Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories - Articles - Page 2

A male butcher is moving sausages on a pallet jack in a food processing plant.

Cold Chain Perspectives

Designing Sausage Processing Facilities for Safety, Flow & Efficiency

How strategic layout and temperature control influence production.

May 22, 2026

Sausage making is both science and art and the most successful facilities are those where architecture supports the craft.

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From the Cold Corner Podcast

How Cold Chain Strategy Is Replacing Capacity

Americold’s Rob Chambers on optimizing a global food network, deeper customer partnerships and more.

Kelley Rodriguez

May 18, 2026

Americold CEO Rob Chambers discusses the transition from commodity warehousing to data-driven partnerships.

Close-up image of various frozen berries.

Food Safety

AFFI Pushes Supply Chain Transparency to Tackle Frozen Berry Risk

As global sourcing and commingling complicate frozen fruit supply chains, a data-driven, lot-level system aims to shift food safety toward real-time prevention.

Kelley Rodriguez

May 15, 2026

EViews is a lot-level risk management system designed to address enteric virus contamination in frozen berries.

Little Sesame staff standing outside at the opening of its new facility in Capitol Heights, Maryland with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

All Roads Lead to Growth for Hummus Maker Little Sesame

From opening a fast-casual restaurant in D.C. to quintupling its CPG production capacity when its new Maryland facility becomes fully operational, Little Sesame is on a journey of creativity, inspiration and growth.

May 12, 2026

From opening to a fast-casual restaurant in D.C. to quintupling its CPG production capacity when its new Maryland facility becomes fully operational, Little Sesame is on a journey of creativity, inspiration and growth.

Best New Retail Products of 2026 badge with grocery store refrigerators in the background.

Top of the Freezer: R&FF’s Best New Retail Products

Three companies on what made their new frozen foods stand out on shelf.

Kelley Rodriguez

May 8, 2026

From BFY proteins to globally inspired treats, these companies are redefining frozen.

Blue ammonia gas cylinder that has a yellow band at the top with black arrows pointing down and a "Danger Ammonia" sticker.

Cold Chain Perspectives

Process Safety in Cold: Why Near Misses Matter More Than Major Incidents

Operational discipline, frontline engagement key to preventing ammonia refrigeration events.

Kushal Aurangabadkar

May 4, 2026

Cold chain facilities that treat near misses as a primary process safety input, supported by operating discipline and frontline engagement, are most likely to prevent high-consequence refrigeration events.

From the Cold Corner Podcast

From Fire to Full Capacity: Gifford’s Ice Cream Rebuilds for the Future

After a devastating 2023 fire, the family business returns to full production with a redesigned facility focused on flow, flexibility and long-term growth.

Kelley Rodriguez

May 1, 2026

After a 2023 fire, they returned to full production with a redesigned facility.

Bake’Up frozen croissant, uncooked on the left and cooked on the right.

Vandemoortele’s Frozen Bakery Innovation Drives Supply Chain Gains

Behind the Bake’Up space and labor-saving innovation.

Kelley Rodriguez

April 20, 2026

With savings in logistics, storage and labor, this frozen innovation has sustainability baked right in.

Electric towers with a beautiful cloudy sky at dusk in the background.

Case Study

Case Study Demonstrates How Waste Heat Spurs Savings

April 17, 2026

Italian DC deploys hot glycol defrost powered by recovered waste heat from the CO₂ system for over 100,000 kilowatt hours of electricity saved annually.