Want a Stronger Food System? Start With Who Owns It


October 21, 2025

Grocery Store Shopping Growing Forward Essay October 2025

The global food and beverage industry today faces unprecedented challenges. Geopolitical unrest, shifting tariffs, regulatory change, and rapid technological advances are reshaping markets and threatening stability. Compounding these pressures is a workforce model under significant strain and challenged by immigration restrictions, demographic changes, and economic uncertainty.

Yet within this disruption there is an extraordinary opportunity. Employee ownership, a proven and resilient business structure, is gaining fresh momentum just as thousands of business owners worldwide approach retirement.

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https://foodtank.com/news/2025/10/want-a-stronger-food-system-start-with-who-ow…