Procurement: Page 3


  • The exterior of the Los Angeles Anheuser Busch Brewery.
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    Anheuser-Busch invests $7.4M to expand Michelob Ultra production

    The beer giant is expanding its Los Angeles brewery as part of a company-wide initiative to upgrade U.S. manufacturing operations.

    By Laurel Deppen • Oct. 6, 2025
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    A matcha shortage is coming for social media’s latest obsession

    A TikTok-driven explosion in demand is straining supply for an ingredient already facing production challenges.

    By Leah Borts-Kuperman • Oct. 3, 2025
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    Trendline

    Inventory Management

    Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management as an effective strategy against tariffs.

    By Supply Chain Dive staff
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    Hormel Foods further optimizes manufacturing footprint

    The company reported the partial closure of a production facility as part of its Transform and Modernize initiative.

    By Updated Oct. 3, 2025
  • Ikea Global Sustainability Manager Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld speaks during a panel session about maritime decarbonization at TPM24 in Long Beach, California.
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    Top supply chain conferences to keep on your radar in 2026

    Next year’s trade shows will showcase resilience strategies, technology adoption and talent development as companies contend with tariff volatility and other challenges. 

    By Oct. 2, 2025
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    Section 232 probe reignites tariff uncertainty for medtech firms

    The White House has used the investigations in other sectors to implement tariffs, but the earliest any potential actions would take place is summer 2026, analysts said.

    By Elise Reuter • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Grocery Outlet names new supply chain leader

    Scott Fremont started as chief supply chain officer for the grocery chain earlier this month following nearly 18 years with Target.

    By Sept. 30, 2025
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    How truck tariffs might play out for the industry

    Potential impacts will largely depend on whether the policy affects truck parts and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

    By Sept. 30, 2025
  • People walk by a kitchen cabinet display at an Ikea store on Sept. 26, 2025, in Emeryville, California.
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    Trump tariffs

    US to begin furniture, wood import tariffs on Oct. 14

    An executive order from President Donald Trump installs a 25% tariff on couch, sofa, chair and kitchen cabinet imports and a 10% duty on timber and lumber.

    By Sept. 30, 2025
  • A rendering of Eli Lilly's $6.5 billion facility to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients in Houston.
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    Lilly to build $6.5B Houston factory for its first obesity pill

    The pharmaceutical giant is also planning a $5 billion manufacturing site in Virginia, with two more U.S. facilities expected to be announced later this year. 

    By Nathan Owens • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Yum Brands aims to unify supply chain under ‘one voice’

    The KFC and Taco Bell franchisor is consolidating separate supply chains for its portfolio of restaurants to improve supplier relationships.

    By Sept. 29, 2025
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    Sponsored by SAP

    How supply chains drive revenue with elevated supplier collaboration

    Savvy companies have come to view suppliers not just as sources of goods and services, but as key partners in driving innovation and value.

    Sept. 29, 2025
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    Tariff front-loading buoyed manufacturing in H1, but costs are ahead: OECD

    “The impacts of higher tariff rates are yet to be fully felt in the US economy,” according to a report from OECD, a global policy forum. 

    By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 26, 2025
  • President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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    Trump tariffs

    Trump sets tariffs on pharmaceuticals, trucks, furniture

    The new levies, ranging from 25% to 100%, will go into effect Oct. 1, the president said Thursday.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
  • Four stacks of cans of Campbell's soup displayed on a grocery store shelf on June 2, 2025, in Chicago. Cans in the stacks, from left to right, are labeled "Spicy Nacho Cheese," "Chicken with Rice," "Tomato Bisque" and "Spicy Tomato."
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    Campbell’s says tariff mitigation strategies can only go so far

    Limited domestic tinplate capacity makes it difficult to source materials for canned goods in the face of steel and aluminum tariffs, according to executives.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
  • President Donald Trump leaves the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025, in New York City.
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    US opens investigation into medical equipment, device imports

    As part of the Section 232 probe, the Trump administration will weigh the need for tariffs on goods such as surgical masks, blood glucose monitors and wheelchairs.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
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    Supply chains gear up for California emissions disclosures

    Manufacturers are digging deep into their data to get ready for greenhouse gas reporting requirements from the Golden State.

    By Mary Catherine O’Connor • Sept. 25, 2025
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    US investigates robotics, industrial machinery imports

    The Commerce Department is evaluating national security risks of the industrial gear supply chain, potentially clearing the way for new tariffs.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
  • A customer picks up a Snickers Bar in a supermarket August 18, 2005 in Sydney, Australia.
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    Mars inks clean energy contracts for supply chain decarbonization

    The confectionery company is teaming up with Enel on a trio of renewable purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 terawatt hours of clean energy.

    By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 24, 2025
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    Lear taps Palantir software for manufacturing operations

    The Tier 1 seat supplier will use the AI-powered platform for 5 years as it looks to accelerate industrial automation.

    By Sept. 23, 2025
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    Trump tariffs

    White House asks Supreme Court to uphold Trump’s tariff powers

    The government submitted a 49-page brief urging the high court to affirm Trump's broad emergency levies.

    By Updated Sept. 22, 2025
  • U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (right) speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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    Trump administration ponders adjusting scope of auto part, steel and China tariffs

    Federal agencies are reviewing whether to expand the list of goods covered by levies enacted under Section 232 and 301.

    By Sept. 18, 2025
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    Business contracts with tariff clauses proliferate

    Companies are using tariff-specific language to hedge against uncertainty in areas such as pricing and delivery timelines, contract management firm Agiloft said.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 18, 2025
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    Perdue Farms to lay off 300 workers at Indiana turkey plant

    Production for the Thanksgiving staple has fallen to a three-decade low as poultry companies grapple with bird flu and changing consumer habits.

    By Christopher Doering • Sept. 17, 2025
  • Packages of Folgers coffee on a grocery store shelf.
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    JM Smucker to raise coffee prices again in the face of tariffs

    The food and beverage company is planning a hike for “early winter” that would make coffee over 20% more expensive than a year ago.

    By Sept. 16, 2025
  • A freight train crosses the U.S.-Mexico border.
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    US kicks off consultation process for USMCA review

    Shippers have 45 days to submit comments evaluating the free trade agreement governing cross-border trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

    By Sept. 16, 2025