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Food Industry -- News & Trends

The latest trends in the beverage industry, as well as sources for statistical data are listed below. For additional sources of data see the association page for organizations within each segment.

 

Page Content:

 

 

Databases:

Articles:

ABI/Inform

Suggested searches:

  • food and consumer behavior
  • food and nutrition
  • food and food processing industry
  • food and market research
  • food and market shares
  • food and statistical data

Business Source Premier

Suggested search:

  • food industry and trade
  • food additives industry
  • food law and legislation
  • food prices
  • food supply

Factiva

Suggested search:

  • Use the Intelligent Index to focus/narrow your search
    • Industry
      • Food/Beverages/Tobacco
      • Food Preserving/Specialty Foods
      • Food Product Machinery
      • Food Products
      • Food Retailing
      • Food Wholesailing
      • Food/Beverages/Tobacco
  • Click on the News Pages tab at the top of the page
    • Under the Group Pages drop-menu select Food/Beverages/Tobacco to browse the latest news headlines

Market Reports:

Global Market Information Database

Suggested search:

  • Under the Category tab, expand the Consumer Markets heading to locate the following:
    • Fresh Food
    • Packaged Foods
    • Frozen Foods
    • Food and non-alcoholic beverages
    • Miscellaneous Food

MarketLine Business Information Center

Suggested search:

  • Click on the Industries tab at the top of the page
    • Browse the Food section under Food, Beverage and Tobacco heading

Mintel Consumer Intelligence Reports

Suggested search:

  • Browse the Food and Foodservice category to locate reports

ProductScan

Suggested search:

  • After clicking the Subscriber Login button at the top of the page, click on the Foods link under the Select Product Categories heading in the middle of the page.

Overviews:

Investext Plus

  • Locate "Food Processsing " under the Industry Search drop-down menu

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

  • Under the Toolbox locate the following survey
    • Foods & Nonalcoholic Beverages

 

Journals:

Ejournals@emory

 

 

Print Resources:

See this link for food titles in the library collection. Don't forget to look at the cross references link at the top of the page for additional sources.

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios

  • Pages 18-23 in the book contains averages for the SIC codes in the food industry

RMA Annual Statement Studies

  • Additonal source of operating ratios - based on NAICS (see pages 232-271)

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios

  • NAICS listing of financial ratios (see pages 37-50)

 

 

Websites:

Cornell Institute of Food Science

Foodservice.com

Just-Food

Thomas Food Industry Register

USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information

United States Food and Drug Administration

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