Articles by Marina Mayer

For years, bread has been the ultimate go-to component of nearly every meal. Whether it’s a bread basket or a bun, bread is big.

For many foodservice brands, success is about mastering mealtime—providing operators an easy-to-prepare solution that restaurant goers crave. Today’s meal solutions include everything from grilled breakfast items and sandwich varieties that deliver both quality and flavor to Mexican foods bursting with better-for-you ingredients.

Zap, pow, wham, ka boom. No, that’s not a cartoon buzzing in the background—that’s the sound of refrigerated and frozen food processors charging their way through retailers’ shelves and restaurant kitchens and on to consumers’ plates.

It’s no secret that automation and technology advancements have changed the way we eat, think, feel and carry on with even the most mundane day-to-day activities.

Since Hormel Foods’ founding in 1891, corporate responsibility has been a significant part of its culture.

What goes up must come down, right? Well, not necessarily, especially when it comes to energy costs. Thankfully, today’s refrigerated and frozen food processors can choose from an assortment of energy-efficient solar roofing systems that are off the grid.

Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to master a food safety program. From the top executives down to the line operators, all parties involved must be aware of—and able to execute—today’s ever-changing food safety regulations.

First order of business—congratulations to Hormel Foods Corp. for receiving Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2013 Sustainable Supply Chain of the Year award. We received a great deal of online nominations from some top-name processors, however Hormel Foods showcased exemplary efforts in surpassing its own sustainable measures. 

It used to be that automated storage retrieval systems (AS/RS) were almost as cumbersome as the high-volume loads they were handling.

When Deardorff Family Farms wanted to combine its Oxnard, Calif., headquarters and three refrigerated processing/shipping facilities, including crop-processing functions, into one 115,000-square-foot LEED-certified building, they turned to Kingspan Insulated Panels North America.