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Volatile input prices, shifting regulations, and carbon compliance are reshaping food and beverage procurement.
Procurement teams face constant new challenges, when packaging costs surge with pulp or aluminum swings, ingredient prices fluctuate with harvest and energy markets, and new carbon rules reshape supplier contracts overnight. You are left reconciling disconnected data, juggling suppliers, and trying to forecast costs in an environment that rarely stands still.
Fastmarkets brings order to that chaos. We connect the markets behind your materials – packaging, ingredients, feedstocks, and carbon – into one trusted, transparent view. With reliable price data, forecasts, and carbon intelligence, your team can see what’s coming, negotiate from strength, and plan with confidence.
Turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage with market intelligence built for the realities of food and beverage procurement.
Eliminate blind spots and strengthen your strategy with a unified view of your critical cost drivers, from paper and aluminium packaging and soda ash to grains, oils, and fats.
Align procurement, finance, planning and operations teams around a single, trusted source of market intelligence for packaging, ingredients and carbon markets.
Choose the package that fits your needs:
Package
Includes
Packaging Essentials
News & prices for paper & metals packaging, pulp & paper, recovered paper, soda ash, pallets
Packaging Plus
Packaging Essentials + forecasts and analytics
Food & Beverage Essentials
News & prices for packaging + ingredients + Carbon credit intelligence + CBAM
Food & Beverage Plus
Food & Beverage Essentials + forecasts and analytics
Paper and aluminium packaging
Aluminium, cartonboard, corrugated board, recycled paper and pulp. Also wooden pallets and soda ash.
Ingredients
Ingredients such as grains, oils, and fats.
Carbon intelligence
Carbon credits + CBAM
Supplier negotiation and tender management
Identify cost risks early, manage budget fluctuations, and strengthen procurement agility through proactive data-driven decisions.
Annual budgeting and cost analysis / allocation
Build accurate, data-driven budgets with transparent cost inputs across packaging, ingredients, and carbon.
Commodity risk management and cost forecasting
Anticipate volatility with forward-looking forecasts and scenario models that help protect margins.
Procurement and category strategy alignment
Connect category teams around a shared, trusted source of market intelligence for cohesive, organization-wide decision-making.
ESG, compliance, and sustainability reporting
Quantify the cost impact of carbon and CBAM regulations, track emissions exposure, and integrate sustainability data into procurement plans.
R&D and strategic portfolio planning
Support innovation and product development with visibility into the evolving costs of materials and sustainable alternatives.
Drive Supply Chain Resilience
Access trusted prices, news, and forecasts to plan ahead.Identify cost risks early, manage budget fluctuations, and strengthen procurement agility through proactive data-driven decisions.
Strengthen Supplier Negotiations
Procurement teams can confidently negotiate fair pricing with visibility into regional and global cost drivers and undertake cross-material analysis using tools like Index Builder.
Benchmark supplier quotes with independent Fastmarkets data.
Simplify Procurement Intelligence
Unify all your commodity inputs, from paper and metals packaging to grains, oils, fats, and soda ash, in one dashboard.
Gain the full picture of your supply chain and eliminate silos between category teams.
Align with Sustainability & ESG Goals
Track emissions and material performance with Scope 1 & 2 benchmarking.
Enhance transparency, meet reporting requirements, and build brand trust through responsible sourcing strategies.
Daily & weekly price assessments
Access to real-time and historical pricing for Pulp, Graphic Paper, Cartonboard, Corrugated and Aluminum. Monthly pallet prices and voluntary carbon credits.
Short-term & long-term forecasts
Expert projections for feedstock and SAF prices (1-2 years, 5- and 15-years).
In-depth market analysis
Regular reports and commentary on market trends, regulatory updates, supply/demand dynamics, and policy impacts.
Proprietary data & indices
Access to exclusive Fastmarkets indices and data series
Access to experts
Opportunities for direct engagement with our market analysts.
Customizable data delivery
Receive data in formats that seamlessly integrate with your existing systems (e.g., API, dashboards, reports, Excel add-in).
Stop reacting, start leading. The comprehensive Fastmarkets food and beverage package gives you the critical market intelligence you need to navigate this evolving landscape with:
Independent & trusted news & pricing
Short & long-term forecasting data
Comprehensive regulatory analysis
F&B manufacturers have long relied on Fastmarkets’ price data, news and analysis to inform their procurement strategies, achieve win-win outcomes in negotiations with suppliers and manage price risk.
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