An increasing number of consumers are choosing supermarkets and convenience stores for their prepared meals and snacks in addition to quick-service restaurants, according to The NPD Group.
In this video, Tyson Foods has been on the board of directors for the Food Processing Education Consortium for more than a year and played a crucial role in the creation and implementation of the curriculum of the Food Industry Technician (FIT) Certification program.
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore., titled, “World Frozen Food Market” - Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014–2020,” the global frozen food market will garner revenue of $306 billion by 2020.
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp), Burlington, N.C., acquired Safe Foods International Holdings, LLC (SFIH), Washington, D.C., and its two operating companies, International Food Network (IFN) and The National Food Laboratory (The NFL).
The U.S. restaurant industry is evolving in profound ways, according to Technomic’s newest study, which lays out 10 trends that may prove transformational in 2016, ranging from menu tweaks to technological and social upheavals.
A.T. Kearney’s third annual survey of U.S. shoppers’ local food-buying habits finds that local food has made the leap from a “hot” consumer trend to a central growth driver for grocery retailers and restaurants.
ExaGrid, a Westborough, Mass.-based provider of disk-based backup storage, and OffsiteDataSync, a provider of data retention, disaster recovery (DR) and hosted cloud computing services based in Rochester, N.Y., entered into a strategic partnership to deliver ExaGrid Disaster Recovery as a cloud service.
Bob Evans Farms, Inc., completed a sale-leaseback transaction of its BEF Foods industrial properties located in Lima, Ohio, and Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Case Farms Chicken, selected Primus Builders, Inc., to provide the full range of design-build services on a 102,000-square-foot Greenfield refrigerated warehouse in Dudley, N.C.
In support of the produce industry’s efforts to drive demand for more fresh produce, the Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del., announced a strategic alliance with the Entertainment Resource & Marketing Association (ERMA), a Santa Monica, Calif.-based association of entertainment marketing professionals, to bring fresh produce center stage through television shows, movies and online entertainment.