AI is creating two types of food manufacturers: those that own predictive intelligence and those that only make products.

Welcome to this week’s Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This ...

The FDA requires a recall plan but not a test of it. With recalls cascading across dozens of brands, the untested plan is ...

Manufacturing could be short 1.9 million workers by 2033. In food plants, automation is covering roles nobody applies for, ...

Every manufacturing sector cut downtime hours except one. Food and beverage costs doubled to over $10M a plant. Why the ...

For decades, petroleum-based dyes have been the industry standard for snacks, beverages, and cereals due to their low cost, stability, and lack of flavor interference. However, the industry is now ...

In 2000, 14% of U.S. manufacturing employment was at firms where at least a quarter of workers were over 55. By 2022, that share had climbed to over 40%, according to U.S. Census Bureau analysis ...

Welcome to this week’s Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This week, we’re covering: Consumer goods prices hit their highest ...

High-velocity warehousing is about adaptability, not just throughput. Modern food operations must handle rising SKU counts, smaller/more frequent orders, and demand volatility without compromising ...

Forecasts move faster than budgets. The World Bank’s 2026 commodity outlook swung 25% in three months, so betting a margin on any single forecast is the true exposure. AI’s documented forecasting ...

Krista is the founding editor of Food Industry Executive. In addition to her work on the publication, she helps food industry suppliers craft compelling marketing content and also writes theatre ...

Before writing for Food Industry Executive, Krystle was a program manager for an educational nonprofit serving families experiencing homelessness. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English ...