Information needs assessment of decision making by stakeholders of the food industry

This article considers the trends in the food industry as a result of the COVID-19 restrictive measures. The analysis of statistical data for 2020 for the food industry market of the Russian Federation and the United States is presented. The problems and needs of stakeholders in the food industry in information and digitalization tools necessary for making and supporting management decisions have been identified. The need to develop an information system is shown that allows analysis and filtering pursuant to a number of criteria for data characterizing the participants in the food industry market. The research results may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders: owners of food industry enterprises and their employees, banks, government, customers, suppliers, competitors, business partners, local communities, the scientific community, and the media. © 2021 Author(s).