Highlights

Manufacturing Outlook Survey
On the Plant Floor

2025 Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Cost Control Catches Up With Food Safety

Jan. 21, 2025
Cost control and automation are on the rise, as is pessimism, according to respondents to our annual survey of food & beverage manufacturing in the new year.
J.J. Gouin
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Legal Issues

Denver (Colo.), Sonoma County (Calif.) Voters Reject Bans on Slaughterhouses, ‘Factory Farms’

Nov. 6, 2024
Denver measure to ban slaughterhouses in the city limits and Sonoma County ban on CAFOs in the county both shot down by voters in those municipalities.
Maxx-Studio
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Business Strategies

Food Industry, Economists: Kamala Harris’ Ban on Price Gouging Misses the Mark

Aug. 19, 2024
Some believe the idea of placing a federal ban on price gouging could actually backfire and be worse for retail food consumers.
Andy Hanacek
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Regulatory Compliance

FDA’s Jones, FSIS’ Eskin Offer Updates on HPAI, Salmonella and the Human Foods Program

May 9, 2024
Attendees at the Food Safety Summit’s annual Town Hall with the leaders of several federal food safety agencies gained valuable insights into the initiatives and regulations in...
Industry Outlook

Hormel Foods Reports Volume Increases Across All Segments in Q1 Earnings

March 1, 2024
Better-than-expected performance in retail, foodservice and international business units drive strong results for the processor in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
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Industry Outlook

2024 Food & Beverage Industry Outlook: Proceed with Caution

Jan. 8, 2024
Can the food & beverage industry capitalize on a slightly more stable landscape in 2024 and grow volume, not just dollar sales?
Tyson Foods
Product Development

Product Development Trends for the New Year

Jan. 4, 2024
Tamarind, ube or Pepper X? Fortification, simplification or cost-cutting? Global, local or private label? What flavor, ingredient and consumer trends will shape products in 2024...
Industry Outlook

Cost of Christmas Dinner Increases 7% Despite Some Easing of Price Inflation

Dec. 20, 2023
Category Partners analysis of NielsenIQ data shows cost of basic holiday dinner to increase, driven by higher price inflation in grocery and bakery.
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Marketing

Be Thankful for Less Expensive Thanksgiving Meal, AFBF Survey Says

Nov. 21, 2023
The average price of a classic Thanksgiving meal has dropped, but it is still the second-most expensive year to feast since the American Farm Bureau Federation began tracking ...
2023 Manufacturing Outlook
Industry Outlook

2023 Manufacturing Outlook: Optimism, But Not Too Much

Jan. 6, 2023
Our Manufacturing Survey shows people still coping with shortages of supplies and labor.
Outlook 2023
Industry Outlook

2023 Food and Beverage Industry Outlook

Jan. 3, 2023
Are shoppers accepting price hikes as a necessity or do they see food & beverage processors as opportunists? We talk about that and more in this year's forecast.
Business Strategies

Euromonitor Lists Global Consumer Trends for 2022

Jan. 18, 2022
Consumers are dealing with supply chain issues, too.
Industry Outlook

Kroger Names Consumer Trends for 2022

Jan. 18, 2022
Hyper-local and extra-savory are among the food trends that the Kroger Co. sees as dominating consumer preferences for 2022.