California Drought Saps Food Production Following the lowest snowpack in California’s recorded history, on April 1st, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order that requires cities, towns,... Read More +
Big Food Just Gets Bigger The food industry in the Unites States is growing, with the greatest growth stemming from the largest food companies. Most consumers are surprised to... Read More +
Market Watch: The Scrap Metal Industry A summary of the past 5 years of the metal market The scrap metal market took a serious tumble in the first half of... Read More +
China’s Housing Slump Causes Scrap Metal Dump As China’s appetite slows, so does the domestic market for metals Five years ago, the scrap metal market was robust, and it seemed like... Read More +
The Beverage Industry’s Surge in Healthy Drinks While 20 or 30 years ago this aisle would have been made up of over 90% soda and other carbonated beverages with high amounts... Read More +
Bottled Water Washes Away Carbonated Competition By 2017, bottled water is projected to outsell soda in supermarkets across the United States, according to projections by Beverage Marketing Corp. that were... Read More +
Oil Mires the Market As we entered the new year, oil prices still saw no reprieve; in fact, less than one month into 2016, the price of crude... Read More +
How the Oil Crisis Seeps into Commodities The relationships aren’t simple, but one given is that energy comprises of almost 50% of production costs for many commodities, including many in the... Read More +
How the Paper Industry is Unfolding Maine, in particular, has witnessed firsthand the startling decline of the paper manufacturing industry. As a state that employed nearly 13,000 people in its... Read More +