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Jul 27 2020 Avoiding Food Contamination With a Durable Coating for Hard Surfaces
Source: Eric Stann, University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the future, a durable coating could help keep food-contact surfaces clean in the food processing industry, including in meat processing plants. A new study from a team of University of Missouri engineers and food scientists demonstrates that the coating — made from titanium dioxide — is […]
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Jul 20 2020 USDA Posts the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Final Report
Source: USDA
WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today posted the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s final scientific report, an objective review of the latest available science on specific nutrition topics. The report’s evidence-based findings will inform USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as they co-develop the 2020-2025 Dietary […]
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Jul 13 2020 IDDBA Publishes New COVID-19 Impact Report
Source: International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Bakery, Dairy,
Madison, WI — The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association has released their latest COVID-19 Impact report. These reports reflect how the current pandemic is impacting the bakery, dairy, deli meat, deli, cheese, and deli prepared sectors.
This week’s report found total store sales, including the fresh perimeter dropped back […]
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Jul 06 2020 Retail Feedback Group Study Finds Surge In Dual Channel Grocery Shopping
Source: Retail Feedback Group
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — The Retail Feedback Group (RFG), a leader in providing actionable stakeholder feedback, today released the 2020 U.S. Online & In-Store Grocery Shopping Study. This report provides valuable insight from both online and in-store supermarket shoppers, collected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dual Channel Shopping Becoming More Common, Particularly Among Younger […]
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Jun 15 2020 FMI Signature Consumer Research Evaluates Impact of COVID-19 on Grocery Shopper Habits
Source: FMI
ARLINGTON, Va.- FMI — The Food Industry Association today releases its annual U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report, which extensively tracks consumer grocery shopping habits. Prepared by The Hartman Group, the 2020 report provides a clear picture of grocery shopping habits before the pandemic, attitude shifts that took place during COVID-19 and offers a glimpse […]
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Jun 08 2020 Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, U.S. Dairy Celebrates American Consumers
Source: National Milk Producers Federation
While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear these attempts to return to a more normal existence mark the end of the beginning. The world is an experiment, both of science and of […]
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May 26 2020 Survey of Cheese Industry Reveals Economic Impact of Pandemic
Source: American Cheese Society Dairy
DENVER – In an effort to better understand the economic impact of coronavirus on the cheese industry, the American Cheese Society (ACS) released a survey to members across the nation titled “COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the American Cheese Industry: Business Operations.” Conducted in May 2020, the survey compiled data from nearly […]
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May 18 2020 USDA Proposes to Reapportion American Egg Board Membership
Source: USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to adjust membership on the Egg Promotion and Research Board to reflect shifts in egg production and consolidation since the last board reapportionment.
This proposed rule would adjust representation on the American Egg Board, established under the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act […]
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May 11 2020 Many Consumers are Feeling The Economic Impact of COVID-19
Source: Category Partners
Idaho Falls, ID – COVID-19 has changed nearly every aspect of daily life, and that includes the way Americans shop for groceries. For the last several weeks, the perishables industry has witnessed incredible changes in grocery shopping habits including unprecedented stock up trips that left store shelves empty, huge increases in year over […]