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The Climate Collaborative is a 3-year project of OSC2, San Francisco, and the Sustainable Food Trade Association, New Castle, Va., created to catalyze bold action for climate change.

A nationally representative survey conducted shortly after the presidential election finds that the number of Americans “very worried” about global warming has reached a record high (19%) since first measured in 2008.

Consumers are paying less for grocery items in 2016, according to the latest data from Price-Trak, an Albany, N.Y.-based market research company specializing in price and trade promotion reporting of 150 standard categories.

Ice cream is among the largest supermarket food categories, one of only 10 with double-digit billion dollar sales, according to “Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts in the U.S., 9th Edition,” a study produced by market research publisher Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

While Americans wait all year in anticipation for their favorite seasonal-inspired food and drinks, new research from Mintel, Chicago, reveals that nearly seven in 10 (67%) consumers enjoy being able to consume specific seasonal ingredients year-round.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the Reston, Va.-based owner of the PACK EXPO tradeshows, formed an industry council focused on the advancement of high-pressure processing (HPP).

Here's a rundown of this week's executive management changes in the cold food industry.