Staffing | Food Engineering

Ardent Mills, a Denver-based flour milling and ingredient company, celebrated the opening of Ardent Mills’ new Port Redwing Mill in Gibsonton, Florida

Site Locations

Key issues in locating food manufacturing sites

Based on FE’s 45th Annual Plant Construction Survey, two hot button site location topics are availability of labor and a reliable supply chain

Wayne Labs

May 19, 2022

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For locating facilities, operators look for geographical areas with an employable workforce and adequate logistics.

Automation, especially on the packaging and material handling side of an operation can assume a lot of jobs that are boring and tiring

Automation Trends

Automation and food processing today: It's about labor

Food processors have found labor scarce, difficult to retain and in need of ongoing training; automation can help

Wayne Labs

May 16, 2022

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Processors are turning to automation to fill jobs where people are unavailable.

Kellogg's workers at 4 cereal plants ratify new agreement after two-month strike

About 1,400 workers have been on strike since October, and will return to work on December 27.

December 22, 2021

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Kellogg's announced that employees have ratified the tentative agreement for a master contract at four U.S. cereal plants in Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee. The contract covers approximately 1,400 BCTGM union-represented employees (Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers) who will return to work on December 27.

FA&M 2021 Conference Highlights

Engineering Keynote shows persistent staffing/supply chain problems for design upgrades and planning

Getting parts and materials on schedule can be a challenge, let alone the workforce to execute projects and keep plants operational, but technology is helping to fill in the gaps

Wayne Labs

December 13, 2021

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For the second time in as many years, FE’s annual Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference was held quite successfully on line—rather than in person—due to the persistent COVID-19 pandemic.

Labor

Food & beverage companies cope with labor shortages

Processors look for solutions to labor challenges

Korie Wilkins

January 26, 2021

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Labor shortages are nothing new for food and beverage processors, but the ongoing pandemic has created new challenges.

Pandemic requires new employee training methods

Some new training methods are here to stay

Casey Laughman

January 7, 2021

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As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to disrupt operations across the food and beverage industry, processors find themselves balancing a number of training challenges.

Editor's Note

Celebrate your successes as 2020 ends

It’s been a year like no other, but the food and beverage industry responded to the challenges

Casey Laughman

December 1, 2020

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It was a challenging year for all of us, but there are still things to be proud of as 2020 comes to an end.

People & Industry News

People and Industry News: November 2019

November 11, 2019

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Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.

Navigating immigration policy is a challenge as food processors seek employees

Rose Shilling

October 18, 2019

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Hiring immigrants to help fill worker shortages at American food factories is fraught with pitfalls.

Editor's Note

2019 Construction Survey Highlights Good and Bad in Food & Beverage Industry

Processors are investing in new building and renovations, but labor shortage creates difficulties

Casey Laughman

June 14, 2019

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What I like about the Construction Survey is that it gives us some insights that we don't get to see too much in the rest of our reporting throughout the year.