With more plant-based options in the frozen and refrigerated sections of the grocery store, will these products begin to compete with the animal analogue products on price as well as taste?

With the pandemic easing, cold foods processors are settling into the "new" normal of what consumers are choosing to eat, how it’s being purchased and how it’s being distributed.

A great deal of uncertainty hangs over supply chains as we move into 2022. Yet, the industry can’t wait for that uncertainty to clear before making the investments required to enable supply chains to embrace the changes occurring in the market. That should make 2022 another busy and dynamic year for warehouse operators and their automation partners. Here are four trends expected to take center stage in the coming year.

Some of the supply chain issues that are occurring have been around for years and are exacerbating the current situation.

Do you know where your food comes from and how it got there?

Supply chains across all industries are undergoing technological transformation to become more efficient, increase visibility, and improve transactions between trading partners and consumers. Product shortages and delays across multiple product categories during the COVID-19 pandemic made headlines, highlighting the impact of supply chains on people’s lives.

Tyson Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 8.5 million pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken as a precaution due to possible exposure to Listeria monocytogenes, a harmful bacteria. The affected products were produced at one plant located in Dexter, Missouri, between December 26 of 2020 and April 13 of 2021 and distributed to foodservice and retail customers nationwide and Puerto Rico.