Sustainable Solutions for Cold Foods

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Cold storage may be pricey, but by being smart from the beginning, you can dramatically save on energy costs and support a more energy efficiency environment for your temperature-sensitive product.

In August, Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. opened its first Canadian processing plant in Oshawa, ON, including a new wastewater treatment system that delivers quality, reusable water.

Smartcool Systems Inc., Canada, provided an update on its beta testing initiative with a Florida-based food distribution firm.

Sustainability isn’t new, but how companies approach finding sustainable solutions is shifting dramatically.

FST Logistics, Columbus, Ohio, and U.S. Oil, an Appleton, Wis.-based division of U.S. Venture, Inc., partnered in the development of a GAIN Clean Fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station in Hilliard, Ohio, to service its recently purchased fleet of CNG trucks.

The White House released a Biogas Opportunities Roadmap highlighting the economic and environmental benefits and potential for biogas systems on dairy farms in the United States.

After considering a range of LED products, Swire Cold Storage determined that integrated intelligence was the key to achieving a dramatic energy savings contribution from lighting.

It is important that proper precautions are planned and taken for passivation when a new condenser or tower with hot dip galvanized tubes is installed.

Wyke Farms opened the doors to its $2.3 million water recovery plant, which will enable the UK-based independent cheese producer and milk processor to recover up to 95% of its factory wastewater.

Partner Logistics, Franklin Park, Ill., teamed up with Birds Eye UK and DHL, Plantation, Fla., to take part in a new project that uses double-deck trailers to transport pallets of frozen goods from the warehouse to the distribution center.