The food price index rose by only 0.1% in March, slightly less than February's 0.2% increase, according to the most recent CPI report. Prices within food at home and food away from home also inched up. Â
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It’s been more than a year since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Many of this month’s most-read articles focus on the pandemic’s lasting effects and how the food industry is changing in response.Â
#1. Staffing Flexibility: The Secret Ingredient...
After a slight rise of 0.1% in January, the food price index inched up by 0.2% in February, according to the most recent CPI report. This reflects varying price changes within food at home and food away from home. Â
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Globally in 2020, agriculture and food (agrifoodtech) startup companies raised $26.1 billion, according to the 2021 AgriFoodTech Investment Report from AgFunder. That’s a 15.5% year-over-year (YoY) increase. The company expects the amount to increase to more than $30 billion...
The shortest month of the year has come to a close, but not without its share of food industry news and updates. From e-commerce to Gen Z, here are our most-read articles for February.Â
#1. Are Your Lost Customers Gone...
Forbes recently published its 2021 lists of America’s 500 Best Large Employers and 500 Best Mid-Sized Employers. Nine large food and beverage companies and five mid-sized ones made the lists, which are based on a survey of 50,000 Americans...
Year-over-year sales growth for organic produce surpassed that of conventional produce in 2020, according to Organic Produce Network’s State of Organic Produce 2020 report.Â
With the exception of May 2020, organic sales growth was consistently higher than conventional produce sales...
Food prices changed little in January — the overall food price index went up by only 0.1% last month, following an increase of 0.3% in December, according to the latest CPI report. (The latest release includes corrections to December’s...
As we venture into the second month of the new year, catch up on food industry news with our most-read posts from January.
#1. Food Industry Support for Social Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion in 2020
The past year sparked more in-depth...
94% of global manufacturing companies said that Industry 4.0 technologies keep operations running during COVID-19, according to the results of McKinsey & Company’s latest Industry 4.0 survey. More than half (56%) said digital technologies were “critical to their crisis...