The United Parcel Service (UPS), Atlanta, and its risk management and financial services business unit, UPS Capital, launched UPS Proactive Response Secure to help refrigerated and frozen food processors protect themselves against lost profits.
Service Cold Storage, LLC, and Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., broke ground on a new cold storage warehouse facility at 5700 E.M. Copps Drive in Stevens Point, Wis.
Two independent scientific studies conducted by the University of Chester, United Kingdom, and Leatherhead Food Research, London, on compounds in fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables indicate that frozen may have higher antioxidant levels than their fresh counterparts.
Frozen bakery is a growing industry in the food processing sector. Consumer spending habits prove a huge demand for frozen bakery products, for instance, frozen bread, as fresh bread maintains a very short life span.
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston/RDO contacted SmartWatt Energy Inc., Ballston Lake, N.Y., to perform a full building audit of all lighting systems throughout their Park Rapids, Minn., facility.
Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y., says the demand for frozen food, which was valued at $224.74 billion in 2012, is expected to reach $293.75 billion by 2019.