Food and beverage - Articles - Page 96

From Diapers to Soda, Big Brands Feel Pinch as Consumers Pull Back

May 3, 2017

Procter & Gamble Co. and PepsiCo Inc. posted lackluster sales in the most recent quarter as producers of some of America's biggest consumer products struggle to give shoppers what they want.

U.S. Officials Say Pirates Have Returned to Waters Off Somalia

May 1, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Pirates have returned to the waters off Somalia, but the spike in attacks on commercial shipping does not yet constitute a trend, senior U.S. officials said last week.

Drop Shipping Could Be Key to Generation Z

April 28, 2017

Apparel

Brands and retailers have been hyper focused on Millennials for years now. But while they've been busy trying to figure out what Millennials want, Generation Z, a maturing and ever more digitized and global generation, is emerging with its formidable buying power.

Why Are Traditional Retailers Failing?

April 27, 2017

Keith Phillips, President & CEO, Voxware

Tesco Reduces Food Packaging Waste, Increases Recyclability

April 27, 2017

Environmental Leader

British retail grocery giant Tesco Plc will offer fresh food packaging for meat and poultry from 95-percent food-safe recycled content, which is typically recovered from plastic (PET) water bottles from household waste. The packaging, dubbed "Rfresh Elite," is from LINPAC; Tesco is working with its key supplier, Hilton Food Group, to bring the meat and poultry to market in the recycled packaging.

Target Agrees to Phase Out Use of Polystyrene Packaging

April 25, 2017

Environmental Leader

Target has announced it will begin to phase out use of polystyrene foam packing in its e-commerce operations.

Seafood Joins Fair Trade Revolution, a Scallop at a Time

April 25, 2017

The New York Times

Fair trade coffee, bananas and ... scallops? Yes, very soon.

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Food Manufacturing in Chicago Gets a Boost

April 24, 2017

Industryweek

Chicago has been a food and beverage manufacturing hub since the days when James Kraft delivered cheese by horse and buggy and the newborn National Biscuit Company went on a bakery-buying bender. In 1914, the city became "hog butcher to the world" and "stacker of wheat" in Carl Sandburg’s poem. Sandburg, had he had more wind left in him, also might have added "palace of sweets" - as Brach's called itself - and "citadel of Cracker Jacks."

UPS Talks About New Saturday Ground Pickup, Delivery

April 24, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

UPS recently announced it was adding Saturday pickup and delivery for its ground division, initially in 15 markets and expanding to 4,700 U.S. cities and towns by the busy holiday season, and to 5,800 locations next year.

Leveraging Enterprise Improvement to Mow Down the Competition

April 21, 2017

Challenge: North America's leading manufacturer and distributor of outdoor power equipment replacement parts experienced rapid growth that brought with it myriad challenges: How could the company continually improve to meet service and growth expectations? How could the company increase productivity to feed increasing demand without sacrificing quality?