries, ICT equipment, personal protection, and home activities. The food delivery industry expanded as dine-in services were restricted globally.

F&B products hold vast information, and machine learning can extract insights to enhance customer experience and increase market share. Quantzig's customer analytics solution blends customer data with technology to accelerate delivery times, optimize operations, and improve the overall customer experience.

The Challenges of the F&B Manufacturer:

Facing transformative trends in the industry, the US-based multinational sought Quantzig's expertise to address challenges such as fluctuating market prices, shortage of workers, safety and hygiene standards, unreliable delivery, coping with increased demand, improper product handling, evolving payment methods, and shifting customer preferences.

Customer Analytics Solutions for the Food and Beverage Industry:

Quantzig's innovative customer analytics solution addressed these challenges by:

- Gathering real-time data on customer expectations

- Analyzing customer behavior for valuable patterns and trends

- Identifying previously unimagined market opportunities

- Optimizing delivery routes in real-time

- Providing accurate Estimated Time of Arrival predictions

- Streamlining multi-drop deliveries

- Adapting to changing payment preferences with contactless options

- Implementing electronic proof of delivery for transparency

- Automating scheduling processes for workforce optimization

Impact Analysis of Quantzig’s Big Data Analytics Solutions:

After a year-long collaboration, the client successfully launched its product for the commercial sector in the US. Quantzig's customer analytics solution aided in devising a transportation, warehouse, and order management system. Real-time decision-making, truck shipment tracking, and high-tech upgrades enhanced the overall customer experience. The solution reduced operating costs, streamlined logistics and transportation, and established a strong presence in the e-commerce space.

Key Outcomes of Customer Analytics:

The F&B industry gained significantly from customer analytics, providing insights into customer behavior, preferences, and buying patterns. Quantzig's big data analytics solution offered visibility into the production and supply process, enabling the resolution of various issues, including bottleneck elimination, demand analysis, and market segmentation.

A Broad Perspective on the Role of Customer Data Analytics Solutions in the F&B Sector:

Recent developments in data analytics integrated with AI are advantageous for the food and beverage industry. Predictive analysis and AI solutions enable near-perfect predictions, considering market scenarios, customer preferences, seasonal shifts, competitive actions, and other factors influencing product demand and shelf life.

Key Takeaways:

Quantzig’s food customer analytics solutions delivered benefits for the F&B manufacturer, including reduced operating costs, enhanced customer service, improved engagement and retention, managed order fulfillment, streamlined e-commerce, and optimized inventory with real-time insights.

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