Food & Beverage

World Wine Output Falls to 60-Year Low

April 25, 2018

Global wine output fell to its lowest level in 60 years in 2017 due to poor weather conditions in the European Union that slashed production in the bloc, international wine organization OIV said.

Technology Leader Saves $21M Annually in Parts, Labor Dispatching

April 24, 2018

Challenge: This Fortune 500 company was paying premium prices for replacement part transportation and labor — and suffered from late returns. Manual, siloed methods for managing dispatching made supply chain processes inefficient and error-prone.

Five Arrested for Swindling $80M in Largest-Ever Bottle Recycling Fraud Scheme

April 24, 2018

Environmental Leader

Five people from the Recycling Services Alliance (RSA) Corporation in Sacramento County, California, have been arrested in an $80.3m recycling fraud conspiracy.

Sorghum, Targeted by Tariffs, Is a U.S. Crop China Started Buying Only Five Years Ago

April 24, 2018

Los Angeles Times

When China slapped import duties on U.S. sorghum last week, it targeted an annual trade flow worth almost $1bn that didn't exist five years ago.

Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture

April 24, 2018

The New York Times

Robots have taken our jobs, learned our chores and beaten us at our own games.

Meatless “Meat” Maker Spars With FDA Over Safety of Secret Ingredient

April 23, 2018

Industryweek

Biochemist Patrick Brown, founder of Impossible Foods Inc., invented a “magic ingredient” that solves what he calls the planet’s biggest environmental problem: beef.

The Staggering Environmental Footprint of All the Food That We Throw in the Trash

April 20, 2018

The Washington Post

The mass quantities of food Americans waste every year has staggering environmental consequences, according to a study published this week.

The Dawn of Micromerch

April 20, 2018

The New York Times

When he was 13, Leo Mandella began posting photos of his street wear outfits to his Instagram account, @gullyguyleo, and with his sophisticated color sense, confident poses and baby face, he was a quick hit. His hundreds of posts earned him a follower count comfortably in the six figures, but still he craved more.

Bringing Blockchain to the Coffee Cup

April 20, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Do you take your coffee with cream, sugar or blockchain?

Amazon Prime Reaches More Than 100 Million Members, CEO Jeff Bezos Says

April 20, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet "ever-rising" customer expectations.

Food & Beverage

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