When we lose close to 40 percent of our pork processing capacity, the pork supply chain breaks in a direction that you might not expect.
How Our Buying Behavior Has Changed
Walmart’s CEO said our buying behavior has shifted during the pandemic. First we cared about toilet paper and sanitizer. Now it’s puzzles, games, hair dye, and beard trimmers. Where are we going? To consumer spending. Shifting Consumer Spending A Timeline…
How the 2020 Pandemic Is Like the 1930s Depression
Because of state mandated lockdowns, dairy farmers are responding to less demand from restaurants, schools, and hotels by dumping milk.
Why There Really Is a Toilet Paper Shortage
It’s easy to assume that the toilet paper shortage in the U.S. is caused by panic buying and hoarding but there really might be a supply problem.
Where We’ve Been Scrambling For Eggs
Whereas toilet paper shortages have been in the news, the headlines could also have included surging egg demand, especially in Israel.
The Problem With Cheap Oil
Perhaps it’s the perfect storm for crude oil prices. Grounded planes, consumer lockdowns, and skyrocketing unemployment all add up to less need for oil. Meanwhile, with the Saudis gushing crude, supply is soaring. So yes, when you combine less demand…
What Will Happen to Restaurant Food?
As business closings multiply, redeploying food from restaurants to supermarket consumers has required changes along the supply chain.
How (Not) to Eliminate Face Mask Shortages
Whether looking at rationing, price caps, trade restrictions, or the market, the problem of face mask shortages is tough to solve.
Six Facts That We Need to Know About Oil
With the price of crude plunging, oil supply facts can provide insight about its production, consumption, and significance.
Why We Want Higher Face Mask Prices
Rather than gouging or profiteering, higher prices are best described as the incentives we need to boost the world’s face mask supply.