Food & Agribusiness
We help our clients to strengthen food & agribusiness supply chains through our insights on business trends, sourcing strategies, food logistics and packaging in global markets.
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In early 2019, we recorded a podcast on the role of plastic packaging in food with supply chains strategist Susan Hansen. Since then, the world has changed because of Covid-19, and, as Susan says in the podcast, it has been a very interesting time for plastics. The use of plastics in retail has increased, and consumers' attitudes toward plastic have changed due to fears of contamination. In this episode of Consumer Foods-to-Go, Maria Castroviejo and Cyrille Filott discuss with Susan the impact of Covid-19 on the use of plastic and if the future role of plastic packaging in food has changed.
The main pulp trade flows, as presented in Rabobank’s fiber map, are occurring from west to east, with the Americas supplying Asia and parts of Europe.
Over the past 20 years, China has proven its massive influence on the global recovered paper (RCP) market. Driven by China’s supply/demand imbalances, the RCP market has undergone a gradual transition, from being a rather local product to a global commodity. As a result, global trade in RCP increased by a CAGR of 8.5% between 2000 and 2012. Exports to China accounted for about half of trade volumes.
For a long time, demand for food and beverage cans in North America was more or...
About a third of all food produced globally ends up lost. Proper packaging can...