How Big Food Aims to Fill Europe’s Shelves in Gas Crisis
- Major food producers seek to cut gas use, add generators
- Higher costs put pressure on margins across the industry
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Nestle SA and its rivals spent two years grappling with pandemic-related disruptions. Now the world’s biggest food companies are bracing for the next threat: a winter with too little gas to power their factories.
In response, the foodmakers are pleading their case to policy makers, cutting back on energy use and converting gas-fired plants to oil to keep Europe’s shelves filled with staples like cereal, bread and yogurt -- even if natural gas supplies dry up.