August 31, 2020
Because our banana supply could be obliterated, we will have to adjust to a replacement that might taste somewhat different.
August 19, 2020
In addition to Dr. Pepper and toilet paper, we now can place pepperoni shortages on a list of the products that have been hit by the pandemic.
June 16, 2020
Invisible to most of us, the fish farms that produce almost half of our seafood are figuring out how to cope with less restaurant demand.
May 18, 2020
Global lockdowns have created supply problems for Belgian French fries and French cheese because households cannot make up for decreased commercial demand.
May 7, 2020
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.
April 9, 2020
Whereas toilet paper shortages have been in the news, the headlines could also have included surging egg demand, especially in Israel.
April 3, 2020
December 15, 2019
Shown by Nigeria's chicken shortage, a country's oil wealth can become a resource curse when it prevents an economy from diversifying.
December 4, 2019
Because of bad weather in parts of Canada and the major U.S. growing states, we could have a potato shortage that creates a French fry crunch.
December 2, 2019
Like iPhones and iPads, Cosmic Crisp apples were developed and tested and patented by scientists during many years of research.
November 29, 2019
Propelled by Apple and Pizza Hut, new pizza box design could bring us takeout pizza whose taste and temperature weather a journey.
November 27, 2019
Lower turkey prices just before Thanksgiving are an economic mystery because a spike in demand is supposed to make products more expensive.