Top 25 Refrigerated Foods Processors: A Force to be Reckoned With

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ Top 25 Refrigerated Foods Processors report profiles the Top 25 processors in the refrigerated food sector. Processors are ranked by annual net sales and listings.

This report represents Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ best efforts to reflect pertinent sales from all refrigerated channels (prepared foods, entrées and sides, prepared meat and poultry, dairy, bakery and fruits/vegetables). Sales figures and estimates are based on company reports, news releases, market analysts’ reports, industry media and more. Figures exclude shelf-stable products, but may include non-refrigerated sectors, as some companies do not segment refrigerated sales out from frozen. Bag salad sales exclude raw produce. Prepared foods sales include prepared dishes and salads. Fruits and vegetables exclude juice, but dairy does include juice and other non-dairy items.

A special thank you goes to National Provisioner and Dairy Foods, both sister publications, for their research and expertise in the prepared meat and poultry and dairy sections, respectively.

Look for the Top 150 Frozen Foods Processors in the March 2013 issue.

Here are the charts to view:

Dairy, Bakery, Fruits and Vegetables

Prepared Foods, Entrees, Sides, Meat and Poultry

Note from the Editor:

Some inaccurate figures were printed in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ Top 150 Food Processors (November 2012 issue), particularly in the dairy and meat/poultry categories. The revised charts have been reposted on RFFmag.com. We apologize for the confusion.

Noteworthy Events:

As of press time, Canada-based Saputo Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Morningstar Foods, LLC, a subsidiary of Dean Foods Co., Dallas.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., acquired private label manufacturer Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., St. Louis.

Marina Mayer was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. Previously, she spent four years as managing editor and executive editor of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and Dairy Foods, both sister publications. In this role, Mayer was responsible for reporting on market trends, ingredient R&D, production technology and new products within the dairy, snack food and wholesale bakery markets. Prior to joining BNP Media, she served a five-year tenure as editor of quality control for Manufacturers' News, Inc., where she was named “Manager of the Year” in 2006. Previously, she worked as an editorial assistant for Insider Magazine and worked as a contributing features writer for her college newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student. Mayer was a recipient of a Young Leader Scholar award, presented from American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), which is given annually to only five U.S. journalists, 30 years of age and under. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s in journalism.

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