Food & Beverage

U.S. Farmers Can 'Switch From Tobacco to Stevia'

December 12, 2017

PureCircle has partnered with tobacco farmers in the U.S. to commercially grow its StarLeaf stevia to meet growing demand for food and beverage products using the plant-based sweetener.

Laboratory Products Get a 'Green' Label. How About Consumer Goods?

December 11, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It’s been 23 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began requiring "nutrition facts" labels on most food products. Is it time to do the same for disclosing the environmental impact of laboratory products?

China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford’s Chairman Says

December 11, 2017

The New York Times

The world’s automakers are just starting to bet on an electric car future — and already, one of the most powerful people in the industry says that future belongs to China.

Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Still Isn't a Game Changer

December 8, 2017

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That’s the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just released the first in what is meant to be a series of annual reports on the state of AI.

Transformation of the Omnichannel: A Case Study

December 8, 2017

Phil Hull, Distribution Dir., Argos; Phil Gibbs, Exec. Dir., Europe, LLamasoft

The Changing Dynamics of Distribution Requirements

December 8, 2017

Angela Fernandez, VP, Retail Grocery & Foodservice, GS1 US

Big Apples: Unusual Weather Produces Fruit Twice the Normal Size

December 7, 2017

The Guardian

A British supermarket is selling supersized Braeburn apples after unusual weather conditions in the spring produced a crop of giants.

Q&A: Rethinking Food Waste at Hilton

December 7, 2017

Environmental Leader

"We want to be responsible operators and buyers," says Max Verstraete, vice president of corporate responsibility for Hilton. The hospitality company, which has 14 brands covering more than 5,000 properties in 104 countries and territories, buys a lot of products. "Whether it’s furniture or ketchup bottles for room service trays, TVs, electronics — pretty much anything you can think of — we’re probably buying," he says.

When Humans Reach Mars, Budweiser Wants to Make Sure There Will Be Beer

December 5, 2017

The Washington Post

Budweiser made a bold announcement last spring when the company said that when humans reach Mars, its beer will also be there.

Supply Chain Academia Meets the Real World

December 5, 2017

Mary Long, Managing Director, Supply Chain Management Institute

Food & Beverage

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