Consumer shopping and dining-out practices continue to be shaped by the Coronovirus pandemic which first appeared in early 2020. According to a study by FMI, three quarters of U.S. consumers have changed their meat purchasing behavior during the pandemic with online meat orders rising over 95% during 2020. Some of this change [...]
Every 5 years the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts The Census of Agriculture. The census provides comprehensive, nationwide agricultural data and includes a complete count of US farms and ranches in the United States.The last complete census was the 2017 Census of Agriculture and the next census will take place in [...]
After 6 months of forced measures to combat the coronavirus in the US, the restaurant industry continues to face difficulties. The struggles are especially hard on small restaurants who lack the finances to survive a long lasting recession. In many states, restaurants have been forced to close their doors and some will [...]
There was a time when nearly every American teenager spent at least a few weeks of their youth working in a local restaurant. A fair percentage of those kids walked away with clear knowledge that restaurant work is hard work. A lot of that knowledge was gained by watching owners, managers and [...]
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has created a dichotomy in the livestock industry that consumers may find strange. While availability of meats at stores has decreased the prices have been on the rise - this is simple supply and demand. What baffles some people is that while they see this when visiting [...]
JBS SA, the world’s largest meat processing company has 150 industrial plants around the world. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, operates in the United States as JBS USA where it cemented its position as the the largest beef processor in the world when it purchased Swift & Company in 2007 for $1.5-billion. [...]