According to the Chinese New Year, 2012 is the year of the dragon, but for many in the refrigerated and frozen foods industry, it was the year of change.

Jeff Brady, senior vice president of transportation for Jack in the Box Inc., San Diego, Calif., looks outside of the box to maintain a successful logistics and supply chain structure.

Like all food companies, refrigerated and frozen foods manufacturers rely on packaging to effectively deliver their products from the production line to the consumer’s plate.

Great tasting food and safe food should be simultaneous—the consumers of today want and deserve this

Today’s warehouse design-build solutions make several refrigerated and frozen foods processors’ dreams come true.

Foodmate’s OPTI Thigh Deboner produces a quality meat and yield that provides a hand-cut appearance with minimal manual trimming.

Today’s advanced technology paves the way for manufacturers to create the next best thing in energy-efficient doors.

Combining air pressurization technology with distribution design, the IJ White auto pressurization system automatically balances the pressure differential at the infeed and discharge openings on spiral blast freezers. 

Using a 20-inch wheel, the Urschel E TranSlicer cutter continuously produces precision slices.

Capable of cutting whole sandwich wraps and similar products into equal segments at any angle from 0° (square) to 45° regardless of product length, the Grote ultrasonic wrap cutter features an ultrasonic frequency generator and titanium blade.

The JBT FoodTech DSI 800 Series portioner has a modular, expandable design that allows adding or subtracting cutters as product needs change.

Suitable for all types of bone-in and boneless fresh, cooked or tempered meat, poultry and seafood, the Holac Sect 28 CT continuous, high-volume slicer cuts naturally shaped or formed product. 

By turning the hand-crank flywheel of the Berkel 330M Heritage Prosciutto Slicer, operators can cut paper-thin slices.

Equipped with an optic product sensor, the Unifiller Hopper Topper foodservice and bakery transfer pump eliminates fluctuating deposit weights and maintains precise hopper levels. 

Hinds-Bock industrial metal pan depositing lines offer high-speed running of a range of products, including mini muffins, cupcakes, muffins, loaf cakes, layer cakes and quarter-, half- and full-sheet cakes; various sizes of bundt cake pans can also be handled.

When it comes to bacon slicing, high yields and reduced giveaway are top priorities.

The new V-tooth serrated straight blades slice cleanly through foam, rubber, plastics, fabric, plastic films and foods to deliver crisp cuts time after time, production run after production run.

The Premium N-Series slicers are said to be the first in the industry to be NSF-certified to the NSF/ANSI Standard 8-2010.