Frozen Food Digest back issues from February 2006:
Group of three Mexican businessmen buy Ocean Garden Products.(News Notes)(Julio Luebbert)(Jorge Mazon)(Javier Bours)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Ocean Garden Products, the largest U.S. supplier of Mexican shrimp, was sold last month for $15 million to a group of three Mexican businessmen--Julio Luebbert, Jorge Mazon and Javier Bours. A multi-ministerial committee in Mexico approved the sale on Nov. 24. The San Diego ...
Versacold to buy P&O Cold Logistics.(News Notes)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Versacold Holdings Corp., a Canadian public refrigerated-warehousing and distribution company, is buying P&O Cold Logistics' assets ...
The new Fulton Fish Market.(wholesale fish market in New York)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006; ... The Manhattan address of 183 years for the old Fulton Fish Market is now changed to its new location on the Hunts Point peninsula. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a prepared statement that the $85 million climate-controlled facility, held at a temperature of ...
FPI chief resigns after third-quarter losses.(News Notes)
Feb 01, 2006; ... Fishery Products International CEO Derrick Rowe resigned in November as the supplier posted a third quarter net loss of $5.1 million, pushing total net losses to $7.4 million through the first three quarters of the year. Rowe stepped down Dec ....
AFFI research gauges consumers' thoughts on "what's new" in Frozen Foods.(AFFI's Washington Watch)(American Frozen Food Institute )(Survey)
Feb 01, 2006 ... New consumer opinion research by the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) suggests that many consumers treasure recent innovations in frozen foods' ease of preparation, and are motivated to purchase new frozen food products that look appealing to them when shopping in the store. AFFI ...
ConAgra Foodservice[R] Specialty Potato Products fills new exec positions.(Lisa Bescherer)(Helene Clark)(Bonnie Urresti)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... ConAgra Foodservice Specialty Potato Products, America's leading processor of frozen potato products and the top supplier to foodservice chains and distributors worldwide, has announced the appointment of Lisa Bescherer, Helene Clark and Bonnie Urresti as new marketing directors. ...
U.S. Foodservice to lay Off 700 employees.
Feb 01, 2006 ... U.S. Foodservice, the foodservice distribution arm of Dutch retailer Ahold and second-largest foodservice operator in the U.S. behind Sysco Corp., will lay off about 700 employees and take a restructuring charge of about $60 million as it recovers from an accounting scandal. ...
Robert E. Rich, founder of Rich Products dies at 92.(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2006 ... After 92 years of innovation, passion and commitment to his family, business, industry and community, Robert E. Rich, founder and chairman of Rich Products Corp., passed away peacefully on February 15, 2006, surrounded by his loving family. While Mr. Rich's passing brings great ...
IACSC elects new board of directors at 26th Annual Conference & Expo in Nassau, Bahamas.(International Association for Cold Storage Construction)(Peter Sprinkmann)(Peter Bartell)(Manuel Vergara)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... The International Association for Cold Storage Construction (IACSC) elected a new Board of Directors at its 26th Annual Conference and Expo in Nassau, Bahamas, November 34, 2005. Elected to lead IACSC as chairman for 2005-2006 was Peter Sprinkmann, Sprinkmann Sons Corp., ...
Extend food product shelp life with sterile air system.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Balston[R] sterile air filtration system now available from Parker Hannifin Corp. provides clean, dry sterile air for the most demanding applications in the food and dairy industry. Balston Sterile Air Filters are in full compliance with FDA requirements, are USDA accepted for ...
Master-Bilt appoints.(People)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Kevin Wilson has been named Vice President of Operations for Master-Bilt, a New Albany, Miss., manufacturer ...
Labeling guidance.(trans fats labels)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... On Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its recent trans fat labeling guidance to clarify the status of labels for which an extension request is pending (i.e., a request to use old labels, without trans fat ...
Orefield Cold Storage & Distribution announces OCS Logistics.(Warehouses)(Orefield Cold Storage & Distribution Center Inc.)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Orefield Cold Storage & Distribution Center, Inc. recently announced the formation of a new unincorporated division, OCS Logistics. OCS Logistics provides climate-controlled and dry product handling throughout the United States. OCS Logistics maintains a full brokerage authority ...
New SMH warehouse & distribution center up and running.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Systems Material Handling Co. (SMH), Olathe, Kan., the nation's largest supplier of replacement parts for industrial vehicles, recently moved into a new 275,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Olathe. The new facility houses a modern design and engineering department, a sophisticated warehouse and ...
October air conditioning and heat pump shipments rise 73%.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Combined U. S. factory shipments of 714,793 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for October were up 73 %, compared to shipments from the same month last year, according to ARI. Heat pump shipments of 190,015 also rose 47% compared to October 2004. Total shipments of ...
Mark Frisch named vice president and sales manager.(People)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc. (BSF), has announced that Mark Frisch has been appointed Vice President and Sales Manager. Mr. Frisch will assume responsibilities for BSF's seafood and meat sales and marketing strategies and operations. Mr. Frisch, is the fourth generation of his ...
Hansen Technologies appoints.(Jeffrey W. Nank)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Hansen Technologies Corp. has announced the appointment of a new President, Jeffrey W. Nank, who has served as vice president of sales and marketing for Hansen. Nank succeeds Jeff Markham. In making the announcement, Markham said, "I am ...
Hanson Logistics promotes.(People)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Hanson Logistics has announced the promotions of James A. Reits to executive vice president and chief financial officer and Andrew B. Janson to executive vice ...
ConAgra realigns.(internal merger)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... ConAgra has reduced its operating divisions from three to two as part of a realignment. The company merged its ConAgra Foodservice and ConAgra Food Ingredients into one group called ConAgra Foods Commercial. The new division will be led ...
Benjamin Milk to retire from IARW-WFLO in October.(International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses - World Food Logistics Organization )(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Benjamin Milk, Vice President of IARW-WFLO, has announced October 31, 2006 as the date of his retirement. Bill Hudson, President and CEO, points out that "in keeping with the professionalism he has always shown, the timing of Benjamin's announcement gives us close to a year to ...
Clear Springs Foods Inc. announces personnel changes.(People)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Clear Springs Foods, Inc. has announced the addition of Ed White as vice president of operations and the promotions ...
Marcucci named new president at Gonnella.(Gonnella Baking Co.)(George F. Marcucci)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... George F. Marcucci is the new President at Gonnella Baking Co. He succeeds Lou Gonnella, who retired after 38 years with the company. "This is a tremendous honor and I am looking forward to taking the company to the next level," said Marcucci. "Gonnella Baking has ...
Flowers Foods to acquire Derst Baking Co.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Derst Baking Co., Savannah, GA. The transaction, expected to be complete within a few weeks, will be accomplished as a merger involving the exchange of Flowers Foods common stock for Derst ...
Focus Brands announces 2005 results, 2006 plans.(Retail)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Focus Brands, the franchisor and operator of over 1,300 ice cream stores, bakeries, and cafes under the brand names Carvel[R], Cinnabon[R], and the franchisor of Seattle's Best Coffee[R] in certain international markets, has announced impressive results for 2005. The company ...
Hong Kong re-opens to U.S. beef.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Hong Kong will begin allowing imports of boneless beef from U.S. cattle less than 30 months of age with all specified risk materials (SRMs) removed under the USDA Beef Export Verification (BEV) Program. Only companies with an approved USDA QSA Program for the EV Program for Hong ...
Frozen leads overall sales.
Feb 01, 2006 ... <Pre> Frozen leads overall sales What percentage of seafood sales does each product category represent? (average for all distributors) Other1% Smoked 3% ...
Gold'n Plump[R] to expand operations.(Gold'n Plump Poultry)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Gold'n Plump Poultry announced recently that it will update and expand its production complex and current operations in Arcadia, WI. The $38 million expansion is scheduled to begin early in 2006 with completion expected in 2008. The project includes: * Increasing ...
Johanns announces funding.(Mike Johanns)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns has announced the availability of funding to support the development of renewable energy projects and value-added agricultural business ventures. In addition ...
Resuming trade.
Feb 01, 2006 ... U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns has announced that Taiwan has reopened its market to U.S ....
Wire Belt announces highly durable drive components.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Wire Belt Company of America, a leading developer of advanced belting solutions, has introduced its highly durable drive components. Wire Belt's sprockets and blanks are manufactured with high quality materials allowing for greater belt life extension while eliminating high costs ...
Metl-Span panels selected for nation's largest wholesale fish market.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Fulton Fish Market, the nation's oldest and largest wholesale fish market, has relocated from its original site on Manhattan Island, New York, where it has done business since 1835, to an enormous new 400,000 sq. ft. facility in the Bronx. Located at the Hunts Point Food ...
Cross-belt sorter.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... FKI Logistex[R], a global leader in integrated material handling solutions, has introduced the S-3000CB cross-belt sorter. The S-3000CB cross-belt sorter provides accurate, high-speed transportation and sortation of items that present difficulties during traditional sortation, ...
A 'second skin' for meats.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... FlavorSeal[TM] Cook-In-Shrink Bags for both Cook-In-Strip and Cook-In-Ship applications feature a multilayer structure with the highest shrink rate in the industry. This structure provides a "second skin" that reduces purge during the cooking process, thus increasing product yield, and ...
Households meeting their needs.(food security)
Feb 01, 2006 ... The food security of the Nation's households--their consistent access to enough food for active, healthy living--declined from 2003 to 2004. Although 88% of U.S. households were food secure throughout the year in 2004, the percentage of households that were food insecure at ...
United States Cold Storage Inc. expands Tulare, CA operation.(Warehouses)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... United States Cold Storage of California has completed its latest expansion in Tulare, CA. The new building, known as Tulare North, consists of a new dry and refrigerated storage facility totalling approximately 140,948 sq. ft.. The refrigerated space, designed to ...
Stocks in cold storage: by commodity, U.S. January, 2006.(Statistical table)
Feb 01, 2006 ... <Pre> Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, U.S. January, 2006 Compiled by USDA Agricultural Statistics Board Stocks in All Warehouses Percent CommodityJan 31, Dec 31, Jan 31, 20052005...
Stocks in cold storage: by commodity, region and U.S., January 31, 2006.(Statistical table)
Feb 01, 2006 ... <Pre> Stocks in Cold Storage: By Commodity, Region and U.S., January 31, 2006 Compiled by USDA Agricultural Statistics Board East New Middle North CommodityEngland...
First quarter 2006 earnings for Unified up 50%.(Unified Western Grocers Inc.)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Unified Western Grocers, Inc., ("Unified," or the "Company"), the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the Western United States, announced strong earnings for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005 ("2006 period") over the fiscal quarter ended January 1, 2005 ("2005 period"). ...
New president.(material-handling solutions )(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... FKI Logistex, a global provider of integrated material-handling solutions with offices in the United Kingdom and Shanghai, has appointed Bob Duplain president of the warehouse and ...
Mexico opens market to U.S. bone-in beef.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns has announced the resumption of trade with Mexico in U.S. bone-in beef from animals less than 30 months of age. In March 2004, Mexico reopened its markets to boneless beef, after closing the market in December, 2003 following a case ...
Carroll Manufacturing & Sales opens new headquarters in Avon, Ohio: new facility triples size of previous building.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... CMS, a company specializing in packaging and food processing supplies to the meat and food industry, has finalized construction and moved into its new Avon, Ohio, headquarters facility. The new facility is 70,000 square feet, up from 24,000--nearly triple the size of the old building. ...
New president.(People)
Feb 01, 2006 ... High Liner Foods has appointed Mark J. Lamothe President and COO of the company's U.S. operations in Portsmouth, NH. Lamothe previously served as marketing ...
Lakeside Foods appoints.(People)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Bob Popple has been promoted to director, retail frozen food sales at Lakeside Foods' corporate office. Popple ...
Fairfield Farm Kitchens introduces new products.(New Products)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Fairfield Farm Kitchens, the makerr of all organic frozen foods and refrigerated soups (Organic Classics and Moosewood brands) has introduced new products under their Organic Classics line. These three ...
Bakery Chef introduces new product.(New Products)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Bakery Chef, Inc., recently introduced Easy Split Buttermilk Biscuits. Made with real buttermilk, ...
Sysco acquires.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Sysco Corp. has announced the signing of a non-binding term sheet to acquire Desert Meats & Provisions, Inc., the largest independent specialty meat distributor in ...
WhiteWave Foods starts $7 million expansion.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Colorado-based WhiteWave Foods has started a $7 million expansion of its Jacksonville, FL plant. WhiteWave, which processes and distributes Soy milk, whipping cream and ...
Leading seafood products: U.S. per-capita consumption, in pounds.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... <Pre> Leading Seafood Products U.S. per-capita consumption, in pounds 2004 1. Shrimp 4.2 2. Canned Tuna3.3 3. Salmon 2.154 4. Pollock1.277 5. Catfish1.091 6. Tilapia0.696 7. Crab 0.626 ...
The apple of your eye: drum-dried organic apple powder from Van Drunen Farms.(Ingredients)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Van Drunen Farms, provider of dehydrated fruits and vegetables to the food industry, offers drum-dried organic apples as an ingredient for baking mixes, bakery fillings, sauces and confections. Discerning shoppers continue to demand products that are free from pesticides and ...
Hench Control introduces new evaporator controller.(News From Hench)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... San Jose, California -- Hench Control Corporation announced the introduction of an innovative evaporator controller to their product line they call the MiniVap[TM]. The MiniVap[TM] is designed to control just one evaporator, instead of the 8 evaporators of their standard control modules ....
Union Ice splits a plant.(News From Hench)(Xebec buys part of plant)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Commerce, California -- Union Ice has split their sprawling cold storage facility in Commerce into two parts, keeping part of it and selling the other part to Xebec for their cold storage needs. Now that the new Union Ice facility is up and running nearby at Wilmington, California, Union ...
Simeus Foods installs new refrigeration controls.(News From Hench)(WestOne Re*refrigeration)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Mansfield, Texas -- Simeus Foods has awarded a contract to WestOne Re*refrigeration to upgrade their plant here by installing a Hench Omni controller for their condensers. Because the Omni also has the ability to take in ammonia ...
Tropifrost starts up new fruit processing plant.(News From Hench)
Feb 01, 2006 ... San Jose, Costa Rica -- Manuel Camacho runs his family-owned refrigeration engineering business here in beautiful San Jose, Costa Rica with his son and daughter. A recent customer of the Camacho enterprise is Tropifrost, also headquartered in San Jose. Tropifrost is starting up their new ...
Many plants upgrade their operating systems.(News From Hench)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... San Jose, California -- Hench Control upgraded the computers from Windows95 to WindowsXP in 28 of their installations in 2005. This activity reflects the obsolescence of the Windows95 operating system. Microsoft stopped supporting Win95 in 2003 in favor of Windows2000 and ...
Certified organic handling.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Just over 3,000 organic handling facilities--facilities that process and distribute organic products--were certified to USDA standards to handle organic products in 2004. These facilities are heavily ...
New beverage from Coca-Cola.(New Products)(Coca-Cola Blak)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... 2006 will bring a new beverage into Coca-Cola's portfolio that will change the way consumers think about soft drinks--Coca-Cola Blak. More than just a flavor extension, Coca-Cola Blak is an entirely new soft drink and shall be marketed primarily to adults. Containing ...
FDA publishes proposed rule on color additive regulations.(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... The Food and Drug Administration has published a proposed rule, which would amend the color additive regulations to require the specific declaration on the label of all food and cosmetic products containing cochineal extract and carmine. ...
Introducing merger between IAFIS and FPMA.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Effective January 1, 2006, International Association of Food Industry Suppliers (IAFIS) and Food Processing Machinery Association (FPMA) has merged their supplier bases to form the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA). The new company will serve a member constituency of ...
Sullair offers new customer care literature series.(Equipment Update)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Sullair Corp. has released a new series of literature explaining the air compressor company's various customer service levels. Specifically, the literature details parts, service, and training agreements available to Sullair customers. The levels of service available ...
Cat Lift Trucks introduces the E3000-E-6500 series AC powered electric cushion tire lift trucks.(Equipment Update)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Cat Lift Trucks, the leading provider of quality and reliable lift trucks, has introduced the E3000-E6500 series of AC powered lift trucks. Featuring MicroCommand[TM] alternating current (AC) control system, an advanced Operator Presence Detection System and industry leading travel, lift ...
Year 2006.(Future Convention Activities)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Year 2006 Jan 25-27 U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Contact 770-493-9401 Jan 29-Feb 1 WFLO Institute, Norman, OK. Contact 703-373-4300. Feb 7-10 National Grocers Association (NGA) Annual Convention, Paris Hotel, ...