Vikram Aggarwal, CEO of the global hospitality industry digital dining reservation company based in Munich, eat2eat.com says, “In the post COVID world, the power balance on data ownership and control over their diners is going to shift back to the restaurants.” (Forbes)

The impact that the pandemic had on the packing industry became evident in March when some processing plants were forced to temporarily shut down after workers tested positive to COVID-19, starting a backlog of pigs ready for harvest. As the meat processing industry rights the ship, there are other issues ranging from feed demand, to supplies, to labor. (AgriNews)

Hoarding cash during a pandemic might seem prudent, but America’s packaged food companies are finding it’s better to stock up on stuff they can sell. (Bloomberg)

The company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that “at this point in time, beef supply has returned to near-normal levels across the Wendy’s system.” (CNN)

Even as apps like Grubhub have cast themselves as economic saviors for restaurants in the pandemic, their fees have become an increasing source of difficulty for the establishments. (New York Times)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cancellation order regarding the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ June 3, 2020 vacatur of three dicamba registrations —Xtendimax, Engenia, and FeXapan. The cancellation order stops distribution or sale of these three dicamba products. However, farmers and commercial operators may use existing product stocks that were in their possession as of June 3, 2020. (Successful Farming)