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Business Intelligence

Food Safety, Sustainability, Convenience Lead Pet Food Efforts

With the pet food market skyrocketing and owners changing the way they care for their pets, manufacturers are innovating to meet a long list of consumer values, notes a survey-based report from CRB.

July 25, 2022

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Business Intelligence

How to Beat the ‘Great Resignation’

Focusing on recognition instead of resignation may help quell current manufacturing workforce challenges. Employers should focus on flexibility, skills development, meaningful work, work-life balance, and creating new workplace dynamics.

April 8, 2022

The 'great resignation' leads to something bigger–a new, shared responsibility between employees and employers for creating a “new normal” workplace in manufacturing.

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 3: COVID-19 Provides a Push for Digital Innovation

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. At No. 3, a look at the state of automation in the food and beverage industry reveals the pandemic’s effect on digital initiatives.

January 6, 2022

With demands caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, West Liberty Foods had to shift more of its production from bulk food service packages to smaller retail packages for consumers.

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 5: Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 5 comes out of ProFood World’s Manufacturing Innovation Awards, where we recognize outstanding food and beverage processing and packaging projects.

January 3, 2022

The CIP system has the capacity to clean half the plant, covering 21 different circuit points, and fits in a very confined space in a dedicated CIP room.

Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Completed on time during the height of the pandemic, a multi-line expansion project for Kraft Heinz’s macaroni and cheese product increased production output without disrupting the Wausau plant’s existing production schedule.

November 30, 2021

The CIP system has the capacity to clean half the plant, covering 21 different circuit points, and fits in a very confined space in a dedicated CIP room.

Concerns About COVID-19 Being Addressed by Government, Businesses

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an emergency temporary standard that increases protections for private sector workers, while companies like Tyson make strides in providing safer, healthier environments.

November 5, 2021

Global 250: Health Comes to the Fore

If one word sums up prevailing consumer attitudes, it’s “Health.” Despite the shakeup amid the ongoing pandemic, many top companies in ProFood World’s Global 250 Food and Beverage Manufacturers list have maintained their positions.

October 6, 2021

unPACKed with ProFood World Podcast: Refitting Processing Plants in a Pandemic

Listen to the inaugural unPACKed with ProFood World podcast for insight on the tumultuous past 18 months for food processing facilities and the industry's future plans for avoid repeating some of the same mistakes.

August 6, 2021

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Pandemic-Related Health and Hygiene Consumer Trends Affecting Beverage Market

Product safety demands and active health management are two areas that have increased since the start of the pandemic, and the results on the beverage industry will likely be long-term.

July 26, 2021

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Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19

A new study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute says the pandemic erased 1.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs. And, even as the industry rebounds, the remaining unfilled jobs could cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion.

June 23, 2021

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Pandemic-Driven Changes in Food and Beverage Plant Design

Food and beverage producers don’t see COVID-19 as a one-time event. As they actively prepare for the next global pandemic, they’re looking at the changes they need to make in plant design. Find out about their new ideas in this Take Five video.

June 18, 2021

Coronavirus’s Impact, Learnings, and the Value of Discipline

Prior to the pandemic, manufacturers spent most of their time optimizing assets and processes. When the crisis struck, the industry was forced to reinvent day-to-day activities. Refocusing on people is the key to being prepared for future uncertain times.

June 9, 2021

While most agree we won’t be returning to normal as we have known it, they also agree there will be a continual need for discipline and repeatability in manufacturing in the new normal world as well.

Pushing Change to Keep Workers Safe, Plants Running

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted food and beverage manufacturers to implement several new safety measures along with cutting-edge technologies geared toward maintaining production in a booming market. As we move forward, which changes will take root?

June 8, 2021

In many food plants, workers are in close proximity, causing concerns for spreading contagions.

Pandemic Gives Boost to Smaller Meat Processing Plants

Though COVID-19 certainly caused its share of issues as meat processors raced to figure out how to keep their workers safe, one of the biggest challenges the smaller organizations have faced is how to keep up with the rising demand.

May 14, 2021

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unPACKED with Packaging World Podcast: Did 2020 Change Packaging Forever?

Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast for Matt Reynold's take on the seismic shifts in packaging caused by COVID-19 and societal call for social responsibility.

May 14, 2021

Consumers are telling brands with their wallets that they want the brands to have a stance, to say something, to have an opinion, and to vocalize that opinion in a way that lets them know where they stand.

Business Intelligence

Protective Packaging Demand Grows During Pandemic

Consumer demand for protective and hygienic packaging during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new innovations in the areas of sleeve, film, and cardboard coatings.

March 24, 2021

CANtastic hygienic sleeve for aluminum cans

FDA & CDC: No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging

FDA and CDC continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of COVID-19.

February 18, 2021

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Growth of Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Through 2025

Interview with Bush Brothers and Pretzels, Inc. on the expanding role of contract packagers/contract manufacturers during the pandemic, with an introduction by PMG's Jim Chrzan on recent Contract Packaging Association survey results.

February 17, 2021

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