News and Articles From Around the Food Industry
We update this page on a regular basis with articles and reports that most affect your business. Here you can become more knowledgeable about market availability/price trends, mergers/acquisitions, regulatory news, and more. Check back often to catch up on the latest news and trends.
Monday, May 05, 2008
China's Food Export Industry Tightening
China's booming food export industry is facing a difficult year as the overall environment for Chinese food export has tightened and stricter examinations are required from Western importers.
However, The Food Source is well positioned to import the highest quality ingredients from China, with little to no interruption in supply to our customers.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Costco/Sam's Limits Rice Purchases
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday “recent supply and demand trends.”
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
U.S. Seeing Worst Food Inflation in 17 Years
NEW YORK - Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 required mastering a thornier topic: global economics.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
From the NY Times, an article addressing bio-fuel affects on global food shortages and price increases.
At a weekend conference in Washington, finance ministers and central bankers of seven leading industrial nations called for urgent action to deal with the price spikes, and several of them demanded a reconsideration of biofuel policies adopted recently in the West.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Say Goodbye to Cheap Chinese Imports
And, it's not just consumer goods as raw food ingredients such as dehydrated vegetables and food chemicals are feeling the effects detailed in this article.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Thailand Pledges Rice, India to Repress Hoarding
April 4 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, pledged to maintain supplies and India vowed to crack down on hoarding as shortages drove prices to a record and threatened to trigger protests in Asia and Africa.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
India Introduces Rice Export Ban
The move could have an impact on rice prices globally as the country is the third largest exporter of the grain - a staple food in many countries.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Could We Really Run Out of Food?
By Jon Markman.
Biofuel production, poor harvests and emerging nations' growing appetites are emptying the world's pantry, sending prices soaring. It's a good time to invest in agricultural stocks.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
How To Profit From Rising Food Prices
By Jim Juback
As the world's grain supplies tighten, agriculture and food-commodity stocks don't seem so cyclical anymore. Think of them as a hot new growth sector.
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Friday, March 07, 2008
FAPRI: Commodity prices to remain 'historically high'
AMES, IOWA — Continuing high crude-oil prices and new federal bioenergy mandates are expected to sustain prices at historic highs across all agricultural commodities over the next decade, according to the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), whose analysts briefed Congress this week about their new 10-year projections for U.S. and international commodity markets.FULL STORY
Monday, March 03, 2008
Confectioners Face Even Higher Cocoa Prices
The price of cocoa continued to hit record highs on the stock market in January, increasing by an average 4.6 per cent on the London and New York stock exchanges.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Private Label Brands Rated as Excellent
Nearly 75% of all U.S. consumers rate private label offerings as excellent in overall quality, with older and lower-income shoppers leading the way, according to a new study from Information Resources, Inc. The study also reveals that despite generally flat sales during the past few years, store brands are gaining favorability in key consumer packaged goods categories, offering the potential of sizable market share gains among lower-income shoppers.Click Here for Full Article
Monday, February 25, 2008
Video: Wheat Inventory Lowest In 60 Years
This is another 3rd party article that decribes the current state of food commodity prices and inventories. It's not pretty.Click To View Video
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
World Markets Rattled by Food Inflation
Reported by USA Today: Soaring demand, rising oil prices and government-mandated biofuel use have sent many commodity prices to their highest levels in history. Read Full Article
Thursday, January 31, 2008
A Square Watermelon?
A lesson in ingenuity really. What's next... block apples and pyramid pears?Click Here for Article
Monday, January 28, 2008
What Do Meat Consumption and Gas Consumption Have in Common?
This article from the NY Times, provides a new insight into consumption of meat and gasoline, and how both have a major effect on rising costs and rising environmental green house gases. A real eye-opener!Click here to View Article
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Shortages and Rising Prices: Are We In For The Long Haul?
This article speaks to shrinking inventories of soy, in particular, and the outlook for rising commodities and food prices over the long term.
More importantly, this article lends further creedence to the idea that we are in for the long haul on shortages and rising prices. Now more than ever, continuity of supply is critical to your success.Click here to View Article
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Food Prices Soaring To Historic Levels
Go to link and first article. Also, see FAO links and NY Times links, bottom of article.Click here for more information
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Agricultural Production is Struggling to Keep Pace With Demand
According to an article recently published in the Wall Street Journal, (based upon a report by Credit Suisse Group) agricultural production is struggling to keep pace with demand as diets improve around the world and agricultural products become more central to energy markets. The structural changes in agriculture markets mean commodity prices, and therefore consumer food prices, will continue to stay aloft over coming years, with emerging markets feeling more of the burden since a larger slice of their spending is more heavily weighted toward food.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Garlic is Good for You!
Garlic helps keep the heart healthy because it contains allicin, according to University of Alabama researchers. Allicin reacts with red blood cells and produces hydrogen sulphide, which relaxes the blood vessels and keeps blood flowing easily, reported BBC News.Learn More
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Grapes with Meals
Grapes and other high antioxidant foods should be consumed with each meal to prevent periods of post-meal oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is linked to aging and the onset of chronic diseases, according to health research findings presented at the Second International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables, reported California Table Grape Commission.Click here for more information
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