Food & Beverage

Baby-Formula Makers Tell Biden They Foresaw Dire Shortages

June 1, 2022

President Biden defended his administration’s response to a national baby formula shortage, saying he acted as soon he became aware of the crisis in April — even as manufacturers told him Wednesday they saw it coming months earlier.

Walmart, Gap and Others Amass $45 Billion in Extra Stuff to Sell

June 1, 2022

Bloomberg

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

The Race Against Food Inflation Starts on Rusty Soviet Railway Lines

May 31, 2022

Bloomberg

European leaders are desperately trying to figure out how to get grain out of Ukraine, whose exports are normally bigger than the entire European Union’s.

Shining a Light on the Value of Dark Stores

May 29, 2022

Garrett Miller, SCB Contributor

“Dark stores” enable deliveries of online orders in 15 minutes or less, enhance operations and inventory management, and elevate the customer experience.

Baby Formula Shortage Shows Risk of U.S. Industry Concentration

May 25, 2022

Bloomberg

Decades of market consolidation in the U.S. have resulted in problems like the one millions of American families are now facing. Four companies — Abbott, Perrigo, Nestle and Mead Johnson — control 90% of the U.S. supply of formula.

Coffee Shipped by Sailboat Is the Whimsical Way These Companies Are Cutting Emissions

May 23, 2022

Bloomberg

There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic.

Amazon May Be Proof That Delivery Drones Aren’t Practical

May 19, 2022

Shaun Passley, SCB Contributor

Delivery drones bearing your dinner or prescription have yet to take to the skies over any major city or even suburb. Why is that?

Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Try to Ease Formula Shortage

May 18, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to try and boost production of baby formula, while ordering the use of government planes for imports to alleviate shortages.

Fewer Nuggets, Smaller Salads: Shrinkflation Hits U.S. Restaurants

May 17, 2022

Bloomberg

America’s restaurants are in the same boat as the rest of the country, battling the soaring food and fuel costs that recently helped send U.S. inflation to a 40-year high.

FDA Announces Steps to Help Boost Baby-Formula Supply

May 17, 2022

Bloomberg

Abbott Laboratories reached a pact with U.S. authorities that would allow it to begin making baby formula again at a troubled plant in Michigan, a move that could help ease a supply shortfall that has rattled many parents.

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