Food & Beverage

New Strategic Sourcing Tool Connects 200 Restaurant Chains With 6,000 Foodservice Suppliers

May 6, 2019

The solution analyzes product spend, vendor contracts and commodity market intelligence to identify sourcing opportunities, streamline process and expand supplier collaboration.

This U.K. Grocer Has Faster Robots Than Amazon, Analyst Says

May 6, 2019

Bloomberg

David would win against Goliath in an automation faceoff in the U.K. online delivery market.

Pig `Ebola' Virus Sends Shock Waves Through World Food Chain

May 3, 2019

Bloomberg

What started with a few dozen dead pigs in northeastern China is sending shock waves through the global food chain.

Starbucks, Dunkin' Brace for Levies, Bans on To-Go Coffee Cups

April 29, 2019

Bloomberg

Overwhelmed by trash, jurisdictions around the world are banning single-use plastic takeaway containers and cups.

Inventory Burn From Caterpillar to Coca-Cola Set to Hit U.S. GDP

April 29, 2019

Bloomberg

U.S. companies including Coca-Cola Co., Whirlpool Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. confront the need to reverse bloated stockpiles of products after inventories surged across corporate America.

Walmart Creates an Angus Beef Supply Chain, Bypassing Tyson

April 25, 2019

Bloomberg

The nation’s biggest grocer has partnered with a Texas cattle rancher and other industry-related businesses to provide a steady supply of no-hormone-added Angus beef to 500 of its U.S. stores.

Technology Just Might Solve the Dwell Time Conundrum

April 23, 2019

Pat Walsh, Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply Chain

Nobody profits when drivers wait in the loading dock of a distribution center for teams to load or unload their trucks. It costs everybody in food retail. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates “detention time” costs trucking companies $3 billion a year and, if you carry that over to the larger economy, the price the public ultimately pays is closer to $6.5 billion a year.

Brazil’s Sugar King Says Infrastructure, Railways Are the New Hot Commodities

April 23, 2019

Bloomberg

Commodity powerhouse Cosan Ltd. is ready to invest “tens of billions” in a plan that will reshape how the nation’s crops get transported.

Bulging Stockpiles Will Weigh on U.S. Growth Throughout 2019

April 17, 2019

Bloomberg

The rising stockpiles of cars, furniture and other goods that helped the U.S. economy boom in 2018 are now poised to cause a hangover this year.

Kenya Fresh Produce Platform Aims to Disrupt African Retail

April 16, 2019

Bloomberg

In the country’s fragmented retail market, where 90 percent of food is sold through informal outlets, tech startup Twiga Foods is trying to create efficiency to lower food prices.

Food & Beverage

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