Navigating a Stressed Supply Chain
Business FIRST panelists analyze the domino effect of food system challenges on product development.
When it comes to current challenges in the food system, inflation and breakdowns in the supply chain top the list.
In the panel, “Rearranging the Dominos: How Food Development is Responding to Inflation and Supply Chain Challenges,” panelists David Godfrey-Thomas, Jeff Grogg, Ken Harris, and Gary Iles told moderator Dale Buss about how soaring inflation, supply chain challenges, and geopolitics have affected ingredient and consumer product goods (CPG) companies and the creative and sc…
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