Mitigating risk comes with a price, but the food industry cannot afford to be reactive when it comes to cybersecurity and fending off ransomware attacks — because the government has been loath to help defend business.
One year ago, determining the winner of The National Provisioner’s Processor of the Year award seemed as standard as it had been for the 25-plus years the publication had doled out the award.
The first industrial revolution emerged through mechanization primarily of agricultural tools such as the combine harvester and the cotton gin, and more broadly of mass transportation such as rail. It also initiated the transition from agriculture to manufacturing as a primary economic engine.
The Greatest Gains chart is designed to showcase the companies that have shown the strongest growth over the past year. These are not necessarily the largest companies in the country. However, their successful years deserve to be mentioned as well.
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has pummeled every aspect of business, it could not knock food safety from its perch as meat and poultry processors’ primary focal point in 2020.
The last year was one for the record books in many ways. Never before had our nation’s meat and poultry processors been challenged to meet consumer demand in such intense and unorthodox ways.
Demand for America’s favorite sandwich is on the upswing, but consumers are branching out from the traditional beef patties and grinds with newer proteins and flavors.
It’s a burger boom time. While beef burgers have long been a family favorite and a key comfort food, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent rise in home-prepped meals is elevating interest and sales patties and grinds.