The exclusive license holder for a frozen, filled pizza "cone," Cono Italiano, Inc., Red Bank, N.J., said it hired Interstate Caterers Inc., South Plainfield, N.J., to produce the item.
Now California is as close as your home freezer. Schwan's Consumer Brands North America, Inc., Bloomington, Minn., says its latest new Freschetta frozen pizzas feature several California-Style flavor combinations.
Although Kraft Foods sold the nation's largest frozen pizza business to fund its Cadbury purchase earlier this year, the company considers refrigerated and frozen products important to the company's portfolio.
Turtle Island Foods Inc., Hood River, Ore., says new Tofurky frozen pizzas already are a hit in
test markets and are set to roll out nationwide this fall.
Kellogg Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich., says its new Eggo Real Fruit Pizzas are "an
all-in-one combination of fruit and warm toasted granola on an
oven-baked cinnamon and maple-flavored crust."
Schwan's Food Service, Marshall, Minn., said more focused new product development helped the company rise in a recent independent ranking of processors providing new offerings to the foodservice industry.
Think of it as the setting for a big birthday party. Custom foodservice and retail products processor Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill., plans to celebrate its 25th anniversary during this year's National Restaurant Association show.
Nestle USA, Glendale, Calif., said it named 23-year company veteran Paul Bakus as president of a newly formed Nestle Pizza business, which will be based in Chicago.
Taking another cue from pizza restaurant offerings, product developers and marketers at DiGiorno (now part of Nestle Pizza) introduced a combination frozen DiGiorno pizza and breadsticks line.