Selected Articles
The cottage food industry explained
Food processing is a large complex sector of the global food industry that is dominated by large multi-national corporations. And all food [...]
How many people in the U.S. buy their groceries online?
For decades now, there have been studies and articles predicting that grocery shopping will join the e-tailing revolution ushered in by Amazon.Com. [...]
The politics of food insecurity
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money [...]
High Court: Food retailers can keep SNAP data confidential
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income people living in the [...]
As goes China, so goes the world.
While the food industry is sometimes called the world's biggest industry - in reality it's a conglomeration of broad sectors and businesses. [...]
How many grocery stores are there in the United States?
Related Links: The largest US Supermarket company is The Kroger Co...but there's a hitch. The top 10 grocers in the US [...]
Is farming octupus unethical?
A Japanese aquaculture company recently announced it has succeeded in hatching eggs of fully farmed octopus in western Japan. The seafood company [...]
Are ‘robot supermarkets’ the next big thing in the same day grocery delivery biz?
Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of U.S. Supermarket chains such as Giant Food, Food Lion and Hannaford, is hoping that "robotic picking [...]
What is a Grocerant?
There was a time when food was sold through much more rigid channels than exist today. For the most part consumers used [...]
Where’s the beef cut come from?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While [...]
