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Editor-in-Chief Michael Costa previews what’s ahead for the cold chain and R&FF in 2021.

(Editor's Note: This bereavement notice was written by the team at Firestone Pacific Foods on January 20, 2021.) It is with heavy hearts that we announce the untimely death of our esteemed colleague, Brad Vesterby, Director of Sales at Firestone Pacific Foods. Brad passed away this past weekend as a result of complications following treatment for cancer. Brad is survived by his parents, Gary and Lucy Vesterby; his sister, Dawn Everard; and two sons, Jase and Craig Vesterby.

In this excerpt from our Cold Corner Podcast, we go one-on-one with Nestlé’s Ryan Riddle about R&D strategies for plant-based foods.

Beyond Meat is entering a 12-year lease in a new, nearly 300,000 square foot space at 888 N. Douglas Street in El Segundo, California. The building is currently under development by Hackman Capital Partners with anticipated completion in spring 2021. The site will serve as the company’s new state-of-the-art global headquarters, making it one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced plant-based research centers. The cutting-edge campus is slated to open in fall of this year and is a substantial increase in the company’s footprint that will support best-in-class innovation, advanced research labs and the incubation of big ideas that further disrupt and define the plant-based market of the future.

Steven Charles Desserts--which recently changed its name from Steven Robert Original Desserts (SROriginals)--announced it has filled two key leadership roles in culinary innovation and sales.

Tippmann Innovation (Ti) is working with long-term partners Sierra Supply Chain Services and Penta Properties to build a state-of-the-art cold storage facility in Hamilton, Ontario. This building was developed with a focus on energy efficiency, advanced warehouse management, and value-add services to refrigerated food providers. 

How updated Listeria and ingredient traceability policies will affect frozen foods processors this year. 

As they have for the past 30 years, Hanan Products Company welcomes rabbis into its plant in for its annual Kosherization process. Hanan starts each year by shutting down all other production and running 100% kosher products for two and a half weeks.

Butterball, one of the largest producers of turkey products in the United States, announced that it is investing a combined $8.7 million and creating a total of 360 new jobs within three years in two processing facilities in Northwest Arkansas. The expansion includes a $4.7 million investment in Ozark where the company will create 160 jobs and a $4 million investment in Huntsville where it will create 200 new jobs.

Plant-based food brand Heura has made an in-kind donation to leading UK food charity Refettorio Felix to help provide nutritious plant-based meals to Londoners in need during January. The donation was made to celebrate Veganuary, the global challenge started in the United Kingdom that encourages people around the world to go vegan for the month of January. 400,000 people from 192 countries joined this initiative last year, and over one million people have taken part in the challenge since its inception.