International shipping containers empty, stacked like building blocks on shipyard shores. A skeleton crew of manufacturing employees wrapped head-to-toe in protective equipment. Rows and rows of retail store shelves emptied of vitamin, mineral and supplement merchandise.
US Supplement Industry Rides Growth Amid Changes After Year Of Covid-19 Pandemic
“Many of those initial fears have abated as companies have learned more about transmission and how to protect staff,” says Tara Couch, EAS Consulting. But industry is changed and manufacturers are thinking more intently about supply chains and manufacturing processes.
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