2018 was filled with many newsworthy buzzwords. Blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and automated solutions filled the headlines, while consumers voted with their dollars, opting for better-for-you products that donned bold flavor profiles and came packaged in 100% recyclable cartons.

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer outlines the Top 10 things she’s thankful for in the refrigerated and frozen foods industry.

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer congratulates Sysco for being named Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ first ever Foodservice Distributor of the Year.

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer discusses what to expect in this year’s State of the Industry report.

Whether it’s through recyclable packaging, carbon footprint reduction, equipment that promotes operator safety or creating a pleasant work/life balance, the food and beverage industry is as much about corporate responsibility as it is about manufacturing foods and beverages.

With a new look and feel, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods' dynamic redesign creates a robust and compelling environment to pull readers deeper into our content, complete with new fonts, a new color scheme and a more modern, reader-friendly layout. 

These “unconventional” acquisitions created a shock-and-awe effect through the industry by placing processors in other parts of the retail space, expanding their logistics network and indefinitely changing the future of the cold food and beverage industry.

Looking into the New Year however doesn’t present anything new—just more of the same, but bigger, better, smarter, more flexible, more functional and more sustainable.

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer reveals what’s in store for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ readers come 2018.