Food & Beverage

Nestle to Pay Cocoa Farmers Cash Incentives to Fight Child Labor

January 31, 2022

Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor, as the chocolate industry faces growing scrutiny over the problem.

Smithfield’s Ambitious Plans to Cut Food Waste in the Supply Chain

January 26, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

The world's biggest pork producer is aiming to halve its U.S. food waste by 2030.

The Future of Food Retail Is a Hybrid Approach to Shopping

January 19, 2022

Raz Golan, SCB Contributor

From erecting cardboard cutouts designed to obscure produce shortages to jettisoning their usual discounts and promotions, grocers have turned to a range of solutions to get themselves through the global supply chain crisis.

Trucker Vaccine Rule Is Making Freight and Fruit Pricier

January 18, 2022

Bloomberg

New rules requiring truckers to show proof of vaccination when crossing the Canada-U.S. border are cutting into shipping capacity and boosting the cost of hauling everything from broccoli to tomatoes.

The Grocery E-Commerce Surge Is Here to Stay

January 13, 2022

Jake Heldenberg, SCB Contributor

The pandemic has driven a cultural change in consumer behavior that's sticking around.

Omicron’s Spread Means More Food Outages at U.S. Grocery Stores

January 7, 2022

Bloomberg

The highly contagious omicron virus variant is disrupting already stressed food supply chains, sickening so many workers that more shortages at grocery stores are all but certain.

Three Supply Chain Problems in the Restaurant Industry, and How to Solve Them

January 6, 2022

Max Strycker, SCB Contributor

Let's look at the contributing factors behind ongoing supply chain issues in the restaurant industry, and proven tactics to help solve them.

U.S. Needs to Guard Exports From Supply Chain Snarls, Biden’s Envoy Says

January 5, 2022

Bloomberg

U.S. port authorities and ocean carriers, dealing with record import volumes, need to ensure that exports aren’t hindered amid the unprecedented supply chain logjams that aren’t showing clear signs of dissipating, President Biden’s port envoy says.

Biden Launches Plan to Fight Meatpacker Giants on Inflation

January 3, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden promised to “fight for fairer prices” for farmers and consumers as he announced plans to combat the market power of the giant conglomerates that dominate meat and poultry processing.

Enhancing Food Traceability and Purity Through Direct Sourcing

January 3, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Today’s global supply chains are so complex that merely identifying all of the parties involved in getting product to market, especially where there’s the potential for fraud, can be hugely difficult. So why not just cut out those intermediaries and deal directly with the actual supplier of raw materials?

Food & Beverage

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the food and beverage industries. Learn how food and beverage companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.