Alyse Thompson-Richards

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards didn’t know exactly what to expect at her first Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium, but she knew the attendees – including herself – would absorb a wealth of manufacturing knowledge.

A recent study by Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability looks at whether consumers understand the terms “processed” and “ultra-processed: and if they have their own opinions on them.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

Cal-Maine says net sales reached $1.4 billion in the third quarter of FY25, up from $703.1 million for the same period last year.

Designed to improve upon the limitations at its original bakery, Carolina Foods’ new facility is FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2025 Plant of the Year.

Trump will impose a minimum 10% tariff on all goods from other countries. Citing large trade deficits, the president also announced higher reciprocal tariffs on several countries. 

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

Alternative protein products are often more expensive than traditional counterparts, but advancements in technology and ingredients can help manufacturers in approaching price parity.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry, including Nelson-Jameson’s distribution center, Oatly’s closure of its Singapore plant, Richardson’s oat processing facility expansion, Vertical Cold Storage’s multimodal distribution center and cellular agriculture accelerator The Cultured Hub.