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The Tariff Bill Is Arriving. Manufacturers Aren’t Reaching for Price.

AI-driven sourcing and forecasting are cutting food manufacturers' tariff exposure without raising shelf prices. See the four ...
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Food Exec Brief: Sugar Supplies Are Tightening, the FDA Has a Draft UPF Definition, and M&A Is Betting on Better-for-You

US sugar stocks hit a multi-year low, the FDA released a draft UPF definition, and 67.7% of 2026's food M&A is chasing better ...
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Food Manufacturers Are Buying More Tech Than Their Workers Can Learn

Manufacturers are spending like the future is already here. A recent Fluke Corporation survey found 72% of organizations plan ...
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Winning a Proposition 65 Food Case: It’s All About Averaging

Winning a Prop 65 food case comes down to one thing: averaging. Here's how recent court wins on lead, cadmium, and mercury exposure are reshaping food industry defense strategy.
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For the First Time, Grain, Freight, and Factory Input Costs All Moved the Same Direction

Grain, freight, and factory input costs all fell together this week. In 15 weeks of tracking the Food Industry Executive ...
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Nestlé Is Cutting 16,000 Jobs and Promising Robots. Its Capital Budget Says Otherwise.

Source: Nestlé FY2025 investor presentation, slides 26 and 60. CFO Anna Manz confirmed the trend directly: “Capex will normalize within the range of 4% to 5% of sales going forward.” First-half 2026 ...
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Krystle Morrison

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 ...