Food & Beverage

Walmart Expands Delivery to Your Fridge

April 28, 2021

Bloomberg

Grocers gained millions of online customers last year, and now the challenge is keeping them.

U.S. Companies Bump Up Prices on Supply Squeeze, Demand Boom

April 27, 2021

Bloomberg

U.S. companies face soaring bills for all kinds of materials that they need to do business — and surging demand is helping them pass on those higher costs to their customers.

Soaring Global Food Prices Are Heading to Grocery Stores

April 26, 2021

Bloomberg

“This is a very volatile environment right now, very low visibility, lots of surprise,” said Nestle Chief Executive Mark Schneider. “We will take pricing action.”

Consumers Want Supply-Chain Transparency. Are Food Brands Listening?

April 22, 2021

Saptarshi Choudhury, SCB Contributor

Sixty percent of global consumers cite sustainability and social responsibility as essential considerations when choosing which products to buy. They look to their preferred food brands to make the best decisions, but are those companies looking out for their consumers’ best interest?

How A.I. Connects Buyers, Suppliers and Logistic Providers

April 22, 2021

Priyesh Ranjan, SCB Contributor

By better managing the dynamic interaction among the three main players within the supply chain — logistics, suppliers, and buyers — sellers can save money for customers and lessen the environmental impact of the supply-chain industry.

For Sustainable Packaging, Russia’s Largest Food Retailer Is Leading the Way

April 21, 2021

Yana Synesiou, SCB Contributor

Russia’s food retail industry — specifically, suppliers of products, packaging and materials — is better equipped for sustainability following the publication of comprehensive sustainable packaging recommendations by the country’s largest operator of supermarkets and convenience stores.

Fed Sees Supply-Chain Issues Growing Despite Better U.S. Outlook

April 15, 2021

Bloomberg

The Federal Reserve is seeing both labor and material shortages mounting up across several sectors of the U.S. economy.

Kroger Is Amassing a Robot Army to Battle Amazon, Walmart

April 15, 2021

Bloomberg

Depending on whom you ask, Kroger is either making a gigantic mistake or solidifying its online future.

VIDEO

Watch: How Domestic Manufacturers Will Be Affected by Biden’s Executive Order

April 12, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A discussion about the implications of President Biden’s executive order on the review of critical supply chains with two experts from Kroll Inc.: Daniel Hartnett, associate managing director with the Compliance Risk and Diligence Practice, and Stacy Scott, managing director in the Cyber Risk Practice.

Vertical Farming: A Solution to Waste and Inefficiency in the Food Supply Chain?

April 12, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The global food supply chain is in trouble.

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.