Green Giant Fresh, Salinas, Calif., received a U.S. patent on their Cauliflower Crumbles chopped cauliflower processing method, with a patent pending in Canada.
The frozen food market has proven to be largely resilient in the face of both the fresh food and meal kit trends.
February 23, 2017
Packaged Facts’ new report estimates that frozen foods in the collective categories of dinners/entrées, pizza, side dishes and appetizers/snacks experienced overall sales of $22 billion in 2016, almost identical to the sales total four years prior.
Food and beverage consumption patterns are among the most stable consumer behaviors, but changes are happening that will alter, and even disrupt, what is considered to be the fundamentals for this industry.
December 14, 2016
The NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, N.Y., released its predictions for 2017 and beyond.
The Hinds-Bock 4P-01 from Hinds-Bock, Seattle, Wash., is designed for high-speed depositing of sauce pellets for meal kits and depositing of sauce, condiments and fillings.
The study exposes a high interest in seeing meal kits at retail locations such as a local grocery store.
June 16, 2016
A new study to be released by Culinary Visions Panel, Chicago, takes an in-depth look at the dining habits, challenges and interests of consumers on weeknights.
The new kits each contain pre-measured, pre-cut and pre-washed ingredients for mealtime solutions delivered straight to customers’ doors.
May 25, 2016
Peapod.com, a Chicago-based online grocer, announced the availability of three new meal kits made in partnership with ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., and Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ editor-in-chief Marina Mayer reviewed all of the new retail products published in print and online at www.RFFmag.com from July 2018 to February 2019. From the hundreds of products, she nominated 26 refrigerated and frozen foods and beverages to be named Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ Top 5 Best New Retail Product of 2019.