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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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Small businesses engaged in food and beverage manufacturing continue to account for a larger share of total establishments in the food and beverage sector. In 2013, small businesses with less than 100 employees accounted for 90.2 These companies then process and package it for sale to retail and wholesale markets.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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billion) and Retail ($109.6 Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures). Most of that acreage supports the 24 local dairies that account for 85 percent of Nevada’s dairy farms and provide milk to the Dairy Farmers of America whole milk powder plant. reached $1.1

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: The Process of Food

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A number of factors must be taken into account when processing food. And while it may take food processors more time and money to produce the product, with retail sales growing each year, it may be worth it in the end. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3 Food can be produced by several methods. Half of the U.S.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Through the Enterprise Zones Program business and industry can realize state incentives such as Job Creation Grants and Real Property Investment Grants, while also realizing a number of local tax and other incentives. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. This region is the only U.S.

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The Process of Food

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A number of factors must be taken into account when processing food. And while it may take food processors more time and money to produce the product, with retail sales growing each year, it may be worth it in the end. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3 Food can be produced by several methods. Half of the U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Labor Department forecasts that truck drivers will account for 43 percent of the growth in logistics jobs in the coming years. In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Subsequently, the U.S. This is a result of the industry’s $13 billion in capital spending in 2012, a 16.1

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. billion over 2011-2012. billion over 2011-2012.

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