Some basic facts about Supermarkets: The supermarket industry employs 4.8 Million people Average size of a traditional supermarket is 51,507 square feet Average weekly sales per supermarket equals $638,756 30% of transactions are made using self-checkout systems This data comes from FMI - The Food Industry Association (formerly Food Marketing Institute) which [...]
In 2015, the FDA determined that trans fats are not generally recognized as safe for use in food and set June 2018 as the deadline for food manufacturers to remove them from their products, a process that was completed in 2019. The FDA also prohibited the use of partially hydrogenated oils, which [...]
Smart packaging allows the industry to track and trace a product throughout its lifecycle and to analyze and control the environment inside or outside the package. Using Smart packaging technology. the entire supply chain from manufacturer to retailer to consumer - can obtain information on a products condition at any time. But [...]
Americans eat more chicken than beef. In 2020 Americans ate 96.4 pounds of broiler chickens per capita. According to data by the USDA and Economic Research Service. This is significantly more than the amount of beef consumed, which was about 57 pounds per person. This trend has been consistent since 2009, when [...]
China is the world’s leading seafood consumer. The country consumes around 22 million metric tons of seafood each year, which is more than double the amount of seafood consumed by the United States. This high demand has put a lot of pressure on the world's fisheries, which are already struggling to keep [...]
On August 31, 2022 Horizon Organic Milk brand (which is owned by Danone) will terminate contracts it has with 89 organic dairy producers in New York, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. According to Danone, the decision is due to “growing transportation and operational challenges in the dairy industry, particularly in the northeast" [...]