Home Industry Intelligence ESSfeed delivers daily market intelligence across the global food, beverage & pharma value chain. LATEST NEWS Sodiaal Grows Revenue To €6.2B, Boosts Investment Diageo Announces $1B Savings Plan As Profits Slide August Weather Holds The Key To Corn, Soybean Prices Section 301 Tariffs Squeeze US Seafood Importers Hard Meat Products With Jalapeños Hit By Salmonella Alert McDonald’s Rethinks Promotions After Traffic Slowdown Grocers Enter A ‘New Affordability Era,’ Report Finds FDA GRAS Notification Rule Ends Self-Affirmation Loophole CROPS & PRODUCE August Weather Holds The Key To Corn, Soybean Prices Farm Diesel Costs Jump $1.4bn in US Planting Season Strait of Hormuz: Food Costs Stay High as Oil Recovers SPECIAL REPORT: No Oil, No Food Corn and Soybeans Hit Multi-Month Highs: Don’t Bet Your Crop on Storage Alone Mexico Lettuce Outbreak: What Retailers and Foodservice Ops Need to Know Right Now AI in Farming: The Hidden Profits Your Competitors Already Found China’s Soybean Buying Spree Just Triggered a Shock Wave Through Global Food Costs Meat Seafood Dairy Sodiaal Grows Revenue To €6.2B, Boosts Investment Section 301 Tariffs Squeeze US Seafood Importers Hard Meat Products With Jalapeños Hit By Salmonella Alert JBS Sells Stake to Indonesia as China Blocks Uruguay Beef Dairy Prices Fall 25% YoY Even As Food Costs Hit 3-Yr High Global Dairy 2026: Oversupply, Protein and Policy Russian Seafood Sanctions Dropped From EU Package JBS Nigeria Expansion Faces Dutch Court Challenge Processed Food & Beverages Diageo Announces $1B Savings Plan As Profits Slide FDA GRAS Notification Rule Ends Self-Affirmation Loophole SPECIAL REPORT: No Oil, No Food Nestlé Launches $5.6B Peranel Joint Venture: What the Waters and Premium Beverages Spin-Off Means for Retail and Supply Chain Mars Snacking Newark Headquarters Closure: 307 Jobs Cut, Shift to Chicago Consolidation Gen Z Drinking Rates Just Proved Industry Wrong—Here’s What Beverage Brands Need to Know Trump’s 50% Tariff Knock On Effect Ready-to-Drink Cocktails Just Won the World Cup—And Your Bar Is Losing Packaging & Equipment Global Food and Beverage Processing Equipment Industry Report 2026: The Smart Factory Revolution FoodService Retail Meat Products With Jalapeños Hit By Salmonella Alert McDonald’s Rethinks Promotions After Traffic Slowdown Grocers Enter A ‘New Affordability Era,’ Report Finds The Great Disintermediation: How AI Is Fundamentally Reshaping Search, E-Commerce, and Retail in 2026 Target Taps 7-Eleven CEO to Accelerate Omnichannel Strategy: What This Means for Retail Competition Meat Volume Drops: Shoppers Cut Consumption as Beef Prices Hit 12%+ Inflation Restaurant Energy Costs: How Operators Are Cutting 25-40% from Utility Bills Without Sacrificing Service Kroger Just Won the Grocery Price Wars—And It’s About to Reshape How Americans Eat Container Shipping Logistics Pharmaceutical Cold Chain: GDP, Temperature Bands and What Breaks Red Sea Shipping Risk Still Shapes Food Freight Costs Strait of Hormuz: Food Costs Stay High as Oil Recovers SPECIAL REPORT: No Oil, No Food Trump’s 50% Tariff Knock On Effect Why Smart Exporters Are Locking Shipping Rates NOW (Before Rates Spike 20-30%) Freight Rates Surge as Hormuz Attacks Escalate Again Antwerp Port Disruption: Toxic Leak Shuts Terminals