Frozen Food Digest back issues from February 1993:
Setting a fast pace in a fast moving industry. (United States Cold Storage Inc., frozen food industry)
Feb 01, 1993; ... As a partner of the Frozen Food Industry the Public Warehousing Industry has constantly evolved to help to improve frozen food quality and value. As Vice President of National Sales and Marketing for United States Cold Storage, I can point to the evolution of our company over the past ten ...
The future has never been brighter. (frozen food industry)
Feb 01, 1993; ... The frozen food industry is a relatively new industry in reference to agriculture and food. It is my belief that the future has never been brighter than it is today for frozen foods. This is especially true in the United States, but will be true throughout the world, and the reasons are ...
Weight Watchers Food Company builds success. (Interview)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Founded in mid-1991, the Weight Watchers Food Company hit the ground running with an aggressive plan to capture and increase market share. Today, a multitude of reformulated frozen entrees, innovative sublines and dry grocery items are being stocked by supermarkets nationwide ....
Americans are getting spicier. (spice consumption)
Feb 01, 1993; ... In 1990 it was reported that 1,024 new fat-reduced food products reached the market in the U.S. In 1991 the total rose to 1,198. Such is the power of health concerns. As one observer put it, "Consumers have figured out that keeping an eye on calories isn't enough. Fat is the most important ...
Custom packing, guaranteed quality, full information brought to marketplace by Canadian lobster industry.
Feb 01, 1993; ... The business of selling seafood has changed dramatically over the past decade and no where does that apply as much as within the Canadian lobster industry. Custom packaging, convenience of handling and high-quality, guaranteed safe products could be termed the new buzz words ...
In defense of the design professional. (engineering design of cold storage warehouses)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Owners and prospective owners of food industry processing and storage facilities have been bombarded over the past year or so with a series of articles dealing with construction methodology. Many of these articles have been authored by general contractor personnel, so the obvious message ...
Time to take the industry's temperature. (frozen food industry)
Feb 01, 1993; ... Trade shows and business seminars are usually an accurate barometer of business conditions. It was not surprising then that most of the conventions I attended included seminars with ominous titles such as "Cost Cutting For The 90's" or "Controlling Fleet Costs in Tough Times". Like many ...
Industry anticipates environmental focus with new Administration, 103rd Congress. (frozen food industry, Clinton Administration)
Feb 01, 1993 ... Industry Anticipates Environmental Focus with New Administration, 103rd Congress AFFI Members Get First Look at Labeling Regulations In light of the recent nutrition labeling developments, AFFI hosted a two-day seminar to bring frozen food executives up to date on the ...
Trends in fruit and nut acreage.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Bearing acreage of all orchards and vineyards in the United States declined 4 percent from the 1947 total of 3.77 million acres to 3.61 million acres in 1983. These estimates exclude any acreage of nonbearing age. The largest acreage on record was reached in 1927 with 5.06 million bearing ...
Fruit and vegetables: their importance in the American diet.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Fruit and vegetables play an important role in the American diet. They are good sources of many essential vitamins and minerals, low in fat, and high in dietary fiber and complex carbohydrates. Encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption is a major emphasis of the Federal ...
The status of aquaculture in Canada.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Aquaculture, the controlled cultivation of fish, shellfish and aquatic plants, is a rapidly expanding industry in Canada and throughout the world. The Food and Agriculture Organization reports that, in 1989, aquaculture accounted for only 14 million metric tonnes of a global fisheries ...
"New generation" snacks to dominate $13.1 billion salted snacks market.
Feb 01, 1993 ... A new study by FIND/SVP, the New York-based consulting and research company, reveals that "new generation" snacks are on the upswing. New generation snacks are lower-fat, baked-not-fried, higher-fiber products such as Sun Chips and Quangles. It is projected that sales of new generation ...
Heavy demand drives market for fat substitutes to over $3 billion.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Americans have been made increasingly aware of the relationship between diet and health. Consequently, they have become eager to consume a wide range of products containing less fat. This trend should continue to have enormous impact on the expanding market for fat substitutes, according ...
The big picture: foodservice sales soared between 1970 and 1990.
Feb 01, 1993; ... In 1990, total foodservice industry sales topped $238.8 billion, up a dramatic 458 percent from $42.8 billion two decades earlier, according to a new association publication, Foodservice Numbers. The foodservice industry recorded positive real growth every year between 1971 and 1990, ...
Per capita food expenditures declining around the world.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Abundant and relatively inexpensive food has contributed significantly to the high standard of living in the United States. Lower food costs enable Americans to spend less income on food and more on other goods and services or to save more. In 1989, Americans used a little under 10 percent ...
Mexican foods will total $2.190 billion in 1992.
Feb 01, 1993 ... This study goes on to predict that the market will continue to grow in double-digits through 1997, when it will reach $3.935 billion. Of the three segments in the market, two (frozen/refrigerated and canned/packaged) are projected to grow in the 7%-8% annual growth range; ...
Low-fat, low-cholesterol products.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Most dietary guidelines currently recommend reducing consumption of fat, especially saturated fat, and cholesterol. As a result, consumers are increasingly demanding healthy, as well as convenient, foods. These trends are reflected in rising sales of low-fat and low-cholesterol foods, ...
Projecting $267.2 billion in food service sales in 1993.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Forecasting improved but still modest growth, the National Restaurant Association is projecting $267.2 billion in foodservice industry sales in 1993, an increase of 4.8 percent over 1992, when the industry recorded $254.9 billion in sales. Real sales, adjusted for inflation, are ...
Salads play starring role on today's menus.
Feb 01, 1993 ... Americans are choosing salads when they dine out, often as the main course in their meal rather than as just a side dish. An analysis of the contents of menus in use today reveals that over two-thirds of those menus with entree sections include main-dish salads among their ...
Portugal Seafood Conference. (International Seafood Conference)
Feb 01, 1993 ... The 15th International Seafood Conference was held November 1-4, 1992 in Lisbon, Portugal. This was the first time this international seafood industry group has met in Portugal. A variety of seafood topics were presented at the conference. Portugal, Irradiation, Pelagics, ...