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R&FF Extra!

2010 State of the Industry

True business growth now requires more than applying push-button solutions with different “apps.” The industry’s most successful refrigerated and frozen food processors are using more developed customer and consumer insights to guide everything from product development and marketing to operations and logistics strategy.


Top 150 Food Processors

On-trend products, leaner organizations and acquisitions offer “green shoots” of hope in prepared food markets.



Safety first

Two cold food experts discuss how food safety issues affect the plant floor.



A,B,C’s of KPIs

A challenging market casts new light on warehouse “key performance indicators.”



Seven-step savings

Want to cut energy use in an older food plant? Savings opportunities are all around.



Open-and-shut case

Reclose technologies add value, convenience to refrigerated, frozen prepared foods.





Want fries with that?

New technologies increase productivity, cut costs for McCain Foods in Florenceville, N.B.





Minds over matter

ConAgra Foods’ Council Bluffs, Iowa, plant pays attention to small details, posts big results.



Automated artistry

Lantmännen Unibake USA boosts capacity, enhances food safety and automates artisan baking in St. Petersburg, Fla.





Energy innovator

Breakthrough technology eliminates product waste, creates clean energy for Gill’s Onions LLC.



Stand-out performance

Teamwork sets high productivity, quality, safety standards at Wells’ Dairy in St. George, Utah.



A star is born

Keystone Foods’ KeySTAR program puts spotlight on plant-level sustainability.



Front lines of change

These food plants are driving advances in sustainability, employee programs, food safety and productivity.



No cold shoulder here

Suppliers develop, improve lift truck technologies for cold environments.



Keep your cool

Processors, warehouses must retrofit valves in older ammonia refrigeration systems not up to code.



R&FF's "Ones to Watch" in 2010

A look at six companies targeting fast growth in the new year.



Ones to Watch: Bakery

A 2007 plant fire sparks teamwork, new growth for Pineridge Foods’ bakery group.



Ones to Watch: Meat & Poultry

Sunrise Foods emerges to meet foodservice demand for customized, healthy products.



Ones to Watch: Fruit & Vegetable

Hero/WhiteWave introduces Europe’s popular chilled real fruit snack to U.S. markets.



Four your consideration

A packaging expert looks at four key microwave packaging trends for 2010.



Northern exposure

Canadian experts take logistics execs into the world of automated public, private warehousing.





Cold front coming

Refrigerated, frozen foods show General Mills’ strength, innovation in a season of change.



Ones to Watch: Snacks, Appetizers

New plant, product development propel Culinary Destinations’ growth in premium hors d’oeuvres and appetizers.



Ones to Watch: Dairy

Cloud Top’s organic, functional product takes frozen yogurt to a higher level.



Ones to Watch: Meals & Entrees

New plant, products put San Diego’s Circle Foods on track for growth.



Roll Call: R&FF's past "Ones to Watch" honorees


Reiser Customer Center invites R&D, operations execs

Food processing and packaging equipment supplier Reiser said it opened a 6,600-square-foot Customer Center at its Canton, Mass., headquarters.


Kruse: "Four 'P's' to foodservice innovation"

Looking for the latest in new product innovation? Forget the recession and head to the nearest restaurant. That’s right – a restaurant.


Refrigerated Foods Report: NECO Foods corporate profile

Strike while the iron is hot. Make hay while the sun shines. No matter what idiom you pick, the goal is taking advantage of favorable conditions. That’s the approach at Neco Foods LLC. This Lantana, Fla., refrigerated foods processor is investing in every facet of its business to make the most of market opportunities.


Brandweek honors ConAgra's Chow

Citing her work to reinvigorate ConAgra Foods' brands, Brandweek recently honored Joan Chow, ConAgra's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, as one of the magazine's 12 annual "Marketers of the Year."


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