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2025 Food and Beverage Insight series

Trends on the future of supply chain planning

In 2025, Deloitte surveyed more than 150 supply chain planning professionals from nine food and beverage subsectors. From dairy to snack and convenience foods to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and beyond—explore three major themes shaping the future of supply chain planning.

Introducing the Food and Beverage Insight series

In this three-part series, we discuss industry trends, challenges and perspectives on the future of supply chain planning. Explore the results from our 2025 Deloitte Retail & Consumer Product Supply Chain Planning Survey¹—combined with perspectives from our industry and supply chain specialists. Each installment aims to bring you actionable insights to help navigate and enhance your supply chains across the dynamic food and beverage sector.

Our first publication highlights the ongoing strategic shift of today’s supply chain planner role. Our next two publications will cover how companies are adapting to challenges and how customer expectations are evolving. Stay tuned.

Key survey findings

Supply chain planners are moving from tactical operations to more strategic, long-term approaches.

Companies are responding to ongoing business pressures by prioritizing revenue growth—focusing on driving volume growth and minimizing cost.

Customers today demand greater speed, convenience and personalized service.

Part 1: A shift in planning focus

Get an early look at how the supply chain planner role in the food and beverage sector is evolving.Discover key themes such as new decision making approaches, overcoming organizational barriers and leveraging analytics for performance tracking.

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Endnotes

1 Deloitte, 2025 Deloitte Retail & Consumer Product Supply Chain Planning Survey, 2025.

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