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Supply Chain

Mama’s Creations Hires Veteran Supply Chain Exec to Be Its New COO

Sept. 9, 2024
Moore “Skip” Tappan joins the deli prepared foods processor after more than 30 years of supply chain leadership for Walmart, Campbell Soup and Procter & Gamble.
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Cybersecurity

Top 7 OT Cybersecurity Challenges in the Food & Beverage Industry

July 18, 2024
With IT/OT convergence, more and more assets are connected to the OT network, creating a broader attack surface for cyberattacks.
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International

JBS Canada Adding Beef Patty Line, Large Distribution Center to Brooks, Alberta, Facility

June 17, 2024
New ground beef patty line will serve Wendy’s, while the distribution center is expected to be one of the largest in North America.
Traceability

Dessert Manufacturer Finds Sweet Success

March 22, 2024
UK dessert manufacturer was able to reduce lot tracing time from 4 hours to 4 minutes with VicinityFood and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Logistics

State of Logistics Report

March 13, 2024
In Loadsmart’s 2024 Q1 State of Logistics report, you’ll gain a greater understanding of where the market is heading through several key data points and analyses.
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Capital Spending

Walmart to Build its Third Milk Processing Facility, in Robinson, Texas

March 7, 2024
New milk plant continues the retailer’s expansion into processing its own products, and will be the third of its kind for the company in the U.S.
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Animal Proteins

New Pork Processing Plant Opens in Western Canada, Easing Shipping Strains for Hog Farmers

Nov. 3, 2023
The North 49 Foods facility in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will alleviate the need to ship Canadian-raised sows hundreds of miles across the border to the U.S. for processing.
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Animal Proteins

Clemens Food Group’s Coldwater, Michigan, Plant ‘Busting at the Seams’

Nov. 1, 2023
In meeting to gain approval for expansion of truck parking lot, Clemens representative relays it is ramping up hog production and adding a second shift to Michigan plant that ...
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Cybersecurity

Executive Summary: What OSI Group and Schreiber Foods Learned From Their Cyberattacks

Oct. 4, 2023
In this summary, OSI Group and Schreiber Foods share what they learned from cyberattacks that impacted their businesses. Both companies, along with the cybersecurity experts at...
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Legal Issues

USDA Proposed Rule Aims to Clarify ‘Product of USA’ Labeling

March 6, 2023
Current labeling is misleading to consumers as to the origin of meat, poultry and egg products, agency says.
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Transportation

Foster Farms’ Latest Emergency Rail Service Petition Denied as Moot

Feb. 16, 2023
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) denied Foster Farms’ December 2022 call for an emergency service order from Union Pacific (UP) railroad.
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Risk Management Strategies for 2023

Jan. 19, 2023
There are many headwinds as we enter 2023; proper risk management can help processors weather all of them.
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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.