If you’re in food processing and you stop making a product, you might end up with excess inventory. As expiration dates shrink, and you explore what to do with the
Last month, we kicked off a four-part series about food industry businesses rescuing profits on problem inventory. This month, in part 2, read about a bakery’s excess inventory success. Excess
As anyone in the food industry knows, problem inventory creates challenges. That includes losing money on the investment, shelling out more cash to dump the ingredients or paying to store
Chocolate trends were most likely not top of mind this Valentine’s Day. Now that red heart-shaped boxes everywhere are empty, let’s look at what’s going on in the chocolate industry
When your new inventory arrives, you’re probably not thinking about how to offload it and recoup your money. However, at some point, most food-industry companies have to sell obsolete food
In the busy months leading up to the holiday break, food industry businesses (from manufacturers to brokers) handle the many ingredients that eventually grace our festive tables. As we head
Without a doubt, expiring inventory mistakes can get expensive. However, with some adjustments to inventory management, food industry businesses can keep stock flowing into and out of the warehouse. Here
Corn-based plastic, it seems, is the new eco-friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics. As production, business interest and research pick up speed, corn plastic—while not perfect—could be an economic shot in
It seems like food recall increases are telling us something. From the Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak to the withdrawal of Salmonella-contaminated pig-ear treats, recalls are showing up in newsfeeds
Meat alternatives continue to make the news—from litigation over meat naming rights to the latest plant-based startup to get funding. We first reported on protein alternatives in February 2017. In
Food packaging waste continues to pose challenges for manufacturers. Press coverage points to the environmental impacts of ocean wastelands of plastic trash, and governments around the world are implementing plastic
Cheese facts are plentiful on the internet, from discovery-by-accident origin stories to Queen Victoria’s giant cheese-wheel wedding gift. Here are three not-so-typical cheese facts that relate to cheese production, its
