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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

PepsiCo is a very big company, the second largest food and beverage company in the world. PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. Those brands include Pepsi, of course, but also Lay’s, Quaker, Doritos, Cheetos, and Gatorade.

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Meet Ali’s cash cow, Subha

World Food Programme Logistics

Meet Ali’s cash cow, Sabah The Bekaa Valley is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon where many people own cows. One day in spring, a conversation with a local vet about Sabah’s problematic knee resulted in Ali enrolling in a paid course on livestock care. Ali’s cash cow, Sabah. they’re vital for a big girl like her.”

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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

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COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. Of course, toilet paper and paper towels were in short supply as well. COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities in food supply chains. Panic Buying Challenged Retailers and Suppliers.

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Food aid: cooking with numbers

World Food Programme Logistics

Arif Husain, Chief Economist of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), reflects on the metrics of global food output and needs There are 821 million hungry people in the world. When you’re an economist working in food assistance, the metrics of access to food keep you awake at night. Or maybe not. and indeed, we do.

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WFP and Kyrgyzstan Government respond to coronavirus challenges

World Food Programme Logistics

Collaboration underway to make sure nutritious food reaches people who need it most WFP meets project beneficiaries to explain safety measures during food distribution: Photo: WFP/Mariia Babieva WFP is working around the clock to maintain food assistance programmes in Kyrgyzstan while monitoring the socioeconomic situation across the country.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9 – 15)

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Of course, the coronavirus pandemic is shifting things as it is doubtful Girl Scouts will be going door-to-door or setting up outside of shopping centers this year. Smithfield Foods prepares for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to US employees. But there is still the initial rush when consumers can buy them from their local troop.

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“Making bread feeds my family everyday”

World Food Programme Logistics

Marie Ngalima started as a pastry cook nine months ago after the training provided to women through the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) resilience project launched in Kabalo in 2017. Proud Mary is making ends meet for her whole family. she laughs. a 100 km ride.