Tag: covid-19

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), historically known as food stamps, has undergone recent changes, including the end of COVID relief benefits across the U.S. in March.

Today 25 food and agriculture groups released the seventh annual Feeding the Economy report, revealing food and agriculture industries and their suppliers contribute over $8.6 trillion to the U.S. economy, nearly one-fifth of total national output and a 22% increase since the 2019 report.

Restaurants Canada, the voice of foodservice, released the 2022 edition of Foodservice Facts, presenting the latest foodservice statistics, trends, forecasts, detailed analysis and invaluable insights for industry leaders.

The impact of the pandemic has hit the Canadian Restaurant industry hard and with the Restaurants Canada Trade Show in town May 9th to the 11th, new data identifies exactly how many restaurant businesses have been shuttered in Canada in the past 12 months.

As the COVID-19 pandemic crosses its two-year mark, Restaurant365, the leading all-in-one restaurant management platform, today reported that sales across their customer base have increased since the onset of COVID-19, and restaurants show signs of being better positioned to invest in new technologies to continue to improve operations.

"Meet onsite again" is the motto of this year's Fruit Logistica. The conditions that the global fresh produce industry will need to follow when it meets in Berlin from the from 5 to 7 April 2022 are now clear.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report evidence from lab experiments that a chemical derived from a compound found abundantly in broccoli and other cruciferous plants may offer a potentially new and potent weapon against the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the common cold.

RaboResearch colleagues from the consumer foods team published a report recently on consumer behavior changes that persisted through the latest Covid-19 wave, signaling that they are lasting behaviors.

January marked the second month in a row that restaurant sales dropped from the previous month.

The National Restaurant Association today released new survey data highlighting the devastating impact the omicron variant has had so far, and the positive impact the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) had on the industry.