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There has been an explosion in the growth of online food and beverage sales. The growth has been building up over the past few years, and it rapidly accelerated as a result of the events of 2020. How can you leverage this trend for greater success and sustainability?

Over the past decade, consumers have become more curious about where their food and beverages come from. That curiosity became a concern in 2020 when a global pandemic struck. Factories shut down as workers became sick.

At the dawn of 2020, the food and beverage industry had already been going through some pretty dramatic changes; it had witnessed shifts in customer demands and expectations. New, harsher regulations came into effect, and new technologies impacted the supply chain. However, no one foresaw how the events of 2020 would affect the food and beverage supply chain.

Take a second to think about how many of your processes require paper. You have files and forms that contain all of the information that keeps your business running. Yet, what if your company could go paperless?

While e-commerce isn’t a new concept, 2020 made it indispensable. With lockdowns and restrictions in place, it became either unfeasible or highly inconvenient to do business any other way. The companies that had a strong e-commerce infrastructure in place thrived.