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2020 Top 100

The 2020 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies

Top 5 largest food and beverage companies stay the same

August 21, 2020

Although the top 5 companies stayed the same, there was extensive movement throughout Food Engineering’s 2020 list of the Top 100 food and beverage companies.

Pet Food

Pet food e-commerce boom has major influence on manufacturers' operations

Online shoppers' preferences lead to faster product development and more direct-to-consumer shipping of dog and cat food

Rose Shilling

August 14, 2020

Skyrocketing online shopping for pet food is changing significant parts of how manufacturers operate.

Pet Food

Packaging trends in pet food production

Packaging is king in the growing market for premium dog and cat food

Rose Shilling

May 28, 2020

Packaging has a key role in the pet food industry’s robust growth, helping showcase quality, safety and sustainability, especially for premium products.

consumer demand shift during the COVID-19 pandemic

How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting consumer demand

April 1, 2020

Consumer demand is shifting as consumers adapt to stay at home and social distancing policies during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus

Convenience stores sell more food during outbreak

About half of stores say grocery sales have increased

Rose Shilling

April 1, 2020

People are taking home more grocery staples from convenience stores during the pandemic, a shift from the businesses’ heavy reliance on coffee, chips, candy and other products consumed within an hour.

PACK EXPO

5 trends that are driving packaging updates

Sean Riley

February 18, 2020

Consumer desires and modern lifestyles continue to facilitate a shift in how people perceive food, according to "Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing" from PMMI.

Packaging

Keeping up with the e-commerce expansion

Tom Egan , PMMI

January 24, 2020

As consumers demand greater convenience, e-commerce sales continue to rise. According to the 2019 Internet Retailer Top 1000 Report, consumers spent $517.36 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2018, up from $449.88 billion spent the year prior. Even when the final sales takes place in a store rather than online, the first step to most purchase decisions starts at the search bar.