Although the majority of U.S. consumers believe that foods in supermarkets are safe, the percentage who feel this way has decreased during the past five years.
Transportation and logistics economist Noel Perry will provide a keynote address at the American Frozen Food Institute's annual Distribution & Logistics Conference, June 14-16, in Seattle.
Tom Finn and John Zimmerman were promoted at Rosina Food Products Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., processor of frozen pasta,entree, meatball, sausage and pizza topping products.
Fifty years after Robert Reiser & Co. first began to import German-made food processing equipment for resale to North American meat packers and food processors, the company is celebrating its milestone anniversary and still supplying the food industry with a wide variety of food processing and packaging equipment.
To improve processing efficiency, IQF fruit and vegetable processor RainSweet Inc., Salem, Ore., said it inked a manufacturing agreement whereby Freeze Pack Inc., Pasco, Wash., will produce all of RainSweet's frozen onions at a new Pasco plant.
Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it expects by July or August to close a 14-year-old deli meat plant in Ponca City, Okla., and transfer production to three other sites.
Fresh, further prepared foods will star in "Simply Good Meals," a national ready meals merchandising program rolling out from SuperValu Inc., Minneapolis.
Food processing supplies distributor Nelson-Jameson Inc., Marshfield, Wis., said growing local demand prompted it to construct a 32,700-square-foot office and warehouse facility in Turlock, Calif.
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).
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