McCormick will pivot all of its factories to 24-hour operations by the end of 2020 to handle increased demand due to the pandemic, reports Food Dive. In an earnings call, McCormick CEO Lawrence Kurzius said that the manufacturer saw a “depletion of inventory to meet the incredible surge in consumer demand," and that “by the end of the year we will have added the equivalent of an additional plant of U.S. manufacturing,"
"It's been a challenge for us, primarily on manufacturing capacity in the Americas, and it's been a challenging time for the retailers because of the surge in demand and their ability to actually receive product," the CEO said. Full Story
Related: Consumers Not Encountering Out-of-Stocks; Food Makers Struggle to Keep Up With Pandemic-Related Demand.
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