The COVID-19 crisis has left a lasting mark on supply chains, according to Nomad Foods Chief Procurement Officer Stuart Caborn, who says 2021 is likely to be just as turbulent as nations around the world strive to contain the pandemic and try to restore some kind of normality.

"Value chains have changed forever during COVID," Caborn said during an interview with The Smart Cube.

Leading expert Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said this week it will be the end of 2021, and perhaps even into the following year, before some semblances of normality are established.