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Article: GS1 US Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Foodservice Initiative with Leading Foodservice Manufacturers, Distributors and Operators.
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- Business Wire
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- October 5, 2009
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- GS1 US[TM] announced today that 55 foodservice manufacturers, distributors and operators have launched the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative, and have funded the GS1 US Team for Foodservice to guide execution. The Initiative recommends the adoption of a common timeline for voluntary individual company implementation of GS1 Global standards for company identification, item identification and product description; 45 of the Initiative's founding member companies have already voluntarily committed to this common timeline. Founding member companies include:
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The Initiative is striving for 75 percent adoption of GS1 ...