Food & Beverage

Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

November 5, 2021

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.

U.S. Labor Unions Are Having a Moment

October 18, 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. organized labor is having a moment after decades of erosion in both influence and power, giving workers their best chance in recent memory to claw back lost ground.

China's Energy Crisis Is Hitting Everything From iPhones to Milk

October 8, 2021

Bloomberg

The hit from China’s energy crunch is starting to ripple throughout the globe, hurting everyone from Toyota Motor Corp. to Australian sheep farmers and makers of cardboard boxes.

High Quits Rates, Poaching: U.S. Firms Are Plagued by Turnover

October 6, 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. employers aren’t just having a hard time attracting workers, they’re increasingly struggling to hold onto them.

Raising Cane’s Sends Corporate Staff to Work in Restaurants

October 6, 2021

Bloomberg

Fast-food chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is sending corporate staff to work in restaurants amid a severe shortage of Americans willing to work hourly jobs.

What Crisis? Johnson’s Team Says Supply Crunch Is Good for Wages

October 5, 2021

Bloomberg

Faced with a supply-chain squeeze that’s increased prices across the economy, the U.K. government is seeking to recast the crisis as a good news story for British workers.

Johnson Says Brexit Britain Must Adapt Amid Fuel, Food Shortages

October 3, 2021

Bloomberg

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he won’t fall back on immigration to solve the U.K.’s truck driver shortage, as he presented supply chain troubles that have left supermarket shelves bare and gas stations dry as a “period of adjustment” in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.

From Nairobi to Ningbo: The Supply Shocks Spanning Globe

September 29, 2021

Bloomberg

From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.

Johnson Burned Bridges With EU Truckers He Now Wants Back

September 28, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.K. wants to issue visas for truckers to ease a shortage that’s led to gasoline stations running dry and hit food supply chains. The hard part could be persuading drivers from eastern Europe, the biggest pool of labor in recent years, to come back.

Food & Beverage

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