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Growing Need for Recent Supply Chain Policies and Further Federal Action Post-Pandemic

Industry input prices and demand remain above pre-pandemic levels, exposing a need for supply chain policies and even further federal action to be taken.

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Why Congress Needs to Act Now to Avoid Future Supply Chain Disruptions

Tom Madrecki, VP of supply chain and logistics for Consumer Brands Association, details why government needs to play a bigger role in investing in manufacturing, addressing key gaps and supporting infrastructure.

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Food Commodities Still Face Steep Prices as Another Potential Rail Strike Looms

Food manufacturing produce price index is up 10.4% year-over-year and 25.9% above pre-pandemic levels seen in February 2020.

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Upcoming Election Puts Supply Chain on the Ballot

Eight in 10 respondents expect to see trucking action from their senators.

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Upcoming Election Puts Supply Chain Crisis on the Ballot

Key states such as Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire, are expecting their elected officials to act on solutions to prevent the next supply chain crisis.

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Wholesale Prices Still Above 2021

For the CPG industry, key commodities are still coming in higher than overall wholesale prices, as the food PPI increased 13.3% over last year.

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L.I.N.K. | New Administration's Impact on CPG Supply Chains

Food Logistics and SDCE editors sit down with Tom Madrecki, VP of supply chain for Consumer Brands Association.

L.I.N.K. Live | SDCE Editors Talk Consumer Packaged Goods with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association

Marina and Mackenna with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association, to discuss the new administration's impact on consumer packaged goods supply chains and what opportunities exist for CPG players in 2021.

L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Consumer Packaged Goods with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association

Marina and Mackenna with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association, to discuss the new administration's impact on consumer packaged goods supply chains and what opportunities exist for CPG players in 2021.

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Americans Staying Home Drives CPG Spending Up Nearly 10%

The industry experienced 9.9 percent year-over-year growth during May of 2020, compared to May 2019.

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Consumer Brands Association Spearheads Contactless Delivery Task Force

The Contactless Delivery Task Force brings together manufacturers, supply chain partners and retailers to develop scalable, uniform standards for safely transporting and exchanging freight, with an initial focus on electronic bills of lading (eBOL).

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Consumers Are Now Less Concerned With Supply Shortages as Coronavirus Pandemic Continues

In the weeks since the coronavirus has spread across the country, the percentage of consumers who report stocking up on staples has jumped from 22% to 67%.

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New Congressional Supply Chain Caucus Launches in Midst of Coronavirus Outbreak

The Consumer Brands Association announced its support of the newly created, bipartisan Congressional Supply Chain Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Growing Need for Recent Supply Chain Policies and Further Federal Action Post-Pandemic

Industry input prices and demand remain above pre-pandemic levels, exposing a need for supply chain policies and even further federal action to be taken.

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Why Congress Needs to Act Now to Avoid Future Supply Chain Disruptions

Tom Madrecki, VP of supply chain and logistics for Consumer Brands Association, details why government needs to play a bigger role in investing in manufacturing, addressing key gaps and supporting infrastructure.

Freshidea Adobe Stock 476362981

Food Commodities Still Face Steep Prices as Another Potential Rail Strike Looms

Food manufacturing produce price index is up 10.4% year-over-year and 25.9% above pre-pandemic levels seen in February 2020.

Pexels Truck Fleet

Upcoming Election Puts Supply Chain on the Ballot

Eight in 10 respondents expect to see trucking action from their senators.

Freshidea Adobe Stock 476362981

Upcoming Election Puts Supply Chain Crisis on the Ballot

Key states such as Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire, are expecting their elected officials to act on solutions to prevent the next supply chain crisis.

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Wholesale Prices Still Above 2021

For the CPG industry, key commodities are still coming in higher than overall wholesale prices, as the food PPI increased 13.3% over last year.

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Wholesale Prices Still Above 2021

Diesel fuel dropped from last month but is still 71% more than last year, significantly affecting the CPG industry as it makes up one-fifth of all freight transportation.

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Congress Can't Afford to Forget Pandemic Supply Chain Lessons

There is a critical choice Congress must make. Will it stand by as product shortages, delays and price increases continue to wreak havoc, or it will it take an unprecedented opportunity to make a difference for the supply chain today and tomorrow?

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Americans Blame Grocery Inflation on Supply Chain Inefficiencies

The increase in supply chain costs and constraints as a source of blame for inflation coincides with an uptick in the interest of tackling supply chain problems as a means to ease inflation.

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Supply Chain Woes Expected to Outlast Holidays

Nearly seven in 10 (69%) of mid-term election voters in Arizona and Georgia, respectively, are more likely to back candidates who support options to increase trucking capacity.

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Consumer Demand on the Rise

The wave of demand showed the shift in American behaviors and consumption habits following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Slow Job Growth in CPG Sector Fails to Make Significant Gains

Although the CPG industry added 6,400 jobs in October, it did little to close the gap on the nearly 140,000 job openings.

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Continued Demand for CPG Products Exacerbates Supply Chain and Labor Challenges

Food manufacturing wage increases were up 4.6% in July over last year — 6% for production and non-supervisory workers — but have not influenced job growth.

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New Task Force Formed to Aid in Supply Chain Health and Visibility

The Consumer Brands Association has formed a new Supply Chain Health and Performance Task force that will increase visibility and ease any supply chain pressures that is felt across the CPG industry.

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L.I.N.K. | New Administration's Impact on CPG Supply Chains

Food Logistics and SDCE editors sit down with Tom Madrecki, VP of supply chain for Consumer Brands Association.

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L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Consumer Packaged Goods with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association

Marina and Mackenna with Tom Madrecki of Consumer Brands Association, to discuss the new administration's impact on consumer packaged goods supply chains and what opportunities exist for CPG players in 2021.

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Consumer Brands Association, CSCMP Build National Policy Roadmap to Protect Stressed Supply Chains

Protecting private sector supply chains helps those companies when natural disasters strike, delivering supplies to a disaster-impacted area and being able to re-establish supply chains after the fact.

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Compliance in the Cold Chain—Complicated but Imperative

The safe handling of food in third-party logistics is an integral part of the operation. Today, 3PLs are using innovative technologies to do so.

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How COVID-19 Accelerated Needed Transportation Policy Change

Safety, efficiency, traceability and visibility will play a key role in the future of supply chain regulation.

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Americans Staying Home Drives CPG Spending Up Nearly 10%

The industry experienced 9.9 percent year-over-year growth during May of 2020, compared to May 2019.

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Consumers Are Now Less Concerned With Supply Shortages as Coronavirus Pandemic Continues

In the weeks since the coronavirus has spread across the country, the percentage of consumers who report stocking up on staples has jumped from 22% to 67%.

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The Consumer Brands Association officially launches

The organization will continue to advocate for product affordability, access and innovation, eliminating consumer confusion and solving large, vexing problems in the marketplace.