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Survey finds families only spend 14 minutes eating dinner each night

The same survey revealed 75% of parents feel frustrated when they aren’t able to spend time with their family at night.

August 29, 2016

Rupari Food Services, South Holland, Ill., conducted a survey assessing consumer behaviors and attitudes about evening routines.

Farm to Table expands to Houston market

Farm to Table distributes locally grown fruits and vegetables to restaurants, schools and independent grocery stores and commercial kitchens.

August 26, 2016

Farm to Table announced plans to open a warehouse and office in the Houston, Texas, area come September.

Cosi CFO resigns; fresh, frozen fruit processors experience exec changes

August 26, 2016

Here's the latest employee changes in the cold food industry.

Study: At-home chefs would cook with cheese more if it was less messy

70% of consumers said they would cook with cheese more often if those negative qualities were somehow able to be avoided.

August 26, 2016

Cheese remains a staple of the American diet, but its odor, mess and difficulty to preserve deters most from cooking with it, according to a survey conducted by Yellow Door Creamery, Fairfield, N.J.

Vege USA, Dot Foods form supply chain partnership

Dot Foods offers distributors the ability to purchase Vege USA products with no minimum.

August 26, 2016

Vege USA, LLC, Monrovia, Calif., inked a partnership with Dot Foods, a food industry redistributor based in Mount Sterling, Ill.

GCCA report shows increased cold storage capacity worldwide

The data revealed that much of the increase in refrigerated warehousing space came from new construction in emerging markets.

August 25, 2016

The 2016 Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, produced by the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), Alexandria, Va., showed that cold storage capacity has experienced steady growth since 2014.

Study: IoT solutions for cold supply chains offer strong ROI

Today's real-time monitoring systems and connected platforms offer advances in cellular and satellite connectivity to link warehouses and distribution centers and host cloud-based data to enable anytime availability and analytics.

August 25, 2016

Real-time monitoring solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can identify more problems in cold chains than incumbent systems, but a strong business case exists only for high-value products and commodities that suffer high loss rates, according to Lux Research, Boston.

Study on milk truck microbes aims to improve dairy food safety

Microbes with the potential to cause disease are destroyed during milk pasteurization, but not all bacteria and its associated enzymes are eliminated by that process.

August 25, 2016

Fresh, or raw, milk transported from farms to dairy processing facilities in tanker trucks contains a diverse mix of microbes, which varies from season to season, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis, Davis, Calif.

Garden Lites Chocolate Muffins now available in 20-count packages

Each box contains 20 individually wrapped 2-ounce muffins that require heating up in the microwave for just 35 seconds.

August 24, 2016

Garden Lites, Jamaica, N.Y., announced that its Chocolate Muffins are available at Costco in 20-count packs.

Tops Markets opens new freezer warehouse

The new facility has the capacity of holding 2,500 SKUs and ensures that the company will no longer have to rely on outside storage.

August 23, 2016

Tops Friendly Markets, Williamsville, N.Y., announced plans to move its freezer warehouse to an expansive 200,000-square-foot facility in West Seneca, N.Y.