Growing food brands often mistake complexity for progress. Here's why simplifying your supply chain (SKUs, packaging, and ...

AI is creating two types of food manufacturers: those that own predictive intelligence and those that only make products.

Every manufacturing sector cut downtime hours except one. Food and beverage costs doubled to over $10M a plant. Why the ...

The FDA requires a recall plan but not a test of it. With recalls cascading across dozens of brands, the untested plan is ...

Welcome to this week’s Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This ...

Two deals announced in Q2 could together redraw the global flavor and specialty ingredients map: McCormick’s $44.8 billion combination with Unilever Foods and Ingredion’s $5.0 billion acquisition of ...

USMCA non-renewal, a DOJ egg price settlement, a new FSIS Salmonella pilot for poultry, California's sell-by label ban, and what a 60% manufacturing breach rate means for food companies.

Welcome to this week’s Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This week, we’re covering: Consumer goods prices hit their highest ...

High-velocity warehousing is about adaptability, not just throughput. Modern food operations must handle rising SKU counts, smaller/more frequent orders, and demand volatility without compromising ...

A 2026 survey of 301 supply chain executives found that 73% had lost revenue due to supply chain issues. More than six in 10 of those respondents described their chain as operating as designed.

Forecasts move faster than budgets. The World Bank’s 2026 commodity outlook swung 25% in three months, so betting a margin on any single forecast is the true exposure. AI’s documented forecasting ...

In 2000, 14% of U.S. manufacturing employment was at firms where at least a quarter of workers were over 55. By 2022, that share had climbed to over 40%, according to U.S. Census Bureau analysis ...