Food distributors are unfortunately expected to feel significant losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and containment efforts. According to Mark Allen, CEO of the International Foodservice Distributors Association, or IFDA, the industry is expected to lose …
Meatpacking facilities across the U.S. have become hot spots for the coronavirus, impacting production of chicken, beef, and pork and causing worry about the nation’s food supply, reported The Wall Street Journal (April 28). In …
Food Institute Focus – Fruit and Vegetable Gains Remain Elevated
Food Institute Focus – Pivoting to Direct-to-Consumers Models
Food Institute Focus – Notable Acquisitions Despite Economic Challenge
I recently asked 10 random consumers whether they would eat lab-grown meat. “I would,” one said. ¨Not for the taste nor for the nutritional value, but because I believe in this technology as the way …
Researchers estimate that 32 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.6 million children, according to Food Allergy Research and Education. This translates to one in 13 children. About 40% of children with food allergies are …
Food Institute Focus – Old-Fashioned Brands Trending in Supermarkets
While COVID-19 is playing havoc on many food businesses, one segment that experienced an uptick in business since the pandemic is the meal kit industry, with companies like Blue Apron and HelloFresh experiencing noted growth …
Stevia is the growing sweetener of choice for consumers looking for natural and healthy products. In 2009, the natural low-calorie sweetener, between 200 and 400 times sweeter than sugar, became commercially available in the U.S. …
[Editor’s Note 1/13/2022: Please see our updated list that includes sesame here: The Big 9 Food Allergens] More than 170 foods have been reported to cause allergic reactions, but eight major food allergens, also known …
Food Institute Focus – Sales of At-Home Cooking Products Soar
Food Institute Focus – Plant-Based Options Fill Meat Void
Food Institute Focus – Supermarkets Limit Meat Sales
While many food companies already had an eye on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), the coronavirus is accelerating efforts to deploy the technology across the grocery retail industry. Sanitation was an important aspect of any …
As consumers seek out convenience and accessibility, the vending machine market is predicted to surpass $30 billion in revenue by 2024, according to Global Market Insights. Some companies are going outside the typical vending machine …
Food Institute Focus – Pandemic Prompts Manufacturing Changes
Twenty-five percent of working Americans are at “high risk” of losing their jobs to automation, according to a recent Brookings Institution study. A 2017 report by McKinsey also predicted a third of workers in the …
The Food Institute Focus – Cattle Producers Call for Investigations into Beef Margins
Food Institute Focus – Better Protection for Meat Industry to Secure Food Supply
The Food Institute Focus – U.S. Corn Production Expected to Hit Record High
The Food Institute Focus – Banner Year Predicted for Peaches
Food Institute Focus – How Are Food Companies’ Financials Fairing?
Food Institute Focus – Is Food Supply in Trouble?
Food Institute Focus – Plant-Based Expands in Retail
“Sustainability has reached a tipping point,” according to Meet the 2020 Consumers Driving Change report from the IBM Institute for Business Value. Almost 60% of surveyed consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to …
Food Institute Focus – Agriculture to Face Huge Loss
One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, amounting to about 1.3 billion metric tons per year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food is lost …
The global meat industry is worth over $2 trillion, according to a report from IDTechEx. In 2017, the U.S. alone produced about 100 billion-lbs. of meat, with production growing at a rate of 2-3% per …
The Food Institute Focus – Congress Reacts to Coronavirus, Focus on Foods
With continuous daily and even hourly news affecting our nation’s food supply chain, business and capital markets for food and ag-centric private equity groups, operating companies, and their investors should expect highly volatile results and …
To date, eight states-California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon, and Ver-mont-have banned the use of plastic bags. Though they may have prohibited plastic bags in the name of sustainability, some states like Maine …
Food Institute Focus – Coronavirus Cases at Meat Plants Put Supply in Danger
The Food Institute Focus – U.S. Pork Industry Achieves Record Production
The Food Institute Focus – Egg Prices Triple End of March
The Food Institute Focus – Asian Export Bans Affect Rice Supply
