New Podcast: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cold Foods Supply Chain

Lowell Randel GCCA — Lowell Randel, VP government and legal affairs at the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA).

This week on our From the Cold Corner podcast, I interviewed Lowell Randel, VP of government and legal affairs at the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) for the very latest developments regarding COVID-19's impact on the cold food supply chain.

Randel gave us a cold chain update last week in a story you can read here, but we wanted to expand that conversation to dive deeper into what adjustments the industry is making in response to crushing demand for retail refrigerated and frozen foods, plus what innovations have been developed to move inventory faster, and help protect truck drivers in the current social distancing climate. You can also hear how the GCCA and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States partnered to quickly create and distribute hand sanitizer to those that need it.

For all that and more, just click here to listen. Also, if you have any feedback, please feel free to post a comment below, or contact me via email at costam@bnpmedia.com.

Finally, we've compiled all of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods' coronavirus coverage into one easy-to-access link here, where you can see what dozens of cold chain companies and F&B processors are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Michael Costa is former Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods and FOOD ENGINEERING. Previously, he was Editorial Director of Hotel F&B magazine for 12 years, covering the business of food and beverage in lodging, including restaurants, bars, catering and more, for readers working in hotels, casinos and cruise ships. During his time at Hotel F&B, he guided the publication to six FOLIO: magazine Eddie awards. Before joining Hotel F&B in 2007, Michael attended culinary school at the Illinois Institute of Art while working in the kitchen and in F&B purchasing at the 1,218-room Sheraton Grand Chicago. Prior to that, he worked for six years in TV news as a reporter at network affiliates around the country. Michael is a journalism graduate of Columbia College in Chicago.