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Two Million Hens Are Sweating It Out for Travel Passes in Hubei

March 4, 2020

At the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives and stunned the Chinese economy, millions of maturing laying hens are awaiting the green light to relocate to egg farms.

Amazon Groceries: A Sneak Peak Inside the E-Tailer's New Chain

February 20, 2020

Bloomberg

The $800 billion grocery industry is keeping a sharp eye on a strip mall in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, sandwiched between a nail salon and a bank branch, Amazon.com is working on the first in a new chain of grocery stores set to open this year.

Pipeline Protests Cripple Canadian Railways

February 14, 2020

Bloomberg

Protests against a natural gas pipeline are crippling Canada’s railways — key economic arteries in the sprawling, trade-dependent nation — and prompting cries of “insanity” and “ecoterrorism” from business leaders.

Coronavirus Outbreak Drives Demand for China’s Online Grocers

February 13, 2020

Bloomberg

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, China’s largest tech companies struggled to prove online groceries can be a viable business. Then the novel coronavirus struck.

ANALYSIS

The Craft Beer Boom: How to Satisfy Changing Consumer Tastes

February 12, 2020

Brian Neuwirth, SCB Contributor

The U.S. craft brew industry has grown to incorporate thousands of SKUs, and distributors are trying to keep up.

Global Agriculture Has a Planting Problem

February 12, 2020

Bloomberg

Climate-friendly crops are getting more attention from farmers and food companies as pressure mounts to find sustainable forms of agriculture. Enter Kernza, a new grain that’s already got powerful backers like General Mills Inc. and the support of academia.

ANALYSIS

Supply-Chain Digitization in Food and Beverage

February 8, 2020

Dan Creinin, SCB Contributor

Analyst Insight: With fierce global competition and changing regulations in the food and beverage industry, the speed at which enterprises can react and adapt is imperative to their success. Digital solutions that provide supply-chain visibility from field to factory, distributor and customer have disruptive potential. These solutions generate a tremendous amount of data that can be harvested and used to optimize processes, identify risks, and improve quality in real time.

CASE STUDY

A ‘Hyper-Local’ Organic Food-Delivery Service Strives for Hyper-Efficiency

February 6, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The complexities of providing fresh food products to even a limited local market demand the most sophisticated tools for managing routes, drivers and deliveries.