Path of Life, known for their plant-based, frozen quinoa, rice, and veggie blends, has welcomed Blake Zimmerman to the Live Simple family as the Director of Brand Sales. In this position, Zimmerman will be responsible for developing and advancing Path of Life’s retail presence across the county. He will lead sales strategies for existing products in addition to developing launch strategies for new brand innovations.
The golden spice that’s taking the natural foods sector by storm is now available in convenient, fresh-to-frozen cubes from Dorot Gardens, the leader in pre-portioned frozen herbs, garlic, and onions. Frozen Crushed Turmeric is field-fresh and flash frozen at the source to capture the warm, sweet-spicy taste of turmeric, an ancient food long hailed for its healthy benefits. Turmeric is the #1 selling herbal ingredient in the natural space. And in mainstream retail, turmeric sales exceeded $32 million in 2017, a 46.7% jump from the previous year.
Veggies Made Great, a leader in unique veggie-rich foods, expands its distribution in both number of stores and available product offerings at Target by popular consumer demand. In June, Target will carry two new flavors; the popular Veggies Made Great Blueberry Oat Muffins and the top selling Spinach Egg White Frittatas.
Del Monte is launching a new line of vegetarian pocket pies under its Veggieful brand, scheduled to arrive on store shelves May 25. Veggieful Pocket Pies come in four different flavors: Broccoli Potato Cheddar, Spinach Artichoke Parmesan, Plant-Based Philly Cheesesteak, and Rosemary Garlic Plant-Based Chicken.
The sorter’s unique recipe-driven operation allows it to be changed over to handle a new product in seconds with only a couple of taps on the touchscreen.
January 16, 2020
Antarctic Foods installed Key’s digital sorter, VERYX, to remove foreign material and defects from product prior to blanching.
The automated lines utilize state-of-the-art robotics equipment for a wide variety of bag options, including stand-up and bag-in-bag for retail and foodservice customers.
November 19, 2019
Lakeside Foods, Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., transitioned its frozen vegetable packaging processes to new automated production lines.
Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer discusses why the resurgence of frozen foods is real, and how placing a frozen vegetable processor on the cover of the magazine speaks volumes as to where the industry is going.
Take a tour of the 200,000-square-foot Yuma, Ariz., facility, which manufactures more than 30 SKUs of Green Giant brand frozen vegetables and vegetable-based meals.
Here’s how B&G Foods’ ability to continuously innovate and develop new products enabled it to make a giant-size footprint in the frozen foods market, and receive Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2019 Frozen Foods Processor of the Year.