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June 15, 2021

Industry News – Food Supply Chains Are Stretched as Americans Head Back to Restaurants

“Demand has changed too. Restaurants that remained open slimmed down their menus during the pandemic and shifted from fresh ingredients for salad bars and buffets to using more prepackaged foods for takeout and delivery operations. Manufacturers cut down on product range, offering fewer varieties of breaded chicken tenderloins, for example, while meat processors reduced production output to meet Covid-19 safety standards.”

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June 14, 2021

Good News – USDA to invest over $4B to strengthen the food supply chain

A.B. Brown  Associate Editor @ FoodDive   The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is planning to invest over $4 billion through the Build Back Better Initiative to make critical supply chains stronger, aid food production and processing, improve food distribution and storage, and ensure equitable market access for food producers.   USDA’s efforts are an attempt […]

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June 10, 2021

Market News – The Perfect Storm Making Everything You Need More Expensive

“…Food prices are already rising due to a surge in demand for agricultural commodities such as corn and soybeans driven by China, where demand for animal feed is soaring as hog herds recover from an African swine fever outbreak, according to Patterson. The government has also been rebuilding depleted domestic corn reserves, he added.”

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June 9, 2021

Industry News – 5 Reasons Global Shipping Costs Will Continue To Rise

No short-term relief Shipping costs have been growing strongly since the autumn of 2020, but the first months of this year have seen a new surge in prices across different freight rates (dry bulk, containers) along major trade routes. Prices for several trade lanes have tripled compared to last year, and charter prices for container …

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The Future Of Food Delivery – The Great Wing Rush

TO SEE THE FUTURE OF FOOD DELIVERY, JUST LOOK AT CHICKEN WINGS By Josh Dzieza | June 1, 2021, 10:00am EDT, The Verge.com IT WAS MARCH 2020, and restaurants across the country were shutting down, setting up takeout windows, or doing whatever they could to absorb the shock of COVID. But it was Chuck E. Cheese, of […]

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