Highlights

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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Snack Foods

Utz Brands Sells Indiana Plant and Will Close Oldest Facility in Hanover, Pa.

Sept. 29, 2023
Hanover, Pa.-based snack manufacturer will shutter its Carlisle Street Plant, has sold its Bluffton, Ind., facility, and will sell its Louisiana and Alabama facilities.
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Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Dairy Association Partners with Federal Cybersecurity Group to Bolster Defense Efforts

Sept. 18, 2023
IDFA members can stay up to speed on new threats and cyber defense best practices through partnership with Food and Ag-ISAC community.
Legal Issues

Beef, Luxury Cars and Meth: Man Charged for Crimes Including Alleged Theft of $200k of Red Meat Shipment

Sept. 15, 2023
A Cuban national has been arrested in Florida after allegedly attempting to steal $200,000 of beef, as well as a previous alleged cargo and luxury vehicle theft attempt.
Risk Management Weather
Power Lunch

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.
Cybersecurity

Maple Leaf Foods Won’t Pay Cyber Ransom

Dec. 5, 2022
Confidential corporate data was apparently stolen by cybercriminals.
Food Safety Consumer Trust
ERP Software

Food Safety And Consumer Trust

Dec. 1, 2022
In today’s episode, we’re talking with IFS’ Maggie Slowik to learn more about how food safety and consumer trust are both food manufacturers’ biggest challenge, yet also a big...