Losers, including Chinese consumers who might
face higher food prices, will likely outnumber winners.
Not exact matches
Faced with labor shortages, the U.S.
food system would experience supply constraints that could result in
higher prices and force the country to look beyond its own borders for more of its
food supply.
U.S. packaged
food companies are
facing a spike in costs due to a dearth of drivers, new regulations and
higher diesel
prices.
Higher food prices could pose a challenge to the government of the nation's president, Jacob Zuma, who is confronting widening public anger over rising income inequality and whose party, the African National Congress, is expected to
face serious challenges in municipal elections this year.
Right now, algae - based protein
faces a classic chicken and egg situation — major
food companies won't introduce algal ingredients into products because there is no reliable production that can produce agricultural - scale algae in
high volumes at low
prices.
Yet we
face enormous challenges over the next few years - Brexit, continued intense competition in the retail sector and the consumer's demand for ever
higher quality
food at very competitive
prices,» he said.
Operators are
facing four big areas of challenge that Technomic sees as transformative, bound to drive changes in how operators approach business: 1) coping with supply chain challenges, including driver shortages; 2) meeting consumer demand for «
food with integrity»; 3) dealing with «regulation nation» where industry - disrupting changes may include a
higher minimum wage; and 4) incorporating innovations into operations, including new delivery models, variable
pricing, self - ordering systems, and robotics.
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High food prices are of major concern especially for low - income
food deficit countries that may
face problems in financing
food imports and for poor households which spend a large share of their income on
food,» Abbassian said.
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The study comes as corn - ethanol
faces increasing criticism from environmentalists who say the increased corn production is worsening air and water pollution, depleting water supplies, driving record
high food prices, and contributing to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
High and volatile
food prices are another intimation of the weakening security we all
face.