There are several pundits predicting this is the year that evidences the rise in consumption of plant-based proteins and the end of meat from animals. These same prognosticators may have made the same forecasts last year, and the year before. Maybe but the dynamic is unlikely to be true for developing countries. Overall global consumption is volatile. Since 2013, world poultry consumption has increased by 18.5 percent. Beef consumption has only increased 3.1 percent and pork is down 0.07 percent, but those numbers are skewed by swine fever in China, the largest consumer of pork, and the high cost of beef that is not even consumed in the most populated part of the world, India. The expansion in U.S. beef consumption since 2013 is slig...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
From WPI Consulting
Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.