How the industry can avoid future supply chain disruptions through digital transformation.

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

American Sugar Refining, Inc., a member of West Palm Beach-based ASR Group, and its parent companies—Florida Crystals Corporation and Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida—celebrated the maiden voyage of its newly constructed, state-of-the-art barge, Knot Refined.

Direct-to-consumer sales are growing due to brands craving a closer connection to their customers, as well as having more control over the product journey. 

Loftware President and CEO Robert O’Connor spoke with Harvard Business School Professor Willi Shih in a live on-line Webinar entitled “COVID-19, Labeling, and Supply Chain Continuity,” to look at some lessons learned in the supply chain during the COVID-19 outbreak, which, of course, isn’t over yet.

The continuing COVID-19 pandemic is testing the resources and emergency plans of food and beverage processors across the industry. In this Q&A, Phil Kafarakis, president of the Specialty Food Association, addresses some of the challenges being faced by processors and how they are responding.

German grocery wholesaler EDEKA Nord has added two new WITRON case order machines as part of an expansion of its logistic center.