The Consumer Brands Association (CBA) released a study on the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry’s growing economic footprint across the US. The PwC study found that the CPG industry is the largest manufacturing sector by employment. It supports 22.3 million jobs and contributes $2.5 trillion — or nearly 10% — to the US economy, which is more than Canada’s 2023 total gross domestic product (“GDP”). “As one of the nation’s top job creators, the makers of the products consumers choose and t...