# Post Holdings characterizes inflation, labor shortages as ‘short-term inhibitors’ even as sales slip

> Post Holdings reported a second-quarter sales decline of 0.7% to $1.5 billion and operating profit down 5.5%, with its consumer brands segment hit harder. Management blamed faster-than-expected cost inflation, weather-related supply disruptions and labor shortages.

- Date: 2021-05-10 · published 2021-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11982-post-holdings-characterizes-inflation-labor-shortages-as-short-term-inhibitors
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The article concerns a packaged food company's earnings and does not describe a feed ingredient supply or demand change, so the direct effect on feed commodity prices is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-06-30 | [Inflationary pressure poses big challenge to economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41260-inflationary-pressure-poses-big-challenge-to-economy.md) | -0.8% | +4.4% |
| SBM | 2023-04-27 | [Argentina seeks to tame inflation, peso with biggest rate hike since 2019 \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36673-argentina-seeks-to-tame-inflation-peso-with-biggest-rate-hike-since-2019.md) | -0.7% | -6.2% |
| SBM | 2025-04-22 | [Argentina's surprise peso strength tempers fears of inflation comeback \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25426-argentina-s-surprise-peso-strength-tempers-fears-of-inflation-comeback-reuters.md) | -2.2% | -1.7% |
| SBM | 2018-05-21 | [What multinationals should monitor in the aftermath of Argentina’s peso crash](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65313-what-multinationals-should-monitor-in-the-aftermath-of-argentina-s-peso-crash.md) | +1.1% | -10.8% |
| SBM | 2021-06-10 | [In the eye of the storm: How the oilseeds market emerged as the global driver of agriculture markets, its role in wider food price inflation - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46619-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-how-the-oilseeds-market-emerged-as-the-global-driver-of.md) | -2.1% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/05/11/Post-Holdings-characterizes-inflation-labor-shortages-as-short-term-inhibitors-even-as-sales-slip/

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