Recently added articles from Frozen Food Digest:
An open letter to AFFI board of Directors and those allied to the frozen food industry.
Oct 01, 2009; Beck, Saul ... We at Quick Frozen Foods Annual Processors Directory and Buyers Guide, the industry publication for 72 years, have been advised by Kraig Naasz, new president and CEO of AFFI, that the Institute is going into the publishing business by launching a frozen food industry buyers guide. ...
Consumers going private label during holidays.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Some 90% of consumers are expected to make private label food an important part of their holiday meals, up from 87% in 2008, according to Information Resources, Inc. Nearly two-thirds of consumers plan to eat ...
Lance buying Stella D'oro brand.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Lance, Inc. entered into an agreement with Stella D'oro Biscuit Co., Inc. to purchase the Stella D'oro brand as well as ...
Kraft cutting suppliers.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Kraft Foods Inc. plans to cut its supplier base in half, a move that would affect more than 30,000 companies, in an effort to save more than $300 million a year ....
Nestle not buying Cadbury; Kraft might be.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Nestle already considered buying Cadbury, but did not take any action, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. ...
Consumer-ready product imports showed gains.
Oct 01, 2009; ... In the past decade, U.S. imports came primarily from Canada, Mexico, the European Union, Australia, Brazil, and China. The top import sources have changed little since 1990, but the number of countries exporting food and agricultural products to the U.S. has greatly increased, ...
Developing countries: a growing source of U.S. imports.
Oct 01, 2009; ... While developed countries such as Canada and the European Union were among the top sources of U.S. food imports, the greatest growth between 1998 and 2007 was among imports from the developing countries. Seasonal and climatic factors contributed to an influx of fresh fruit and ...
The Bible of the Frozen Food Industry.(PUBLISHER'S THOUGHTS)
Oct 01, 2009; Beck, Saul ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It isn't necessary to research books, make telephone calls, visit the library, etc., to get the facts you need on the frozen food industry. For you have it all in one tremendous volume called QUICK FROZEN FOODS' Annual Processor Directory and ...
Early frozen food history facts.(Reprint)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Frozen Foods in their multitudinous forms are an accepted part of our daily diet, and little thought is generally given to the complexities involved in their processing and marketing or to the difficulties that beset the industry during its developmental years. Freezing, thermal ...
Supervalu sell 36 Albertson's in Utah.(Retail)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Supervalu reached an agreement with Associated Food Stores for the sale of the majority of its Albertsons stores located in Utah. The sale ...
Groceries cheaper in Chicago.(Retail)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Grocery store costs in Chicago are cheaper than Los Angeles or New York City on average in the store, commercial and organic food-brand categories, totaling $115.73 per cart, according to IBISWorld, Inc. Los ...
Store brands getting more popular.(Retail)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Store-brand goods accounted for 22.7% of organic food sales for the year ended June 13, up from 13.6% for the same period in 2007, according to the Nielsen ...
4,000 fewer restaurants.(Foodservice)
Oct 01, 2009; ... There are 4,000 fewer restaurants in the U.S. this spring than in 2008, about a 1% decline, according to The NPD Group. Major chains of 500 units or more were up 1% while midsize ...
Cheesecake factory.(Foodservice)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Managers at the Cheesecake Factory Inc. are opening fewer restaurants and trying to improve service rather than offering discounts, according to senior vice president and chief marketing officer Mark Mears. ...
U-Swirl going to Reno.
Oct 01, 2009; ... U-Swirl International, Inc. entered into a franchise agreement with Galena Frozen Yogurt ...
Hershey won't market Starbuck's chocolate.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Hershey Co. will no longer market the Starbucks Corp. brand of premium chocolate and is also winding down its high-end Cacao Reserve line. The decision was part of Starbucks' effort to focus on its core businesses ...
Airlines upgrade coach food.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Airlines are upgrading their coach food by offering fresh foods and brand-name products and better managing inventory to make the program profitable. For instance, Delta Air Lines is rolling out new coach food ...
College students rate brands; 'happy, trusted'?
Oct 01, 2009; ... McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Target, Wrigley and Hershey are among the brands college students associate with being "happy," according to the 2009 edition of Alloy Media Marketing's College Explorer survey conducted by Harris Interactive. Coca-Cola and Target were ...
Meat & poultry recall.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Buffalo SAV, Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of 208,768-lbs. of frozen meat ...
Restaurant traffic down.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Restaurant traffic declined 2.6% in the spring quarter ...
