Supply Chain - Commodities

Brazil To Reassess Minimum Guarantee Prices For Coffee

Brazil will reassess the methodology used to set the government's minimum guarantee prices for coffee, the Agriculture Ministry said. The revi...

Wheat Eases On Supply Pressure, Soybeans Up For Second Day

Chicago wheat lost ground on Monday after finishing the last two weeks lower, as the market faced pressure from abundant world supplies and an outlook for...

Louis Dreyfus 2018 Profits Rise As Trade War Boosts Its Oilseed Business

Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company reported higher annual profits as it managed to capitalise on trading opportunities created by a U.S....

Nestlé Steps Up Efforts To Make Supply Chain Fully Transparent

Nestlé has announced that it will disclose a comprehensive list of its suppliers, alongside a variety of data of its 15 priority commodities. The...

Cocoa Among Top Commodity Gainers In 2018

Cocoa prices ended 2018 with strong gains, leading generally firmer agricultural markets, but the year marked falls for most major commodities, as increasi...

ESM: A Year In Retail – Buyer's Brief: A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Issue 6, 2018

In the run up to Christmas 2018, ESM is proud to present a recap of some of our biggest articles of the year, exclusively for Premium website subscribers....

Louis Dreyfus Appoints Food Innovation Chief

Louis Dreyfus Company has hired a former Blackstone executive to take on a newly created role as head of food innovation, part of the commodity trader's ef...

Indian Truckers' Strike Hits Amazon Deliveries, Commodity Trade

A truckers' strike across India has affected deliveries for e-commerce firms such as Amazon and Snapdeal, hurt cotton trade in the world's biggest producer...