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Jason Miller Blog Post Part 1: Grocery stores aren’t gouging consumers – their costs are going up!

NC State SCRC

Our first blog explores grocery store food prices. Consumers are suffering from sticker shock, a story noted in the local Raleigh news. 2]: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)’s satellite producer price index for food and beverage retailing shows that the input prices for food and beverage stores have risen 9.3%

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Challenges and possible solutions for local seafood supply chains

Supply Chain View from the Field

If they could see the value to sell into Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, they could perhaps move to a place where fishermen can earn enough money to stay on the water, fish houses can be profitable, retailers will provide what their customers want, and we can once again eat healthy, tasty local seafood.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

NC State SCRC

Some of the many issues that undergo different social and political debates include guns, the use of military force, sugar water, cigarettes, fatty food, and many other issues. For instance, Whole Foods allows each store to bring in goods from local farmers, and allow them to integrate local philosophies into their decision-making.

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Advantages of Basing Your Distribution Center in North Carolina

Kanban Logistics

Here’s why: In terms of output, North Carolina is the second-largest food and beverage manufacturer in the U.S., More rural locations such as in the Eastern part of the state have even lower costs – despite their ideal logistics footprints – than Raleigh and other metropolitan areas. and the fifth-largest overall.

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An Economic Primer and Forecast from Professor Mike Walden

NC State SCRC

There have been some dramatic shifts in food prices, and people have been eating in more and out less. If you are in a Charlotte or Raleigh, or a metro area, the economy is much better. We may see a bump in interest rates, but it is unlikely that we will see an increase. Along with this there has been a dramatic drop in inflation.