Using data powered by Earnest Research, we can draw some conclusions throughout the latest Covid-19 waves on consumer behavior going forward. Click here to read the full article.
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Less than 25% of U.S. adults strongly trust information about where their food is grown and how it is produced, despite a constant deluge of data, according to a new survey from the University of Minnesota's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS).
Nearly 7 million chickens and turkeys in 13 states have been killed this year due to avian influenza, prompting officials and farmers to acknowledge that, despite their best efforts, preventing infections is incredibly difficult. Click here to read the full article from ABC.
The benchmark that tracks wholesale food inflation continued to climb in February to reach its highest index for the cost of food at home since June 1975, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The latest Food-at-Home Producer Price Index (PPI) was up 13.4% from levels in February of 2021 and 12.8% higher than January 2022 data, the agency announced. The two-year rate was 16.2% higher from the January two-year climb of 12.3% and represented the highest two-year increase since November 1980. The specific index for beef and veal actually fell to 22.8% last month vs. 43.9% in January, while the pork index rose slightly, to 4.7% from 4.1%, and processed young chickens declined to 26.7% from 29.1% the previous month. The index for processed turkeys, however, rose to 52.2% from 48.4% in January 2022. The report noted that the data cover only edible products even though inflation in the food-at-home industry is being driven by price increases in the cost of non-food items like labor, logistics and packaging, as outlined by J.P. Morgan analyst Ken Goldman. Inflation grew worse in February amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine and price pressures that became more entrenched. The consumer price index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, increased 7.9% over the past 12 months, a fresh 40-year high for the closely followed gauge, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Click here to read the full article. Officials announced Monday that they have identified bird flu in a commercial flock of 50,000 turkeys in northwest Iowa, the state's second case of a virus that has been identified in multiple U.S. states.
Iowa agriculture officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the case in Buena Vista County, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of the case identified March 1 in a backyard flock of 42 ducks and chickens in Pottawattamie County. Click here to read the full article. Americans love breakfast so much that some would give up dinner over it! A recent poll asked 2,005 adults which they’d rather give up between traditional breakfast foods and dinner entrées. Results show that people are more willing to abandon the latter (31%) than the former (25%). Click here to read the full article.
The morning meal is in the spotlight as school nutrition programs across the country celebrate National School Breakfast Week, held March 7-11.
In honor of the week, Chartwells K12 Vice President of Culinary Peter Gilhooly spoke with FSD about the special dishes that will appear on Chartwells K12 menus as well as what’s trending in school breakfast. Click here to read the full article from Foodservice Director. Eating and drinking places continued last month to outpace the rest of the U.S. private sector in adding jobs, accelerating their hiring with the addition of 123,700 positions, according to just-released data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The foodservice industry’s contribution to job growth was part of a strong rebound in hiring economywide in February, according to the BLS data. Overall, 678,000 non-farm jobs were added during the month, driving down the national unemployment rate to 3.8%.Click here to read the full article. It is no great shock that major restaurant brands are more technologically advanced than their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) counterparts, with the former having more resources at their disposal to control their digital platforms and invest in omnichannel growth. However, what may be more surprising is that, among independent establishments, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are behind those with table service in adapting to the new normal. Click here to read the full article.
The price of wheat on Tuesday rose to its highest levels in more than a decade, with traders concerned about global supply disruption as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine advanced. Wheat futures reached 984 cents per bushel at the highs of Tuesday’s session — the highest since April 4, 2008, when wheat traded as high as 985.5 cents per bushel. Click here to read the full article.
A lawmaker has introduced a bill in Congress that would increase the reimbursement rate for school lunches. The Level Up Nutrition for Children in Every School (LUNCHES) Act would increase the reimbursement rate to 59.5 cents per meal.
Earlier this year, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) raised the reimbursement rate to provide schools with an additional 25 cents per lunch to help combat rising food costs. Click here to read the full article. A restaurant sales downturn that began in December continued into January. The industry posted negative sales growth for the first month since February of 2021. Sales growth was –0.9% in January, a drop of 2.9 percentage points compared to the December growth rate. Despite the disappointing results, the industry is better positioned from a sales perspective compared to over a year ago. Click here to read the full article from Nation's Restaurant News.
Global food prices were already near a 10-year high. Now, the Russia-Ukraine conflict could make matters worse. Russia is the world's top exporter of wheat, while Ukraine is a significant exporter of both wheat and corn. They also export vegetable oils. Read the full article here.
Potato sales continue to perform well at retail compared with pre-pandemic conditions, says Kayla Dome, global marketing manager for retail at Potatoes USA.
“If we are looking at over the last five years, (potato sales) are still higher than they were prior to the pandemic,” she said. Read the full article from the Packer here. January marked the second month in a row that restaurant sales dropped from the previous month. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, total eating and drinking place sales were $72 billion in January, down from $72.5 billion in December and the November peak of $73.1 billion. Read the full article here.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that its avocado inspection program in Michoacan, Mexico has restarted and avocado exports to the United States have resumed. Read the full story here.
Avian Influenza has been detected in the US - Sparboe will keep you informed on this dynamic situation. For the last several weeks, HPAI has been detected in wild birds throughout the Atlantic Flyway. On Tuesday February 8th, the USDA confirmed a case of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana. This is the first confirmed case in a commercial flock in the US since 2020. On Monday February 14th, a commercial broiler chicken flock in Kentucky was also confirmed to have HPAI.
Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers — though it would not affect game-day consumption since those avocados had already been shipped. Click here to read more from AP News.
Indiana reported an additional case of avian influenza Tuesday night, half a mile from the initial case reported February 8. Another commercial turkey operation tested positive during the state’s routine quarantine procedures enacted because of the February 8 case. Read the full story from Successful Farming here.
A specific species of wild duck may pose the greatest risk of the spread of avian influenza among U.S. birds, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Agency scientists identified the migration patterns of the blue-winged teal, one of 11 dabbling duck species known to breed in North America and a common carrier of bird flu viruses, Diann Prosser of the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It is the first-ever study to examine the movements of a waterfowl species likely to carry the virus and their relative proximity to domestic poultry facilities. Putting upward pressure on delivered produce prices, refrigerated truck rates have soared to nearly $5 per mile in early February, according to a survey by the USDA. Per-mile rates for refrigerated trucks are up 52%. To read the full article from The Packer, click here.
The nation's egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs, one of the animal welfare movement's biggest successes after years of battles with the food industry. Click here to read the full article from The Associated Press.
Consumer prices surged more than expected over the past 12 months, indicating a worsening outlook for inflation and cementing the likelihood of substantial interest rate hikes this year.
The consumer price index for January, which measures the costs of dozens of everyday consumer goods, rose 7.5% compared with a year ago, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Click here to read the article from CNBC. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in an Indiana turkey flock on Wednesday, the nation's first case in a commercial poultry operation since 2020. Click here to read the full article.
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