Editor-in-Chief Kelley Rodriguez discusses the return of trade shows and what’s ahead in the May issue.

Research shows that new flavors and innovative product development over the last several years also created more dedicated frozen food consumers, which tend to purchase more products more often.

A New Year brings with it the possibilities of writing a new chapter.

Our cover story, Cold Foods Processors to Watch, highlights five emerging companies using innovative technology, sustainability, and creative ways to connect with their consumers to leverage growth. These processors overcame a year of manufacturing and logistical challenges, responding to changing consumer tastes while growing their brands.

This is my last magazine as editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, since I am moving over to R&FF’s parent publication, FOOD ENGINEERING. I have truly enjoyed my time at R&FF reporting on all aspects the cold chain, while being fortunate enough to cover the industry during its unprecedented transformation that continues today.

US Foods has earned our Foodservice Distributor of the Year Award not by going about its business as usual during perhaps the most un-usual time for foodservice in decades, but by transforming itself into a multi-faceted solutions source for its 300,000 clients to access anytime. The company’s longtime tagline is “We Help You Make It”, and that took on a whole new meaning in 2020.