News & Archives // 2010
09Dec2010
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LAUNCH AN ICBM
People know Schrade Radtke as the senior marketing manager of T. Marzetti Co., Columbus, Ohio. But in the Air Force, he was a Missile Combat Crew Commander, in the Strategic ...
09Dec2010
CHEP’S PARENT BUYING IFCO
Transaction, creating an entity with $5 billion in sales, expected to be complete by end of next summer. CHEP’s parent company, Brambles Limited, plans to acquire IFCO Systems, a leading provider ...
09Dec2010
THE RETURN OF EGGO
With Eggo’s waffle production problems behind it, frozen breakfasts scored gains in dollars, units and volume in supermarkets during the 12 weeks ended Oct. 3, according to SymphonyIRI Group, the ...
09Dec2010
ASIAN FOODS SOAR
Frozen Asian entrees rose 8.3% to $582.0 million in the 52 weeks ended Oct. 30, continuing a long rise that has lasted several years. The data, from The Nielsen Company, ...
09Dec2010
YO! VINNIE! GIMME AN UPSCALE SLICE!
Innovative new products and upscale “restaurant-style” items continue to drive frozen pizza sales, which remain healthy despite a recent dip in sales (see chart). Several factors have kept the category strong ...
09Dec2010
A Midwest Surprise
This store is part Wegmans, part H-E-B, and part Publix — but it’s also 100% Cosentino’s. I guess my biggest surprise came when I turned the corner into frozen foods and ...
09Dec2010
WHAT YOU THINK OF US
Just like a real magazine company, we recently hired an independent research firm to see what you readers like, and don’t like. Happily, you like us, although one anonymous responder ...
10Nov2010
Hail To The Chief
Nevin Montgomery officially retires at the end of this year as president of the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association, Harrisburg, Pa. He has been with the association for 38 ...
10Nov2010
Beware Weak Links
Each year, 7,500 people die and 100 million are sickened by food-related illnesses — and considerable blame falls on sloppy handling of the cold chain. When product is out of its ...
10Nov2010
Beware Weak Links
Each year, 7,500 people die and 100 million are sickened by food-related illnesses — and considerable blame falls on sloppy handling of the cold chain. When product is out of its ...
