Food & Beverage

Roasted turkey sits among traditional Thanksgiving Day dishes.

There May Be Enough Turkeys for Thanksgiving, But at a Price

November 24, 2021

The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving Day feast has risen 14% this year, while the bird’s price tag has jumped 24%.

Data Science Platform Gives CPGs Access to Robust Transaction Data, Enabling Growth

November 22, 2021

84.51°, a retail data science, insights and media company, announced the release of its new platform, the 84.51° Collaborative Cloud, designed to help the CPG industry optimize its data science teams.

Coffee Supply Crisis Means More Expensive, Bitter Tasting Brews

November 22, 2021

Bloomberg

Coffee snobs have a lot to worry about right now. A global shortage of beans is already threatening to push up prices at cafes and supermarkets. Now, your morning cappuccino or latte might start leaving a bitter taste for other reasons too.

How Farmers Around the World Are Battling ‘Post-Apocalyptic’ Food Crisis

November 18, 2021

Bloomberg

The world is facing a new era of rapidly increasing food prices that could push almost 2 billion more people into hunger in a worst-case climate crisis. Confronting the dire predictions, farmers have begun to adapt.

Global Food Prices to Stay High on Labor Crunch, Cargill CEO Says

November 18, 2021

Bloomberg

Food prices will likely stay elevated in 2022 as disruptions to the global supply chain are set to persist, according to the head of Cargill, who highlighted labor shortages as one of the biggest risks facing the industry.

Nestle Sees E-Commerce Contributing a Quarter of Sales by 2025

November 17, 2021

Bloomberg

The food industry is increasingly embracing e-commerce as the pandemic led more consumers to switch to buying groceries online.

Food Giants Try Carbon Labels to Solve Their Climate Problem

November 12, 2021

Bloomberg

Nestle SA, Pepsico Inc. and 25 other companies are backing a project that calculates a product’s environmental impact from farm to store and then grades it with a color-coded label. It’s the first time a partnership this big is working to find a one-size-fits-all way to assess the supply chain.

Rise of the Robots Speeds Up in Pandemic With U.S. Labor Scarce

November 11, 2021

Bloomberg

American workers are hoping that the tight pandemic labor market will translate into better pay. It might just mean robots take their jobs instead.

Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

November 5, 2021

Bloomberg

Of all the industries experiencing crunches for hourly labor, it’s hard to find one with a greater recruiting challenge than meatpacking.

‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply Chain Crunch

October 20, 2021

Bloomberg

There’s plenty of food. There just isn’t enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.

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.