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What March Madness Teaches Food Manufacturers About Workforce Development
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Every March, the country gets captivated by March Madness. Brackets are filled out. Snacks are purchased in mass. Extra monitors might be used for streaming instead of spreadsheets and slide decks.
We fall in love with Cinderella runs. For a few electric weeks,...
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How Passover Foods Appeal to Gluten-Free and Health-Conscious Shoppers Year-Round
By Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO, OU Kosher
Key takeaways:
Passover dietary laws are driving mainstream demand. The kosher for Passover market now reaches 35 million non-Jewish consumers, largely because Passover-certified products overlap with gluten-free and...
2026 Food & Beverage Manufacturing Outlook Defined By Optimization and Compliance, According to Wherefour...
By Matthew Brown, CEO of Wherefour Inc.
Key takeaways:
F&B manufacturers are pulling back on investment in 2026, down from 52% planning increases last year to 28%, focusing on optimizing what they have rather than...
Building Resilient Food and Beverage Operations Through Digital Thread Strategies
By Patrick Willemsen, Director of Technical Community, Aras
Key takeaways:
Disconnected systems create serious risk for global F&B manufacturers, from mislabeled products to compliance failures, because formulation, packaging, and regulatory data don't talk to each...
6 AI and Automation Startups Reshaping Food Production in 2026
Key takeaways:
Startups are advancing six key technologies in food production: fermentation systems, cell cultivation, molecular analysis, 3D printing/extrusion, material recovery, and AI-powered quality inspection, each targeting different gaps in efficiency, safety, and sustainability.
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What March Madness Teaches Food Manufacturers About Workforce Development
Sponsored by WorkForge
Every March, the country gets captivated by March Madness. Brackets are filled out. Snacks are purchased in mass. Extra monitors might be used for streaming instead of spreadsheets and slide decks.
We fall...
CPG Supply Chain Digital Transformation: What’s Working in 2026 and What’s Still Theory
Key takeaways:
Smart manufacturing investments are delivering real results, but primarily among companies that started narrow and built from a solid data foundation.
Fully autonomous supply chains, enterprise-wide AI planning, and seamless cross-system integration...
Food Exec Brief: UPF Deadline Looms, Tariff Shock Spreads, GLP-1 Forces Portfolio Reckoning
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup covering a fast-approaching federal regulatory deadline that could touch every product label in your portfolio, an industry-wide tariff impact now confirmed at 86%...