Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters –– Chipotle Mexican Grill’s decision to suspend purchases from a pork producer that ran afoul of its animal welfare requirements could bolster its reputation with diners but threatens sales and profits this quarter, an analyst said Wednesday. The burrito chain’s move caused a supply shortfall that is hitting about one-third of its roughly 1,800 […] Read more
Chipotle’s pork plight could hurt Q1 results
China arrests over 110 people for selling contaminated pork
Reading Time: < 1 minute Shanghai | Reuters — China has arrested more than 110 people suspected of selling pork from pigs that died from disease, and confiscated more than 1,000 tonnes of contaminated pork in its latest crackdown on food safety violations. The ministry of public security said Sunday the people were part of a network made up of […] Read more
Strong hog sector facing uncertain 2015
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Western Canadian hog farmers are facing an uncertain future from a marketing perspective heading into 2015, with a number of factors on both the supply and demand sides of the equation that could swing prices one way or the other. “After a very profitable 2014… we’re at pivot point,” said Tyler Fulton, […] Read more
U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government on Friday filed a notice of appeal against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel, which last […] Read more
The world according to Gartman
Global shifts in economies and livelihoods to be unprecedented
Reading Time: 3 minutes There may be some bumps ahead, but the worst of the world’s economic turmoil may be over. “I think we have to pay attention to the fact that consumers and businesses are as liquid as we have seen them in the past 15 to 20 years,” trader Dennis Gartman, editor and publisher of The Gartman […] Read more
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