With convenience topping its many attributes, frozen food rang up nearly $52 billion in U.S. retail sales through all channels in 2008, according to Packaged Facts.
The Food Marketing Institute’s “Future Connect” conference, May 4-6, in Dallas will have several topics of interest to refrigerated and frozen food product developers.
Frozen entrees and snacks from ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods and Tyson Foods were among last year's top-selling new products according to Information Resources Inc. (IRI).
Refrigerated and frozen food processors developing green and/or sustainable products now can tap into analytic research from the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleysville, Pa.
Stick together. This is a great encouragement for teamwork but not a desirable quality in food products. Most prepared entrée processors use oil to prevent product from sticking during processing or consumer preparation.
Want to talk about heart healthy cuisine? Professional heart surgeon Peter Praeger has introduced four new all natural frozen items to his Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods line.
Target Corp. is “very pleased” with its stores’ food sales and plans to roll out enhanced assortments of dry grocery, frozen foods, dairy products, meat and produce in future new and remodeled stores.
The frozen food industry's monstrous March Frozen Food Month promotion is under way with a national three-page free-standing insert coupon section, consumer sweepstakes and retail point-of-sale materials.
The Jacksonville, Fla., design, engineering and construction firm Stellar said it expects by this summer to complete a 140,000-square-foot addition to United State Cold Storage Inc.'s (USCS) public refrigerated warehouse.