Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer outlines what Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ readers can expect come 2015.

White Castle receives Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2014 Frozen Foods Processor of the Year award, and editor-in-chief Marina Mayer shares behind-the-scenes information.

When it comes to developing and marketing a new product, sometimes reaching the right consumer isn’t about intricate packaging or innovative varieties—sometimes it’s just about location, location, location.

Today, the cold food industry is firing on all cylinders. That’s because as the economy began to upswing, so too did the refrigerated and frozen foods industry.

Operating according to a sustainable corporate responsibility structure is more than just a report that’s issued every year—for many companies, it’s the only way to do business.

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.

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. 

Nominate your company or a refrigerated and/or frozen foods processor/customer today for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ annual Sustainable Supply Chain of the Year award.

We’ve all done it—made New Year’s resolutions that come March, might as well get thrown in the trash.

This year’s election brought mudslinging, bad-mouthing and a country so divided that people were actually de-friending and un-following “friends” via their social media accounts.