Food & Beverage

Fixing COVID-19’s Food Disaster Could Also Slash Climate Emissions

August 14, 2020

The pandemic has cut greenhouse gases in some key ways, as people are flying and driving less. But food waste accounts for one reason why the drops likely won’t fall as low as hoped.

Beirut Explosion Destroys Tonnes of Lebanon’s Food Stocks

Beirut Explosion Destroys Tons of Lebanon’s Food Stocks

August 6, 2020

Bloomberg

The huge explosion in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut tore through major grain silos, stoking fears of shortages in a nation that imports nearly all its food and is already reeling from economic crisis.

For These Workers, Getting Covid Means Getting Fired

August 3, 2020

Bloomberg

As coronavirus cases explode at U.S. farms and food factories, the foreign migrants who pick fruit, clean seafood and sort vegetables are getting trapped in tightly packed bunkhouses where illness spreads like wildfire.

Case Study

A Green Nutritional Powder Catches On, But Its Supply Chain Needed to Catch Up

August 1, 2020

Athletic Greens goes looking for a distribution and e-commerce partner that can help it to maintain service quality with a fast-growing, direct-to-consumer fulfillment model.

Case Study

For The Wenger Group, Process Automation Means Improved Food Safety

August 1, 2020

A regional producer of agricultural products sheds paper and manual processes in favor of an automated system for complying with strict regulations on food safety.

AKI Group Transforms Transportation Operations, Saves $1 Million

Case Study

AKI Group Transforms Routing Operations, Saves $1 Million

August 1, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

The Dubai-based conglomerate, facing significant operational inefficiencies and a huge number of different products and customers, moves to assert more control over transportation routing and scheduling.

Five Keys to Navigating COVID-19 in Food Supply Chains

July 29, 2020

James Junkin, SCB Contributor

As manufacturers and suppliers face the challenges of combating the pandemic and keeping employees safe, they’ll need to adopt a multilayered approach.

Lineage Logistics Announces Launch of its Canadian Platform

July 28, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Lineage Logistics, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ontario Refrigerated Services, a family-operated cold storage company offering temperature-controlled space in the Greater Toronto market, marking Lineage’s entrance into the Canadian market.

Q2 2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index

July 28, 2020

U.S. Bank

Benchmark your freight performance with the latest national and regional shipping volumes and expenditures.

American Meat Packers Don’t Have Answers for Lack of Distancing

July 28, 2020

Bloomberg

As part of an investigation into the spread of coronavirus at U.S. meat plants, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker released responses from major producers that defended their operations during the pandemic.

Food & Beverage

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