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NewCold will build and operate an advanced, large-scale automated cold store facility which will be the biggest in Indiana and one of the largest in the United States. It is approximately half the size of the mammoth Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. At 141 feet high (43 meters), the facility holds over 100,000 pallet positions.

Plant-based brand Field Roast Grain Meat Co (“Field Roast”), owned by Greenleaf Foods, SPC, announced a bold brand redesign and a multi-year partnership with prolific chef Roy Choi. The new packaging and partnership promise to inspire culinarians to “Make Taste Happen.”

Morris Packaging celebrates its continued growth, after moving to a facility double the previous size in 2019, the company has grown to 125 employees--up from nine when it started in 2013.

Sysco announced it will eliminate minimum delivery size requirements for customers’ regularly scheduled delivery days as part of the company’s Restaurants Rising campaign. This change is effective on Nov. 16 for all U.S. Broadline, FreshPoint, Buckhead Meat and Newport Meat customers.

Caribé Juice, maker of cold-pressed, HPP'd Caribbean fruit and veggie juices, has acquired WTRMLN WTR, maker of watermelon juice sourced from "ugly fruit", typically discarded by the food industry. 

Booming e-commerce and DTC deliveries are raising questions about the price and sustainability of cold foods packaging. We talk to three companies for tips on balancing cost and conscience.  

FreezPak Logistics and Elizabeth and Newark officials announced today a project that will see the construction of a 140,000 square foot, state-of-the-art freezer warehouse facility. The project is located at the corner of Newark Avenue and Virginia Street on the border of Elizabeth and Newark. Elberon and Fidelco are co-developers in the project.

Crave Better Foods, makers of Chipwich ice cream cookie sandwiches, is pleased to announce the merger of the SOLERO organic fruit bar business from Iris Brands into its operations. The merged businesses will operate out of Crave Better Foods' home base of Connecticut. The transaction will create a partnership between Crave Better Foods and Josh Hochschuler and Steve Gill, the founders of Iris Brands and Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto. The terms of the combination are not being disclosed.

SOMIC America has hired Ryan Schumacher as its new East Coast Sales Manager. Based in Wilmington, North Carolina, he reports directly to Peter Fox, Senior Vice President of Sales.