food supply chain

A packaging provider in Houston and a Dallas food supplier have announced facilities closures resulting in 285 layoffs.

Technology startup Wiliot has launched a food-safety initiative using ambient IoT to provide more traceability in supply chains.

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Your latest info on all things cold chain

Your latest info on all things in the cold chain world

Your latest info on all things in the cold chain world

Pete Zimmerman of enterprise resource planning software firm VAI explains why AI can be the cornerstone of food distribution.

Digital freight platform Hwy Haul aims to reduce food waste during transportation.

Shipwell CEO Greg Price explains how disruptions including war in Ukraine and a freight downturn are impacting food supply chains.

The procurement module will help companies find more sustainable suppliers, said Ethan Soloviev, chief innovation officer at HowGood.

The Bay Area-based unicorn is investing in repairing America’s broken food supply chain.

The food tech unicorn has now made over 30 acquisitions since 2019, but its purchase of Oakwood Transportation has a slightly different flavor.

After reaching unicorn status earlier this year, Misfits Market finally taps into the massive California market.

Freight Farms is turning shipping containers into productive farms that require only 5 gallons of water per day.

Regulators will poll the trucking industry on the value of the hours-of-service waiver as FMCSA readies another extension.

Mike Baudendistel brings on two special guests to talk about their podcast, The Food Biz, on this episode of The Stockout.

Keeping a handle on the driver experience is a priority at TreeHouse Foods.

A strong consolidation program extends the reach of logistics savings beyond just trailer loads and multi-stop loads by converting LTL suppliers to customer pickup.

Temperature-controlled warehouse operator Americold pulled in its 2021 outlook, citing labor-related food manufacturing limitations within its customer base.

Food service providers can expect to be extremely busy as COVID-19 fears subside.

EPA data says 30%-40% of food is wasted in the U.S. How much of that waste happens in supply chains? About one-third, according to Shipwell.

Gary Berger and Patrick Jones speak with Fab Brasca regarding the hurdles and essential elements of successful digital transformations.

John Hoffman, senior research fellow, Food Protection & Defense Institute, discusses ways to successfully navigate the complex food and agriculture supply chain.

Controlant helped Iceland reduce its pharmaceutical waste to 0.5% after the H1N1 pandemic.

John Tyson, fourth-generation Tyson family member and chief sustainability officer at Tyson Foods, discusses sustainability strategies in protein systems and food supply chains.

Ongoing risks attributed to COVID-19 trigger a three-month extension to hours-of-service exemptions.

Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week will cover topics related to food and CPG supply chains. Tyson Foods Chief Sustainability Officer John Tyson is set to start the day off with global sustainability in mind.

Sen. Maria Cantwell seeks COVID-19 vaccine priority for the food transportation sector.

PCS Software has acquired UltraShip TMS, a cloud-based supply chain transportation management system company.

Fallout within the food and beverage supply chain from COVID-19 continues and it’s unclear when, if ever, it may return to normal.

Multi-month exemption will apply to groceries, livestock, and medical supplies.

Emergency exemption for all of U.S. extended through September 14.

Kenny Lund, executive vice president of Allen Lund Co., tells FreightWaves 3PL Summit that the fresh produce supply chain still has some growing to do, as coronavirus showed Americans that food shortages can still occur.

Within moments, international freight brokers will be able to protect perishable goods.

Anthony and Zach talk to Chris Wolfe, CEO of PowerFleet, about how COVID-19 has impacted supply chains and what the resurgence in cases may do to inhibit their recovery.

Latest extension in place through July 14.

Food shipment volumes across restaurants and hotels are still down, while on-demand food delivery volumes have gone up during this pandemic.

Farms of major row crops like tomatoes or potatoes are usually highly mechanized and could escape the wrath of COVID-19.

“There’s a growing understanding of the importance of them, the agility of them and how they help service communities.”

The food supply chain is in peril as meat plants close and truck drivers struggle to find good-paying freight amid coronavirus.

The closing of a Smithfield Foods hog-processing plant in South Dakota cut off 100 daily semi-truck loads of animals to the facility. With few other plants available, farmers may end up destroying tens of thousands of animals that cannot be marketed for food.

Sysco said it has begun providing logistics services to retail grocery customers; supplying products to retail grocery customers; enabling small restaurants to start up home delivery operations and online order pick-up service; and distributing cleaning supplies to keep kitchens safe and virus-free.

While USDA and FDA staff and resources become constrained by the coronavirus, the agencies continue to work with industry to protect the health of the food supply chain.

Ben Thrower explores the U.S. food chain is complex, but provides a cornucopia of food choices in almost unlimited supply.

For many people around the world, celebrating the holidays involves sharing food with family and friends. As we approach the holidays to celebrate the end of 2019 and the beginning […]

Consumers want more information about their food – where does it come from, was it ethically sourced, was it shipped in a safe and sanitary manner, etc. Ben Thrower provides information about how this trend is impacting food companies, growers and consumers.

Brian Aoaeh writes about ongoing efforts to fight food waste by improving food supply chains.

Since writing about the challenges ahead for food supply chains, I have been thinking about how perishable foods and other items are transported from one part of the world to […]

The 2019 Chicken Sandwich Wars may have impacted the Popeyes supply chain.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and blockchain is becoming more mainstream. Information about a new study of DLT provides details.

For blockchain to improve visibility and accountability within food supply chains, its underlying data needs to be in order.

Brian Aoaeh writes about changes that need to be made to the food supply chain to deter food waste and food loss.

With this acquistion, TeleSense will help drive the automation of the grain supply chain and expand its footprint across Europe.

Cocoa farming in Africa witnesses a lot of forced and child labor, which can be eliminated if the stakeholders within chocolate supply chains can have transparency on end-to-end operations.

As food product recalls are becoming a frequent occurrence on account of contamination fears, the time is right for companies to look towards blockchain for creating better visibility into their supply chains and to reduce generic en masse recalls wherever possible.

In light of various contamination scares and disease outbreaks, it is essential to disrupt food supply chains to create more visibility and transparency as products pass through multitude of stakeholders between the farm to fork.

Ambrosus enables consumers and supply chain stakeholders to have better trust over the products they receive or consume, by using sensors that communicate to the blockchain.

The vegetables could be contaminated with salmonella and listeria. Stock sell-off longer than past flash crashes. GM’s driverless cars facing headwinds. Automation needs more planning.

Though blockchain is a technology with immense potential, there needs to be some commercial incentive for food supply chains to adopt it in its mainstream processes – the absence of which might let the technology remain constrained to pilot programs.

Nestlé is the latest company to turn to blockchain technology to ensure the safety of their supply chain, particularly narrowing in on the ingredients that go into the baby food purees and pouches produced by Gerber.

Turns out, of blockchain’s many potential (and developing) applications, few could be as game-changing as what it would mean for the food industry.

Trucking employment drops 5,500 in April, railroad jobs drop 800; Nestle pays Starbucks $7B+ to sell its products worldwide; Romaine lettuce E. coli still a mystery; China steps up quarantines of US food imports.

Global food supply chains are struggling with visibility and the increasing demand of consumers. Adopting technology like IIoTs and blockchain could be the answer. 

IBM is building a computer that’s smaller than a grain of salt and is a part of IBM’s crypto anchor program that plans to use blockchain to improve supply chain transparency.

The prices of fresh produce is expected to climb due to the ELD mandate and the FSMA mandate later this year. 

Multi-awarded European tech startup OriginTrail has developed a blockchain protocol for the food supply chain, Food Safety Magazine reports