Kroger Co., Cincinnati, said its new Fresh Selections ready-to-serve packaged salads feature new packaging technology that enables consumers to learn where the produce was grown.
Pro baseball scouts say the best young players have “five tools” –
referring to their abilities to hit for average, hit for power, throw,
field and run the bases (demonstrating both skill and speed).
Talk about a product that’s right on time and right on trend. Enterprise software supplier Lawson Software, Minneapolis, offers the Lawson M3 Trace Engine 3.0, a stand-alone, web-based traceability system to help food and beverage companies better track ingredients and finished products through complex, global supply chains.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Please describe your products or services related to track-and-trace procedures.
Tom Kozenski: We provide a comprehensive suite of supply chain applications that efficiently manage the end-to-end flow of inventory from the supplier, through manufacturing, distribution, retail stores, and all the way to the consumer’s home.
PakSense Labels monitor the temperature and time of a
perishable item through distribution. Flashing lights indicate if
temperature excursions have occurred and data collected by the label can be
downloaded and graphed.