How is Covid-19 affecting food industry?
How to improve the strained relationship between CPG companies and retailers
The Covid-19 pandemic, supply-chain disruptions and the highest rate of food inflation in over four decades have changed many aspects…
Can’t get the staff – the food industry’s labour pains
With labour shortages endemic throughout the food industry, companies are having to invest to retain and attract staff while at…
Australia’s Ingham’s hit by Covid-linked labour shortages
Australian poultry major Inghams Group has halted the production of some items as a result of labour shortages. The company…
Covid cases at US meat plants almost triple previous estimates – report
The number of US meat-factory workers who contracted coronavirus during the first year of the outbreak was almost triple previous…
J.M. Smucker heeds Biden directive with vaccination requirement
J.M. Smucker has set down a Covid vaccination requirement for all of the US food and beverage firm’s salaried workers,…
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US to require larger firms to mandate Covid-19 vaccines, negative tests
The US government is working on new rules that require companies of a certain size to ensure staff are fully…
Danone ‘to cut fewer jobs than planned’
Danone is reportedly set to remove fewer jobs from the business than was proposed as part of wide-ranging restructuring plans…
No jab, no job? Food groups broach sore subject of vaccine mandates
When Australian canned food producer SPC announced in early August it was introducing mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all members of…
Tyson Foods agrees deal with union on vaccine policy
Tyson Foods, the US food group, has struck a deal with union officials over the company’s plans to require its…
Kraft Heinz lays down vaccine mandate
Kraft Heinz’s US office-based staff will have to be fully vaccinated before they return to the office in January, unless…