Lineage Logistics has acquired Hanson Logistics, one of the largest cold storage organizations in the Midwest. Hanson currently ranks as the twelfth largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider in North America, according to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehousing (IARW).
As we enter the mid-point of 2021 in an increasingly post-pandemic cold chain, the industry destination on many minds is “The New Normal”. Are we there yet? Editor-in-Chief Michael Costa says the short-term answer is no, and the long-term answer might be the same.
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) entered the lexicon of foodborne pathogens in the mid-1980s. Initially associated primarily with meat contamination, STEC-contaminated produce products broke onto the food safety scene in 1996 when consumers became sick from drinking unpasteurized Odwalla-brand apple juice.
The name behind America’s first hot dog—Feltman’s of Coney Island (est. 1867)—has officially expanded their critically acclaimed all-natural product line with the launch of Feltman’s Thick-Cut Uncured Bacon, now available exclusively via direct-to-consumer shipping at the company's website.
We've pared down the nominees to 25 finalists. Now it's up to you to decide who wins.
August 2, 2021
Our Best New Refrigerated Retail Products Contest is officially live, where you can vote for one of 25 refrigerated food finalists. Just click here to view all the products, and cast your vote! You can vote once a day for any of the finalists through Friday, September 3.
Quick ‘N Eat is adding flame-grilled, fully cooked beef patties to frozen aisles at 3,300 Walmart locations (with more than 4,500 distribution points) across the country, and has also launched an all-new turkey burger. Quick ‘N Eat's premium Angus beef patties come in 3 oz. and 4 oz. patties and 3 oz. turkey burgers. Bacon and cheese beef patties will be on shelves next spring.
Belcampo Farms has released three new subscription boxes, available exclusively online at Belcampo's website: Everyday Beef Box, Everyday Chicken Box and Meal Prep Box, all filled with the brand’s most popular Certified Organic, Certified Humane, grass-fed and pasture raised meats. Belcampo subscriptions eliminate last-minute trips to the store and keep your favorite healthy and delicious weekly protein staples on-hand – with convenient, automatic delivery.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods has hosted a Best New Retail Products Contest since 2013, but 2021 is the first time we’ve split frozen and refrigerated products into separate annual competitions. The first leg this year was for frozen foods, and after a month of voting throughout April, our top five was set based on vote totals from the public.
Walmart officially becomes the latest retailer to carry Zatarain’s Smoked Sausage and will stock both the Andouille and Cajun Style flavors in 1,135 of their stores across the country. The supermarket giant joins the ranks of Kroger, Sam’s Club, Food Lion, Meijer and a slew of independent retailers to stock the popular smoked sausage in store.
Sysco announced an exclusive partnership that will deliver SAVRpak’s patented food preservation technology to independent and local chain restaurants nationwide. Through their agreement, Sysco will add SAVRpak “freshness packs” to its Cutting Edge Solutions platform, making this technology immediately available to order. Developed by an aerospace engineer, SAVRpak is a frozen, peel-and-stick patch that removes moisture from the air of a food container, thereby keeping it away from the meal and ensuring hot and cold food stays fresh and crisp in transit.