Elaine Kurtenbach

AP Business Writer

Making Your Supply Chains More Efficient

Making Your Supply Chains More Efficient

June 18, 2025

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Newly Weds Foods to Invest $30M in New Tennessee Plant

June 20, 2025

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Nestlé Chairman to Step Down

June 20, 2025

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Deadly Listeria Outbreak Linked to Chicken Alfredo Sold at Kroger, Walmart

June 19, 2025

Making Your Supply Chains More Efficient

Making Your Supply Chains More Efficient

Here's how to keep products moving, avoid unnecessary costs, and leverage data to hit every supply chain KPI.

June 18, 2025

A police officer talks on his phone outside a crime scene at a 7-Eleven in Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 4, 2024.

Japan's Seven & I Sells Retail Business to Bain Capital for $5.4 Billion, Plans IPO

The 7-Eleven franchise includes 86,000 stores in the U.S., Japan and other Asian nations.

March 6, 2025

The Central Business District in Beijing, March 3, 2025.

China Eyes U.S. Farm Exports for Tariff Retaliation

A state media report indicated that "agricultural and food products will most likely be listed."

March 3, 2025

Shoppers walk by a Starbucks cafe at an outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, Dec. 23, 2023.

U.S. Companies Picky About China — but Not Burgers or Lattes

KFC, McDonald’s and Starbucks are spending big in the world's largest country.

January 4, 2024

People wait for free food outside an eatery in Ahmedabad, India, Jan. 20, 2021.

UN Agencies Warn of Rising Prices, Food Insecurity

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat.

January 25, 2023

A fisherman unloads his catch in the port of Suao, Taiwan, June 21, 2015.

Report: Over 100K Fishing-Related Deaths Occur Annually

Labor abuses, overfishing, climate change and armed conflicts are among the reasons.

November 3, 2022

Kirin beer advertisement in Tokyo, Aug. 25, 2020.

Japanese Beverage Giant Gives Up Stake in Myanmar Brewery

Its local partner will have full control of the company.

June 30, 2022

Japan's Kirin Withdrawing from Brewery Venture in Myanmar

Beverage giant Kirin owns the San Miguel, Fat Tire and Lion brands.

February 14, 2022

In this Feb. 11, 2019 photo, a woman cuts rice in the village of Samroang Kandal on the north side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

UN Warns Pandemic, Food Prices Leaving Many in Asia Hungry

A report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets.

January 20, 2021

In this Jan. 5, 2020 photo, a sushi chef holds up the head of a bluefin tuna at a restaurant in Tsukji market area in Tokyo, after it was sold at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

Japan Catch Limits Turn Focus to Prized Blue Fin Tuna

At an online meeting that began Tuesday, Japan is seeking to raise its catch limits for both smaller and larger bluefin tuna by 20 percent.

October 6, 2020

In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a temporary worker from Mexico plants strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Quebec as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world.

Pandemic Hurting Farmers, Worsening Hunger and Food Scarcity

Disruptions due to outbreaks of the illness and restrictions on businesses and travel to control them run the gamut.

September 1, 2020

In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, woman cuts rice in the village of Samroang Kandal on the north side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and to achieve a goal of zero hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released Wednesday by United Nations agencies.

Nearly Half-Billion in Asia-Pacific Still Go Hungry

Data compiled by the United Nations show slow progress and even backsliding in the areas of child wasting and stunting and other problems related to malnutrition.

December 11, 2019

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Global Food Security at Risk

Access to affordable, nourishing diets are challenged due to poverty, civil conflicts and climate change.

November 28, 2018