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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

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We were ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic that devastated the food industry with supply chain disruptions, product and labor shortages, and soaring inflation. Labor shortages mean food is rotting in shipping containers, warehouses, and trucks because there aren’t enough workers to get them to their final destinations.

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The Digital Revolution, Evolving Consumer Expectations and Other Trends

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These adaptations were driven by evolving consumer preferences for convenience and safety. Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more.

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Six Steps to Help Restaurants Prepare for Severe Storm Weather

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Equipment rental, including refrigerator truck or equipment. Emergency preparedness supplies are a good idea to have on hand at all times. Hurricanes may necessitate further emergency supplies. First aid supplies. Non-perishable packaged or canned food. Bottled water supplies. Keep Foods Safe During Floods.

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Alleged Fiscal Conservative Greg Abbott’s Border Blockade Cost $240 Million in Spoiled Goods

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The Texas governor’s pointless truck-inspection policy resulted in rotten food and delayed deliveries Because the current economic situation was not already precarious enough, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decided to do his part to make the country’s rising food costs and supply chain shortages worse.

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The Florida Senate Banned Heat Protections for Farmworkers, but a Groundbreaking Partnership Could Provide a Solution

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Getty Images Ahead of record-breaking summer temperatures, the Fair Food Program — a major partnership between retailers, farmers, and farmworkers — offers the nation’s strongest protocols for keeping workers safe This story was originally published on Civil Eats. The Fair Food Program Farmworkers sit underneath shade structures in Georgia.

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Grocery Store Shortages Are Back. Here’s Why.

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began paying attention to food supply chains in a new way. Once again, experts and food companies say that there is plenty of food in the country, but a bundle of factors along the supply chain appear to be preventing it from getting to shoppers. The Supply Chain Right Now. “We In November, a month when 4.5

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The Great Shortage

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Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. Even as some of these supply chain hiccups and irregularities resolved, others popped up. That is, according to the professor, particularly true of the food we eat. “[Our Here’s how three owners are doing it.