Indian stores shuttered by farmer protests cost Reliance, Walmart millions in revenue: sources
Dozens of Reliance Industries’ retail stores and a giant Walmart outlet face revenue losses of millions of dollars after being forced to shut for more than three months over protests against India’s new farm laws, sources said.
Walmart carrying ADL evaporated milk across Canada
P.E.I.’s Amalgamated Dairy Limited is getting some national exposure now that its Dairy Isle brand of evaporated milk products is being carried in all 408 Walmart stores in Canada.
Kroger and Walmart begin bottling their own milk at lower prices, worrying dairy farmers
Grocery retailers like Kroger, Walmart and Albertsons, have started their own milk-bottling plants in a quest to cut costs through vertical integration.
Walmart, Kroger bottle their own milk and shake up American dairy industry
Americans’ thirst for cheap milk — and grocers’ rush to provide it — are remaking the centuries-old dairy industry.
Lawsuit filed about deceptive milk claims on Snack Pack
Consumers filed a federal class action lawsuit in New York last week accusing Conagra Brands of deceptively labeling its Chocolate Fudge Snack Pack pudding cups as “Made with Real Milk.” The pudding cups are made with nonfat milk, which provides a different sensory experience. And, since the product doesn’t contain whole milk, it also has less vitamin A, protein and calcium than it would if it had whole milk, the lawsuit states.
To buy wholesale milk for its food boxes, USDA is paying well above retail prices
New analysis finds USDA’s food aid program is buying milk at overblown prices—sometimes more than twice what you’d pay in the supermarket.
Wasted milk, euthanized livestock: Photos show how coronavirus has devastated US agriculture
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As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains across the country, farmers are being forced to destroy their crops, dump milk and throw out perishable items that can’t be stored.
Dairy farmers grappling with low prices and a sudden drop in demand from the lockdown are dumping out as many as 3.7 million gallons of milk every day, according to estimates from Dairy Farmers of America, the country’s largest dairy cooperative.
Chicken processors dealing with staffing problems related to the virus have been forced to euthanize chickens because of the reduced capacity in plants.
Coronavirus taking a toll on Arizona farmers and ranchers
Arizona’s farmers are on the job during COVID-19 keeping the nation fed. But disruptions, from erratic shifts in consumer spending to Mexico canceling imports, are causing financial distress in certain sectors.
DFO asks producers to dump milk
As much as five million litres of milk is being dumped and more will likely follow in the weeks to come as Canada’s dairy industry struggles to match demand with the fickle requirements of a hoarders’ market.
How two years of changes in dairy led to two major bankruptcies
Struggling with competition from milk alternatives, innovative startups and private label, this timeline shows how Borden and Dean Foods got here and what’s next for the industry.
