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Processors to Watch in 2018

Find out why Kangaroo Brands, Graeter’s Ice Cream, La Terra Fina, On-Cor Frozen Foods and Columbus Craft Meats were named Processors to Watch in 2018.

By Marina Mayer
Processors to Watch 2018
December 6, 2017

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods zeroed in on five refrigerated and frozen foods producers who exemplify food safety, environmental initiatives, plant expansions, new product development, packaging optimization and more.


On-cor

On-Cor’s brand refresh modernizes heat-and-serve category 

When On-Cor Frozen Foods, LLC was founded in 1946, its mission was simple—offer quality food that everyone loves. Today, the Aurora, Ill.-based company offers a variety of frozen multi-serve entrées and frozen, fully-cooked protein products to retail grocers nationwide.


Columbus Craft Meats

Columbus Craft Meats brings artisan approach to ‘craft’ meats

The company’s success and longevity can be tied to its laser focus on delivering premium craft meats using the same uncompromising artisan methods that started the company.


La Terra Fina

La Terra Fina’s brand refresh caters to club, retail, e-commerce

Tt’s the company’s recent brand refresh that enabled La Terra Fina to re-evaluate its brand, culture, products and processes.


Graeter's Ice Cream

Graeter’s marries beer, ice cream to create one-of-a-kind flavor experience

Earlier this year, Graeter’s Ice Cream partnered with Braxton Brewing Co. to craft Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Milk Stout, a one-of-a-kind milk stout infused with the essence of Graeter’s signature Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream. 


Kangaroo Brands

Kangaroo Brands enforces lean, autonomous food safety procedures

Going into the New Year, Kangaroo Brands will launch redesigned packaging and new products with more antibiotic- and cage-free options, and continue to search for more plant capacity.

KEYWORDS: Columbus Craft Meats Graeter's Kangaroo Brands La Terra Fina On-Cor Frozen Foods Processors to Watch

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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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