Fast Facts on Food Processing: Looking back, looking ahead

The past year is one best tucked away in the record books: a recession the likes of which has not been seen in more than half a century, multinational companies on life support and a global credit crunch throttling businesses. Yet there is much to learn from events of the past year and how food and beverage manufacturers have evaluated their operations and adapted their strategies in the face of the severe economic downturn and other industry pressures.

Grant Thornton collaborated with Food Processing magazine over the past year on a series of six flash surveys. In our wrap-up report, Fast Facts on Food Processing: Looking back, looking ahead, we provide a recap of the key survey findings in addition to providing an outlook on what types of issues and trends will be affecting the industry in the coming months.

We have prepared a webcast to dig deeper into these trends and developments transforming the food and beverage sector including supply-chain pressures, merger and acquisition activity, capital investment, and consumer behavior (including "going green").

Featured presenters:

• Dexter Manning, national food and beverage practice leader and audit partner, Atlanta, GA
• Tony Perazzo, partner, Audit, San Francisco, CA
• Mark Andrus, regional partner-in-charge, Corporate Strategic Federal Tax Services, Portland, OR
• Steve Lyman, partner, Business Advisory Services, Atlanta, GA
• Tim Schram, national director of incentive services, State and Local Tax, Chicago, IL
   

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• Access the Grant Thornton Thinking Portal at https://university.learnlivetech.com/gtt.
• Sign-in to the Grant Thornton Thinking Portal.
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• Locate the archived webcast, #18349, in the list of On-Demand Courses in Course Catalog, and select "enroll."
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	Location:	Online
	Type:	Webcast
	CPE Credits:	1.0
	Registration:	Register now
	Start Time:	Monday, November 2, 2009  1:00 p.m. EST
	End Time:	Monday, November 2, 2009  2:00 p.m.
Contact:		Tiffany Shaffer
Phone:		312.602.8667
Email:		Tiffany.Shaffer@gt.com