You made it through another one! I didn’t fall off any mountains! Grab your beverage of choice and enjoy a fork pitch collection of articles and commentary on things of interest in the food business. Among other things this week, we linked to articles about changing shopping patterns, restaurants leaving Manhattan and tamarind.
Macro:
Retail and Consumer
- The line between bricks and mortar and on-line grocery continues to blur. Many shoppers mix channels regularly.
- From heroes to zeroes: grocery workers are no longer lauded (and compensated) for their essential role.
- Most consumers plan on stocking up if pandemic re-escalates. Hoarders gonna hoard.
Restaurants and Foodservice:Â
- Restaurants abandoning Manhattan.
- Proposal for $200 million in restaurant aid
Food supply:
- There is no evidence that COVID can be passed along on food. But China is taking no chances.
- One of the issues with lab-grown meat is how it will labelled.
- A great new fungicide has been approved for use. Not for organics, though
Lagniappe:
- We don’t know a lot about the environmental impacts of Beyond Meat.
- Tamarind is way underused.