In 2019 the 23rd Americas Food and Beverage Show kicked off with a special proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Miami Beach. The AF&B Show happens every year at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The show and conference help to increase two-way trade between the US and the rest of the Americas. This event is done in partnership with the USDA and the NASDA.
The Trump administration plans to continue its aggressive trade tactics this year by pushing for a “broader reset” of the tariffs set at the World Trade Organization, a top trade official plans to tell Congress in testimony on Wednesday.
Trump in 2018 imposed a tariff of 25 percent on steel imports, as well as a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports. The tariffs were imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to impose tariffs for national security purposes.
Christopher Granville, managing director of political research at TS Lombard, discusses the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union.
It’s important to understand the key challenges that supply-chain management and procurement teams will face during the months to come. For better or worse, restoring global supply lines will not be a matter of simply picking up from where we left off. The effects of COVID-19 have been not only far reaching and devastating, but also profoundly complex — meaning that there are no simple fixes.
The Food Service industry has suffered immensely due to closure of restaurants / bars, plus the suspension of the cruise industry, cultural, and sporting events, etc. This has been particularly difficult for us because it consists of roughly 20% of our movement and Food Service generally takes small-sized fruit which supermarkets do not purchase in great volume. Fru-Veg was able to find a solution! A number of consumers preferred to start buying produce packaged in a clamshell or bag vs individual loose pieces on a shelf. We immediately purchased material locally to start packing our smaller sized fruits in bags. We experienced a great demand for the bags at our supermarkets throughout the east coast of the US.
El coronavirus llegó cuando el mundo se estaba adoptando cada vez más a la economía en línea, y el día que tuvimos que quedarnos en casa marcó un punto de inflexión en las conductas de consumo. Al principio hubo cautela, pero enseguida empezaron a repuntar las compras electrónicas, sobre todo en los rubros de alimentos, farmacia, productos de limpieza, entretenimiento y conectividad.
Según una nueva investigación global de Kerry Group, empresa líder mundial de Taste and Nutrition, durante los primeros tres meses del año ha habido un creciente interés en el fortalecimiento del sistema inmunológico en los principales países de América Latina.