Quick Frozen Foods International back issues from April 2002:
Asian-style frozen food products.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Asian Market Bites into Crocodile Meat Frozen Crocodile Meat packed under the Wani-O brand has been introduced in Thailand, China, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. Farm-raised in fresh water, the product is distributed by Bangkok-based Ventura Marketing Co., Ltd. and Golden ...
North American frozen products.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Another entry into the North American frozen bowling league is Heinz Frozen Food Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with its Bistro Selections line under the Weight Watchers Smart Ones brand. Besides the Chicken Stir Fry shown here, varieties include Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetable and Chicken & ...
Leading US poultry producers cut back use of antibiotics.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Excessive use of antibiotics can cause resistant strains to develop in poultry as well as people, so three major poultry processors in the United States -- Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms and Foster Farms -- are cutting back. None of them have made a big deal in public about the ...
New Nestle USA plant in Arkansas sources freezer from Praxair.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Nestle USA, Inc. has chosen Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, for design and installation of a carbon dioxide mechanical refrigeration-based food freezing system for Nestle's new frozen foods plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The Jonesboro facility will produce Stouffer's and ...
Overhead conveyor suspension solution: it's the ValueTrack system from Stork. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... An overhead conveyor system from Stork is said to improve production efficiency for coated and marinated products. ValueTrack is a unique concept for in-line "in the shackle" production of added-value coated or marinated products. It is said to allow for product innovations that ...
Intralox' new tech plastic belts to star at Interpack Exhibition. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... New Tech modular plastic conveyor belts from Intralox will be shown off April 20-24 at Interpack 2002, Dusseldorf, Germany. The belts, to go on display at Hall 4, Stand 4A34, were developed to improve box and package handling applications and to lower operating and construction costs. ...
Woodson racks up success at warehouses with automatic storage-retrieval systems. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Woodson, Inc., Lilitz, Pennsylvania, USA (Fax: 1-717-627-6920), is a manufacturer of automatic storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) specializing in high density, deep lane storage warehouses (up to 80 feet on either side of the SR aisle). AS/RS accommodates both pallet and ...
Wolverine-Proctor & Schwartz gets boost from Parthenon. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Wolverine Proctor & Schwartz, Inc., Merrimac, Mass., USA, manufacturer of food processing equipment, has a new investment partner: Parthenon Capital, Boston, Mass., a private equity partnership Funding from Parthenon, which provides capital and strategic and operating expertise ...
Changing of the guard at AEW-Thurne sees Chris Mason assume presidency. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Michael Strauss, founder and ceo of Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA-based AEW*Thurne, Inc., has been named chairman, in order to give him time to pursue other business opportunities while still contributing to the company's growth in automatic portion control slicing, sawing and shaping ...
Zero Zone takes over assets of Systematic Refrigeration. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Zero Zone, Inc., North Prairie, Wisconsin, manufacturer of frozen and refrigerated display cases for food and beverage retailers, has acquired the assets of Systematic Refrigeration, Inc., Ramsey, Minnesota. Systematic Refrigeration will now operate under the name Zero Zone ...
Gerstmanns bring PKC back from oblivion, open steam peeler plant in Daufenbach. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Recently, PKC GmbH, Daufenbach, Germany, shipped its 66th steam peeler to Japan. Built from stainless steel (1.4541) in all components, the unit was yet another sign of the turnaround the company has experienced over the past decade. Entire processing lines for french fries ...
Aluma Shield breakaway doors both insulate and resist damage. (Equipment and Technology).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... If you are in the market for dock doors that offer both excellent thermal design and resistance to impact damage, then you want to check out the new Reflex[TM] vertical lift door from Aluma Shield. Featuring breakaway, impact resistant bottom panels, the Reflex door is available ...
European ban on Asian shrimp imports puts even more pressure on prices: prices for farm-raised shrimp could fall through floor, as supplies are expected to build with no place to go except the USA market. Look for big summer promotions to "move mountains." (QFFI's Global Seafood Magazine).(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002; ... How low can prices go? That's what shrimp buyers and sellers alike want to know. The consensus among those in the shellfish trade gathered at the International Boston Seafood Show in March was that retail prices in the United States could drop to $4.99 per pound if the "mountain of shrimp" ...
Frozen seafood world's elite gathering for ESE/SPE double-feature in Brussels; New Product Awards reception for Prix d'Elite competition among the highlights. Frozen fish and seafood stars, meanwhile, illuminate the exhibit aisles. (ESE Brussels Preview).(European Seafood Exposition and its associated show, Seafood Processing Europe)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The world's leading seafood processors and equipment suppliers will be gathering again in Brussels April 23-25 for the European Seafood Exposition and its associated show, Seafood Processing Europe. Another returning favorite will be the Seafood Prix d'Elite New Products ...
FRoSTA chairman stays steady course for eastward expansion of frozen foods; with extraordinarily high tide of value-added fish sales cresting in Germany by second half of 2001, demand has now resumed nearly normal levels. Business in Poland turns profitable, while positive developments are reported in Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania. (Exclusive Interview).(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Spawned in the fish business in the late 1960s and maturing into a diversified producer and marketer of vegetables and ready meals, FRoSTA AG today ranks second only to Unilever's Iglo label in Germany's highly competitive retail branded frozen food business. The Bremerhaven-based company ...
La Casa del Pescatore and Cuxhaven sign to join Pefa.com E-Fish Auction Network.
Apr 01, 2002 ... Pefa.com, Europe's largest real-time electronic fish auction company, recently netted two more big ones: La Casa del Pescatore, the auction board of Cattolica, situated on the Adriatic Coast in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy; and Cuxhaven, a major fishing center in northern Germany. ...
Salmon farm woes in British Columbia: first escaped fish, now diseased fish.(outbreak of fish tainted with Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Hardly had the government of British Columbia lifted a moratorium on new salmon farms than an outbreak of a common salmon disease in one of the existing farms added more fuel to the fire of controversy over whether salmon fainting is safe for the environment. The David Suzuki ...
Is fishery products international bidding for Young's Bluecrest?(Fishery Products International's bid for Young's Bluecrest)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Canadian seafood processor Fishery Products International may be thwarted in efforts to acquire Young's Bluecrest in the United Kingdom because the provincial government back home is trying to curb the once state-owned but now privatized company. FPI was mentioned in the ...
William R. Stevens named first CFO for Wholey & Co.(Robert Wholey and Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Until recently, Robert Wholey & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, didn't think it needed a chief financial officer. But now it's got one: William R. Stevens, with 15 years ...
Columbia Colstor builds fish processing plant.(through Pacific Seafood joint venture)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Columbia Colstor, Inc., Moses Lake, Washington, USA, has gone beyond refrigerated warehousing to build a 33,000 square foot fish processing plant at its Woodland, Washington, location. The plant is a joint venture with Pacific Seafood of Portland, Oregon; and Del Mar Seafoods of ...
Chilean salmon industry feels effect of export pinch.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Chilean salmon and trout exports were off 0.9% last year to $966 million. And that was despite the fact that tonnage increased 46% to 300,304. In response, the Salmon and Trout Farmers Association is trying to rein in growth and seek new markets. Prices were already beginning to ...
Norwegian seafood exports take dip, mainly in salmon.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Thanks to plunging salmon prices, Norway's seafood exports dipped 2.4% to NOK 30.7 billion in 2001. Salmon shipments were off 18.6% to NOK 10 million, whereas pelagic exports soared 30.5% to NOK 7.4 billion. The European Union continues to be Norway's key market, buying NOK 17 ...
The Greenland revolution sweeps out Danish board.(Royal Greenland board members replaced)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Native Greenlanders have ousted Danish members from the board of directors at Royal Greenland, largest seafood processor in the country. Sent packing their bags were Board Chairman Uffe Elleman-Jensen, the ...
Mating season for salmon -- salmon companies, that is.(Domstein, Cermaq, and Fjord Seafood merger to create new company)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Salmon swim upstream, driven by the urge to mate and spawn. It's the same with salmon producers. A three-way merger among Norwegian fishing groups is aimed at creating the second largest salmon farming operation in the world -- behind Dutch Nutreco of Holland. Here's how it's ...
Buy the ships, get the quotas: Pescanova Argentine gambit.(Pescanova acquires Pesquera Vasco Gallega)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Spanish seafood processor Pescanova has bought out another Spanish firm, trawler company Pesquera Vasco Gallega. But it's not the boats it wants as much as a hake quota in Argentina that comes with them. Pesquera has two vessels working the hake fishery off Argentina, plus ...
Former Ocean Garden marketer sets up consulting service shop.(Dixie Blake)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Looking for a veteran seafood marketing expert to liven up your promotions? Give Dixie Blake a call. After serving for more than two decades as marketing manager at San Diego, California-headquartered Ocean Garden Products, Blake has formed a consulting service specializing in ...
Quality concept pays off, say organizers of `fish 2002' trade show in Bremen.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Remember when going to a fish fair meant that buyers could comfortably sit down with suppliers and engage in meaningful discussions without the distraction of hordes of humanity rushing and crushing the stand to get a free sample to munch on? Well, the former kind of trade exhibition was ...
Prove the fish is from sustainable waters or risk losing Unilever Business in 2005.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The clock is ticking, but Unilever believes that within three years all raw materials used in fish products it markets in Europe will be procured only from sustainable resources. Assurance that the deadline would be met was given by Dr. Dierk Peters, international marketing manager for ...
European Commission getting serious on protecting deep sea fish species.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... After taking a lot of flak from environmentalists about wimping out on protection of endangered fisheries, the European Union Commission is taking action to control fishing of vulnerable deep-sea species. The move probably won't stifle all criticism, because the measure doesn't ...
Low-salt seabass product takes top prize, and there was lots more to catch one's eyes. (Boston Show Stoppers).(MacKnight Smoked Seafoods receives Gold Award for New Products award)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... And the winner is: Cold Smoked Seabass from MacKnight Smoked Seafoods. The New Britain, Pennsylvania-based marketer of full line frozen and smoked fish products took the first-place Gold Award for New Products judged during the Innovation in Seafood Conference at the Boston Seafood Show on ...
Japan's snow brand foods does an Enron: meat mislabeling scandal brings it down. (Meat & Poultry News).(announces liquidation plans)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002 ... It's the end of the road for scandal-ridden Japanese meat packer Snow Brand Foods (SBF). The company announced Feb. 22 that it would go into liquidation in April after having failed to find new investment partners. Trading in SBF stock was suspended the same day, and the Tokyo ...
Is this where we came in? Now it's mislabeled chicken. (Meat & Poultry News).(Zen-Noh Chicken Foods Co. admits mislabeling products)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Hardly had Snow Brand Foods sunk beneath the waves of a beef mislabeling scandal than a major Japanese poultry processor got caught up in a similar scandal. The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, which operates Zen-Noh Chicken Foods Co., admitted ...
Will merger hog the market? Danes may go against Europe. (Meat & Poultry News).(Danish Competition Authority to review Danish Crown merger with Steff-Houlberg)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The European Union may not have a problem with the merger of Denmark's two largest hog butchers, but the Danish Competition Authority is going to take a second look at the local impact -- the first time this has happened since Denmark introduced its own merger law in 2000. At ...
Russian poultry inspectors are coming! Import impasse with US over, or is it? (Meat & Poultry News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Following a decision by Russian authorities to lift a ban on the import of chicken from the United States, a delegation of veterinary inspectors flew to the United States on April 1 to check out poultry plants there. So the chicken war is over. Or is it? There were mixed signals ...
UK pub patrons in for a treat: gourmet sausages in seconds. (Meat & Poultry News).(Snowbird Foods offers frozen sausage products)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Gourmet sausages in seconds. That's what Snowbird Foods, Enfield, Middlesex, UK, is promising patrons of pubs, wine bars, bistros and other catering outlets with a premium range of fully cooked frozen sausages that microwave from frozen in a jiffy. The 80g sausages come in ...
Is potato processor Aviko BV up for sale? Rumors rampant about would-be buyers. (Potato Business Monitor).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... It may not be quite as widespread as the gossip about love lives of the rich and famous, but there is a lot of speculation in Europe these days about a possible marriage for Dutch potato processor Aviko BV, which has reportedly been put on the block by the Cebeco Group, an agricultural ...
Chocolate french fries due from Heinz; will they be a boom or a bane or both? (Potato Busines Monitor).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Chocolate french fries? Kids will love them, but parents may have another reaction. Whatever, they're coming from H.J. Heinz, the same company that unleashed green and purple ketchup on American children a couple of years ago. Beginning next month, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based ...
DeLapp rejoins Lamb Weston as strategic vice president.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Boise, Idaho, USA-headquartered Lamb Weston has appointed Jeff DeLapp to the newly created position of vice president, strategic development. DeLapp is responsible for the coordination of Lamb Weston's overall marketing, R&D and product development efforts, while working ...
Expansion, not recession in frozen foods, as retail sales are hot across the aisle; overall value in 2001, exclusive of Aldi sales, up 9.3% to nearly DM 5.6 billion. Volume advances 6.1% to 808,500 tons. Fish products generate greatest category gain, with value climbing almost 17% to about DM 975 million. Pizza sales rise roughly 10% to DM 1.2 billion. (German Market Survey).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... While the economists say that Germany is in economic recession, you wouldn't notice it by the way consumers are spending money to purchase frozen food products at the supermarket. The freezer sector is hot, posting a 6.1% tonnage gain and ringing up 9.3% more sales value last ...
The `wisdom of Salomon' gets credit for Germany's grab & go snack success; finger food explosion, fueled by popularity of American bar culture, continues to bode well for the frozen sector. McCain Foods' purchase of the Anchor brand should expand reach. (Big Appetite for Appetizers).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... "You only need to look at Salomon to see that the German market for snacks and finger food has become a giant. From US foods, to Mexican and Asian snacks to sushi, and now the Italian range with the stuffed olives." That's the opinion of Diethelm Krause, director of Gefateam, a ...
Americanization of baked goods is popping up all over Germany. (Big Appetite for Appetizers).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... The American-style coffee bar is on the march in Germany. You find it downtown, at shopping malls, in office districts, at railway stations and airports. And these have played no small role in the current trends in frozen baked goods, especially when it comes to American-style baked goods ....
There is nothing like a Danish ... bread; and easyfood makes it really convenient. (Big Appetite for Appetizers).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... It didn't even exist until last year, but now Danish frozen food maker Easyfood is producing and marketing a large range of innovative stuffed bread items that offer easy, tasty meal solutions geared to the busy yet healthy lifestyles of today's consumers. "Our breads are based ...
Scandinavian ICF subsidiary opens new Swedish branch. (Big Appetite for Appetizers).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Intercontainer (Scandinavia) AB, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a 100%-owned subsidiary of Basel, Switzerland-headquartered Intercontainer-lnterfrigo (ICF), has opened a branch in Trelleborg. ...
Hiestand sales up by 50%, total 121 Million [pounds sterling] in 2001. (Big Appetite for Appetizers).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Worldwide sales figures for Swiss gourmet bakery company the Hiestand Group grew by 48.5% last year to reach 120.9 million [pounds sterling], thanks largely to a series of acquisitions in Europe. But even elsewhere, growth was strong. In Europe, the acquisition by Hiestand of ...
From Greek to Chinese toppings, Dr. Oetker debuts Culinaria line. (Pizza and Pasta Trends).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Germany's Dr. Oetker is introducing a new assortment of pizza under the name Culinaria, continuing the practice of featuring toppings that have nothing to do with Italian cuisine. Culinaria Greek Style, which is at least Mediterranean, combines gyro meat, olives and peppers. The ...
Roncadin: real Italian pizza, always Italian, only Italian pizza. (Pizza and Pasta Trends).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... As other frozen pizza manufacturers increasingly span the globe in search of different recipes and exotic toppings, Roncadin is sticking to the Italian recipes that have made its product line a hit in both branded and private label presentations throughout Europe. "The Roncadin ...
Giacobbe's Pasta Pronto has oven-fresh taste. (Pizza and Pasta Trends).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Food critics staying at a popular European hotel chain could not believe it when the waiter told them the Garden Vegetable Lasagne they enjoyed during a late night supper was a frozen product. What's more, it had been quickly prepared in a microwave oven. Seeing is believing ...
Schwan's trying to beat Jinx in Germany with cheaper pizzas and new varieties. (Pizza and Pasta Trends).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... Schwan's Food GmbH is trying once more to get a foothold in the booming German frozen pizza market with the relaunch of the Freschetta brand unbaked pizza -- which has thus far failed to make any headway for three years. To do this, the subsidiary of America's Schwan's Sales ...
Roncadin ice cream division launches spring offensive to win summer victory; Europe's looming ice cream marketing battles this season might be called a David vs. Two Goliaths scenario. The David, however, is packing a sling full of products aimed to please. Some of them are just what the Doctor -- Dr. Oetker, that is -- ordered. (Ice Cream Scoops).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... As global food marketing giants Unilever and Nestle slug it out for brand dominance on the European ice cream scene, another player on the field has ambitions to forge ahead at their expense. Equipped with state-of-the-art production plants in Germany and France that packed 140 million ...
Scholler, Langnese roll out big guns for German ice cream wars of 2002; now part of Nestle international empire, Scholler should have the resources as well as the products for all-out battle with Unilever's Langnese. Both are playing hardball. (Mango Creme vs. Green Tea).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... Both Scholler of Nurnberg (Fax: 49-911-938-1181) and Langnese of Hamburg (Fax: 49-40-3597-2445) have kicked off the ice cretan campaign of 2002 by introducing a large number of new flavors to the German market. But the competition between the rival ice cream giants may be even ...
Making a good case with high visibility, functional display and easy access; display cabinets have to do it all these days, and manufacturers are creating designs that incorporate all manner of technical, ergonomic and merchandising innovations. (EuroShop Trends Report).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Dr. Calagari had a crazy reason to look for a cabinet, but frozen food and ice cream retailers and foodservice operators are perfectly sane. They're just looking for the right cure to their problems of how to best display their products without it costing them an arm and a leg. ...
Frozen outside and frozens inside at Prodexpo in Moscow, where exhibitors show their stuff.
Apr 01, 2002 ... It was plenty cold outside, which is typical in Moscow during February, but those inside the Prodexpo got a warm smile from Nadezhda Timakova at the McCain Foods stand. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Folks lined up for french fries handed out from the Lamb-Weston stand ....
BioFach honors Chilean frozen lamb, names Spain `Country of the Year'; number of exhibitors jumps by almost 200, to 1,921; new official seal introduced. (The Green Scene).
Apr 01, 2002; ... Although only a small percentage the organic exhibitors at the recent BioFach at Nurnberg were offering frozen fare, one of those few was cited for producing the Product of the Year. The judges at the world's biggest exhibition dedicated to organic products gave this distinction ...
In wake of erratic 2001 vegetable harvests Oerlemans assesses pre-2002 crop scene.(Company Profile)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Netherlands-based Oerlemans Foods has its finger on the pulse of the frozen vegetable and fruit market, not only at home and across the rest of Europe, but in the far corners of the world on which Europe depends when domestic supplies fail. So when Chairman Jan Hulsen talks, the ...
Salsa Nuggets from Ardo among snack items in expanding vegetable line with new look.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Have you seen the new products from Ardo? Well, convenient snack food items are increasingly among them. Situated in Ardooie, Belgium, the venerable frozen vegetable processor has taken on a whole new look over the past year. A entire new packaging design has been introduced, ...
Where's the beef? Who needs beef? Frozens serve up healthy alternatives; today's meat substitutes aren't just good for you; they taste good, too. And taste is what's going to win over consumers trying to embrace a healthier lifestyle. So let them enjoy soy! (Frozen Foods in North America).(Industry Overview)
Apr 01, 2002; ... At the start of any new week you'll be certain to find thousands of consumers vowing to eat in a healthy way. How many stick to their pledge depends on how easy it is to fulfill. One of the biggest healthy eating trends is in the frozen meat alternative category. Gone are the days of ...
Canada, too, has bowl-ing boom but pizza, burgers also on a roll; just like their Yankee counterparts, Canadians are going crazy for bowl meals, with ConAgra and Swanson leading the charge. International-style pizzas, gourmet pork burgers, hand-held snacks, Oriental entrees and luxury coffee cakes also find favor. (Northern Exposure).(Industry Overview)
Apr 01, 2002; ... Acquisitions proved to be the biggest story in Canada's frozen food industry in 2001. Last January, ConAgra, North America's leading frozen food company, acquired Montreal-based frozen food manufacturer Artel Inc. In October, General Mills Canada swallowed Pillsbury. ...
Recession can't slow business but impacts on capital investment; business is up everywhere, though construction and equipment purchasing seem to have slowed in North America. Pace appears to be faster in Asia-Pacific region. (Refrigerated Services Survey).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... If there's a recession on in North America, you can't prove it by turnover at refrigerated warehouses. Some 51% of a weighted sample in Quick Frozen Foods International's annual Refrigerated Services Survey -- twice as much as last year -- suggest an upward trend. It's the same ...
PRWs are on the move down under as distribution centers loom large; public refrigerated warehouse operators expand and modernize to keep pace with rising demand for frozen and chilled food, as well as changes in consumer tastes. (Focus on Australia).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... Australia has been traveling reasonably well over the last decade, mainly as a result of a change of government in 1995 with the election and subsequent re-election of the Conservative Party into Federal Government. It is fair to say that major reforms introduced in the first ...
A busy year ahead for IARW and WFLO.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses and the World Food Logistics Organization look forward to the upcoming three quarters of this year being as productive and rewarding as the first quarter. The first quarter produced an outstandingly successful WFLO ...
POCL celebrates expansion at Texas unit near Houston.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... P&O Cold Logistics (POCL), Los Angeles, California, USA, has reason to celebrate again: it has just completed expansion of its refrigerated warehouse facilities at La Porte, Texas, just two miles from the Port of Houston. The expansion brings capacity of the complex to 6,067,000 ...
Stellar Group taps Foster, expands Tropicana Plant.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Ron Foster Jr. has assumed the role of executive vice president of the Stellar Group, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, which designs and constructs refrigerated warehouses. Meanwhile, the company is building a new facility for Tropicana ProductS. Foster, a lifetime veteran at ...
The word for work is `compressors'; manufacturers work to make workhorses of refrigeration industry work even better.(Industry Overview)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Most people in the frozen food and refrigeration industry may not hang out with the homey set, but they sure rely on their workhorses: compressors. They want those compressors to be up to date in their technology, and at once reliable and economical. What can manufacturers do but compete ...
Coming events.
Apr 01, 2002 ... <Pre> COMING EVENTS2002 April 11 European Food Summit, Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: thierry.lauth@mc-salons.fr. April 13-18 International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses/World Food Logistics Organization, ...
What comes down will go up again, but it might take longer than some in the shrimp trade can wait. (Frozen Food Forum).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... In the final analysis, assessed Dave Light of Ocean to Ocean Seafood, there is light at the end of tunnel. "Prices will come back again, because people enjoy eating shrimp and will continue doing so," he commented. "Remember, it was just 18 months ago when shrimp was selling at record high ...