Supply Chain | Food Manufacturing

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The Brainstorm: How to Improve Conversion Rate

And how that results in increased sales.

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PepsiCo's New Sustainability Goals Include Halving Virgin Plastic Use by 2030

The food & beverage giant's new pep+ transformation is centered on sustainability goals for positive agriculture, value chain and choices.

Injecting manure into a field as fertilizer in Lawler, Iowa. Manure management is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.

Food Production Generates More Than a Third of Manmade Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new framework tells us how much comes from crops, countries and regions.

In this March 24, 2021 photo, a sign stands near an entrance to a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Mo.

Ida Impact Slows August Industrial Output to 0.4%

A windmill pokes above a canola crop near Harden, 350 kms. (217 miles) south west of Sydney on Sept. 17, 2020.

Australia Expects Record Farm Output Despite Challenges

July U.S. Wholesale Trade Sales Up 24% Year-Over-year

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Higher Demand Has Maine Potato Farmers Feeling Optimistic Ahead of Harvest

In this May 1, 2020 photo, a sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, IA.

Biden Vows to Crack Down on Meat Prices; Industry Leaders Push Back

The administration chastised meat giants for raising prices and seeing record profits amid the pandemic, and several industry leaders promptly called those claims false or inflammatory.

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Kellogg to Invest $45M in North America Supply Chain Overhaul

No production facilities are expected to close, though the company is expecting cash costs to include severance and termination benefits.

Barry Callebaut Extends Hershey Supply Deal, Makes Acquisition in Belgium

Zurich-based Barry Callebaut has been a Hershey supplier since 2007.

Plastic bottles and other garbage floats in the Potpecko lake near Priboj, Serbia, Jan. 22, 2021.

Countries Take Steps to Curb Plastic Waste in Oceans

The document aims to build momentum for a binding global deal as early as next year.

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NERD Focus Expands Distribution in Deal with Glazer’s Beer & Beverage

The partnership will expand NERD Focus’ availability throughout the San Antonio area, where the drink was first created in 2006.

Vineyards charred by a wildfire are pictured at the Chateau des Bertrands vineyard in Cannet-des-Maures, southern France on Aug. 26.

French Ventners Take Stock After Wildfire Ravages Vineyards

Winemakers who grow the region’s celebrated crop grapes that survived may be too smoke-damaged to produce a sellable wine.

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U.S. Manufacturing Growth Accelerated Slightly in August

Despite shortages of materials and labor, last month's PMI ticked up 0.4 points from July.

In this March 28, 2018, file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass.

US Lobster Fishing to Face Harvesting Restrictions in Attempt to Save Whales

The new rules, announced Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale.

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CBA: Consumer Packaged Goods Demand Still High, But Labor Crisis Further Straining Supply Chains

The industry added only 12,000 jobs during the April-June quarter despite wage increases.

In this July 15, 2021, file photo, workers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus assembly ice-skating shoes at a manufacturing factory in the ice and snow sports equipment industry park in Zhangjiakou in northwestern China's Hebei province. China’s factory activity decelerated in August as export demand weakened, a survey showed Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The monthly purchasing managers’ index of the Chinese statistics bureau and an official industry group declined to 50.1 from July’s 50.4 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity increasing.

China's Manufacturing Sector Slows

Export demand has weakened.

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Meeting Climate Change with More Productive Food Ecosystems

We urgently need new and better ways of growing and processing greater nutritional, plant-based foods closer to consumers.

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Pandemic or Not, Custom Logistics Software Can Be Critical

How Liquid Freight switched from off-the-shelf TMS to custom software with surprising success.