Food & Beverage

New Class of Online Grocery Shoppers Brings Fresh Industry Demands

February 4, 2021

Food retailers are in a prime position to capitalize on Covid-related changes in purchasing behavior, and these three digital strategies will help retain customer loyalty in the long term.

Why Your Supply Chain Is Brittle

February 2, 2021

Nulogy Corporation

Here's how agile networks can future-proof your bottom line.

ANALYSIS

Before Pursuing Micro Fulfillment, Consider These Four Things

February 1, 2021

Andrew Breckenridge, SCB Contributor

Micro-fulfillment centers offer benefits like faster delivery and lower transit costs, but they won’t lead to greater profitability without a holistic network strategy.

UPL Announces Partnership with TeleSense to Reduce Food Waste in Supply Chain

January 28, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

UPL, a global provider of sustainable agriculture products and solutions, has announced a strategic collaboration with TeleSense, a California-based IoT solutions provider for post-harvest grain storage and transport.

Carrier Transicold’s TripLINK Platform Adds Enhanced Shipboard and Global Monitoring Capabilities

January 27, 2021

SupplyChainBrain and SupplyChain@MIT

Carrier Transicold, a specialist in refrigerated container solutions, recently announced enhancements to its TripLINK platform that will allow it to integrate with vessel-based wireless networks for improved shipboard cargo visibility.

VIDEO

Watch: The Impact of the Pandemic on the Food Supply Chain

January 26, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Mary Long, director of the Supply Chain Forum at the University of Tennessee, reports on the types of shortages that grocery stores were experiencing in late 2020 and into 2021, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

China’s Disputed Virus Theory Has Shoppers Shunning Foreign Food

January 22, 2021

Bloomberg

The World Health Organization has said there’s no evidence of people catching the coronavirus via food and food packaging, while China has taken increasingly drastic steps to test and halt imports.

Palm Output Hit by Double Whammy of Floods and Scarce Labor

January 22, 2021

Bloomberg

Palm oil production in Malaysia is being dealt a double blow from a persistent shortage of workers to harvest the crop and torrential rains that have triggered floods in key growing areas of the world’s No. 2 supplier.

The Food Industry Needs a Shot of Resilience This Year

January 20, 2021

Scott Deakins, SCB Contributor

Food and drink companies continue to face significant carrier limitations, rising shipping costs and the challenge of integrating an omnichannel sales experience.

C.H. Robinson Launches Consumer Brand as Robinson Fresh

January 19, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Robinson Fresh, a division of global logistics company C.H. Robinson, is now offering fresh produce under its own name for the first time in the company’s 115-year history of providing and transporting fresh produce.

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.