After gaining huge popularity at the Minnesota State Fair and a successful launch of its frozen breakfast sandwiches last year, St. Paul-based Nordic Waffles is now expanding to nearly 80 grocery stores throughout Wisconsin. Located in the frozen food section, the popular all-day Breakfast sandwiches will be at 18 Woodman’s Markets, 32 Festival Foods and 40 Piggly Wiggly locations across the state by mid-April.

Sysco and Cargill, two of the world's largest food companies, announced a partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will help ranchers in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado tackle the impacts of climate change and improve grasslands and wildlife habitat by creating one of the largest sustainable beef cattle grazing efforts in the nation.

Due to popular demand, Bitchin’ Sauce is bringing their popular jumbo tubs (24-oz Chipotle) and snack packs (Bitchin’ Snackers) to the East Coast. Their 24-oz Chipotle tubs are expanding to 94 Costco locations across the Northeast. Additionally, 7-Eleven is expanding Bitchin’ Snacks (sauce and chips) into 200 stores throughout Maryland and Virginia.

Lineage Logistics – the world’s largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider—has acquired Quebec-based Marc Villeneuve Inc. 

See what's new in filling, depositing and sorting equipment.

Developed, tested, and brought to market entirely during the pandemic, Ark Foods' Clean Label salad line seeks to bring awareness and accessibility to veggies rarely seen in store-bought salads, like watermelon radishes and golden beets, with a concise and pronounceable list of ingredients.

A M King has begun construction on a distribution center for Mexico-based GAB Operations in Laredo, Texas. The new 45,590-square-foot facility, when complete, will provide increased cold storage capacity for fresh produce and will serve as a hub for the company’s U.S. and Canadian customers. The project is scheduled to be completed in October.

While not a cold-storage warehouse, this is an example of the very latest technology, automation, order picking, logistics efficiencies, and energy-saving equipment that cold chain facilities can incorporate into their own high-volume buildings. 

In the past year, all grocery sales spiked in volume as consumers avoided indoor dining at restaurants. While the sometimes irrational demand for toilet paper received wide publicity, demand for frozen food also soared.

Editor-in-Chief Michael Costa explains how the perception of frozen foods changed in 2020.