Input Cost Index: Boxed Beef Just Undid Last Week’s Rare Alignment
Last week's Input Cost Index update flagged something new: every cost driver, grain, freight, and factory input costs, moved the same direction at once,...
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Input Cost Index: Boxed Beef Just Undid Last Week’s Rare Alignment
Last week's Input Cost Index update flagged something new: every cost driver, grain, freight, and factory input costs, moved the same direction at once,...
The FDA Sent Its UPF Definition to OMB as a White Paper, Not a...
Key takeaways:
The FDA and HHS sent OMB's regulatory review office a white paper, not a proposed rule, defining ultra-processed food on August 3,...
The Tariff Bill Is Arriving. Manufacturers Aren’t Reaching for Price.
Our latest industry report explores how the manufacturers protecting margin this year aren't raising prices. They're rethinking where the cost lives.
The tariff bill from...
Food Exec Brief: Sugar Supplies Are Tightening, the FDA Has a Draft UPF Definition,...
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This week, we're covering:
The US sugar...
Nestlé Is Cutting 16,000 Jobs and Promising Robots. Its Capital Budget Says Otherwise.
Key takeaways:
Nestlé's capital spending fell as fast as its headcount. Capex dropped from 6.0% of sales in 2024 to 4.8% in 2025, and...
Food Manufacturers Are Buying More Tech Than Their Workers Can Learn
Manufacturers are spending like the future is already here. A recent Fluke Corporation survey found 72% of organizations plan to sink 16% to 30%...
For the First Time, Grain, Freight, and Factory Input Costs All Moved the Same...
Grain, freight, and factory input costs all fell together this week. In 15 weeks of tracking the Food Industry Executive Input Cost Index, that's...