Some of the innovations that the Guatemalan chain Pollo Campero has implemented in this new commercial reality include investing in the implementation of establishments that serve only home delivery service and setting up open spaces to serve more consumers.
As a result of the spread of Covid-19, restaurant chains were forced to close the table area. In this context, companies focused on mitigating their economic losses through food delivery sales..
The supply of vouchers is tendered so that Panama Metro employees can redeem them for food in supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants and other stores nationwide.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-81-01-08-LP-003054:
"The purpose of this purchase is the acquisition of vouchers and/or electronic cards that can be redeemed at supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants and other stores nationwide, by personnel who maintain an indefinite contract with TMPSA with the exception of bus operators, since they have their own incentive plan.
As a result of the blockade that has been in place since July 2020 on the entry of animal products from Costa Rica into the Panamanian market, Costa Rican exports to Panama are reported to have fallen and companies such as Dos Pinos are reporting losses in the millions.
The trade conflict began when Panama informed the National Animal Health Service (SENASA), an agency of Costa Rica's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), of the decision not to extend export authorization to a list of previously authorized Costa Rican establishments that have been trading in the Panamanian market for many years.
As a result of the pandemic, the consumer habits of Costa Ricans changed, a phenomenon that was evidenced in the forms of consumption of ice cream, which is now more frequently consumed in homes.
In the new commercial reality, the consumption of individual ice creams was considerably reduced and in the case of multipacks, sales increased. This change is due to the fact that nowadays people spend more time in their homes and prefer to consume this type of products at home.
After wheat imports from Russia were resumed, the price per quintal of flour produced with raw material brought from the European country will be $25.7, which is less than the amount quoted weeks ago.
Due to the shortage of raw material, the cost of bread production has been increasing considerably since last year. According to local businessmen, there was a delay in the importation of wheat from Russia, whose product is brought by the Nicaraguan Company of Imports and Exports (Enimex).
The Ministry of Public Security tenders the supply of prepared food to provide food to police units on duty, in asylum for having tested positive to Covid-19, Police Officers School and Operational Needs for a period of 12 months.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-0-18-01-99-LP-052552:
"The execution of the service will be through partial deliveries by the institution.
From January to September 2020, Central American countries imported $360 million for animal feed preparations, 9% more than what was reported in the same period of 2019, a rise that is largely explained by the behavior of purchases from the U.S. and Mexico.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
From January to September 2020 Central America allocated $298 million to rice imports, and purchases from Brazil increased 808% compared to what was reported in the same period of 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
The Dominican Republic's National Student Welfare Institute bids for the supply of school lunch food rations and their distribution in public schools during the 2021-2022 school term.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase INABIE-CCC-LPN-2021-0009:
"The purpose of this call is the Supply of Food Rations of the School Lunch and its Distribution in Public Educational Centers during the 2021-2022 school period, carried out by the National Institute of Student Welfare, Ministry of Education, Extended School Day Modality, aimed at Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that present kitchens installed in the National Territory.
The time and cost of maritime routes between Costa Rica and China, and the capacity that the food industry develops to take advantage of existing opportunities, are factors that in the coming years will influence the evolution of the FTA signed between the two countries.
Ten years after the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between China and Costa Rica, Costa Rican authorities assure that they are in a continuous negotiation process involving the National Animal Health Service (Senasa) and the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE).
The Panamanian president approved the bill that creates the Agencia Panamena de Alimentos (Panamanian Food Agency) and repeals Decree Law 11 of 2006, which created the Panamanian Food Safety Authority.
The new law establishes that the constitutional competencies related to phytosanitary and zoosanitary measures return to the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) with the objective of protecting the national agricultural patrimony, to the Ministry of Health the competencies related to food safety, the control of zoonoses and food-borne diseases (ETA), while the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, the one related to Copanit technical standards and the administration of compliance with international trade agreements, details an official statement.
During the last weeks of 2020 and the first months of 2021, interest in vitamins and supplements, measured through Internet searches and mentions in social media conversations, increased in all markets in the region.
Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project short- and long-term demand trends for the different products, services, sectors and markets operating in the region.
After the Costa Rican government authorized the importation of 50 thousand metric tons of paddy rice, the National Rice Corporation is requesting that this volume be increased by an additional 20 thousand tons.
The National Rice Corporation (CONARROZ) requests the government to increase the Shortage Decree No. 42765-MAG-MEIC-COMEX, through which the import of 50,061 thousand metric tons of paddy rice was authorized, by 20 thousand tons more, to ensure local consumption at a fair price, says a statement issued by the guild on March 15, 2021.
Between February 2018 and September 2020, an upward trend was reported in the average price of Central American pet food imports, going from $0.95 to $1.09 per kilo, which is equivalent to a 15% variation.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graphic"].
Peru demonstrates that through specific actions it is possible to turn a country's gastronomy into an engine of development, a situation that generates opportunities to export a wide and diversified offer of food products.
The international positioning of Peru's gastronomic industry is the result of more than three decades of public/private actions aimed at turning gastronomy into an engine of development, driven by civil society.