Supply Chain

Russian Wheat Prices Climb For Second Week On French Crop Woes

Russian wheat-export prices climbed for a second week, extending gains from the lowest in at least six years as the outlook for French and German crops wor...

Cheaper Grains Help Global Food Prices Snap Best Run in 5 Years

Global food prices ended the longest run of gains in five years as losses in grains and vegetable oils offset higher meat, sugar and dairy costs. The Un...

Beef Export Bonanza For Brazil As Chinese Eat More Foreign Steak

Chinese consumers are eating more beef than the country can produce, and that’s led to a sales bonanza for exporters in Brazil. About a year after...

Poor African Crops Send European Cocoa Processing To 5-Year High

European cocoa processing climbed to a five-year high in the second quarter as poor-quality beans in West Africa, the world’s largest producing regio...

Honeywell Buys Supply-Chain Firm In Return To Bite-Size M&A

Blocked in an attempt at a record $90 billion takeover, Honeywell International Inc. is going back to its traditional pursuit of smaller deals with a $1.5...

Coop Switzerland Opens Largest Logistics Centre To Date

Switzerland’s Coop has opened its largest logistics centre to date, which boasts the biggest industrial-scale bakery in the country. The new facil...

Beiersdorf France Appoints New Head Of Logistics In Management Shake-Up

Cosmetics company Beiersdorf France has appointed a new supply chain chief in Flore Maynard, a move which is part of an ongoing management rejuvenation....

Cocoa Supply Crunch Seen by Sucden Lasting Until End Of Year

A supply crunch in cocoa that’s boosted prices will last until year-end, when production may rebound in West Africa, according to Sucres et Denrees S...