Food & Beverage

Johnson Says Brexit Britain Must Adapt Amid Fuel, Food Shortages

October 3, 2021

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.

Paper Crunch Hits American Retailers When They Need It Most

September 27, 2021

Bloomberg

Skyrocketing demand for boxes and packing materials during the pandemic has slashed paper production across North America, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for retail companies.

India Taps Amazon, Microsoft to Boost Its Farming Industry

September 17, 2021

Bloomberg

Amazon, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry.

U.K. Delays Brexit Border Checks on EU Food as Shortages Hit

September 15, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.K. delayed new post-Brexit border checks on food from the European Union to mitigate a supply chain crisis in a move that was immediately criticized as handing the bloc’s producers a competitive advantage.

Making Seeds to Withstand Climate Change Is Getting Harder

World Faces Growing Risk of Food Shortages Due to Climate Change

September 14, 2021

Bloomberg

Yields of staple crops could decline by almost a third by 2050 unless emissions are drastically reduced in the next decade.

Consumers Are Out for ‘Revenge.’ How Should Retailers and Suppliers Respond?

September 13, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

And now, after a year and a half of lockdowns, countless business closures and severe shortages of both essential and non-essential goods, comes the revenge economy.

THE SCB PODCAST

Podcast | A Portrait of the Post-Pandemic Grocery Shopper

September 10, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What is this creature whom we call “the post-pandemic grocery shopper”?

Johnson’s Brexit First Strategy Collides With Empty Shop Shelves

September 8, 2021

Bloomberg

Boris Johnson’s reluctance to turn to the European Union to ease a supply chain crisis that has seen shelves in supermarkets run empty has highlighted his government’s priority: Brexit first.

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