Food safety, sustainability, labor practices and politics.(FROZEN
FOOD FORUM)
Having walked the aisles of numerous food trade shows and dined at
perhaps a few too many buffets and banquets along the way during the
past few months, several recurring themes have echoed from . . .
Coming events.(Calendar)
COMING EVENTS
2008
July 22-25 International Institute of Fisheries Economics,
Nha Trang, Viet Nam. Fax: +84 58-831147.
July 23-25 . . .
Merchants terminal installs RedPrairie RF management.(Warehousing
World)
Merchants Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, which ranks as the
largest temperature-controlled logistics provider in that state, is
implementing a warehouse management program from RedPrairie . . .
USCS facility in Pennsylvania to serve third of United
States.(Warehousing World)(United States Cold Storage Inc)(Brief
article)
United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, New Jersey, USA, is
opening yet another modern refrigerated storage and distribution center
featuring an energy-efficient CO2 cascade refrigeration . . .
Richmond Cold Storage aims to earn ISO 22000 standard this
year.(Warehousing World)(International Organization for
Standardizati
Richmond Cold Storage Company (RCS), Richmond, Virginia, USA, is
working on registering three of its facilities to the ISO 22000 standard
by the end of 2008. RCS has two warehouses that are already . . .
Mike Henningsen new IARW chairman; Don Schoenl assumes helm of
WFLO.(Warehousing World)(International Association of Refrigerate
Mike Henningsen, president of Hillsboro, Oregon, USA-headquartered
Henningsen Cold Storage, was elected 2008-09 chairman of the
International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) during . . .
Canadian-Indian joint venture plans up to 15 new
warehouses.(Warehousing World)
Apollo LogiSolutions Limited (ALL), Mumbai, India, subsidiary of
Apollo International Limited, and Spire Group Limited of Toronto,
Canada, have gone into a US $250 million joint venture to build . . .
Cabinplant provides turnkey vegetable line to Frigorifer,
Romania's largest coldstore.(Warehousing World)
Frigorifer S.A., situated on the bank of the River Danube in
Tulcea, Romania, is considered the biggest coldstore in southeastern
Europe, with a capacity of 16,000 tons of frozen products.
On top . . .
Henningsen chosen to run Washington transload unit.(Warehousing
World)(Brief article)
Henningsen Cold Storage, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, has been chosen by
the Port of Benton, Washington, to operate a new freight transload
center in nearby Richland.
The port teamed up with the state . . .
Polfrost office in Netherlands now operates as privatized
unit.(Warehousing World)
Polfrost Internationale Spedition, the Poland-headquartered
specialist in transporting shipments of refrigerated goods to and from
the east and west of Europe, on June 1 privatized its Dutch . . .
Frigolanda extends reach east with new coldstore in
Poland.(Warehousing World)(Frigolanda Cold Logistics )(Brief
article)
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Frigolanda Cold Logistics opened its ninth refrigerated warehouse
in Europe on June 27, this time in Poland. Strategically situated in the
city of Radom, about 100 . . .
Equity Group buys preferred freezer services to Bolster
PRW's global expansion plans.(Warehousing World)
Fenway Partners, a New York, New York-based private equity firm,
has acquired a majority interest in Preferred Freezer Services, LLC,
Newark, New Jersey, USA, in partnership with management. . . .
As more Americans savor ethnic flavor, Chinese and Mexican
frozens in favor: Kahiki Foods hails study's findings as
vindication
In a recent consumer insight study conducted by Mintel Research, a
growing trend spotted points toward a potential shift towards some
ethnic segments--especially Chinese--in how America is enjoying . . .
Farewell to James F. Fargason, former NOCS Chief
executive.(Frozen Foods in North America)
James F. Fargason, former president and chief executive officer of
New Orleans Cold Storage & Warehouse Co., Ltd. (NOCS), and an
executive with American Cold Storage, died on March 28. He was 75 . . .
Paul B. Gordon passes at age 84; was frozen foodservice
pioneer.(Frozen Foods in North America)
Paul B. Gordon, under whom Gordon Food Service Inc., Grand Rapids,
Michigan, grew into one of the largest family-owned frozen food
distributors in North America, died on May 8 at the age of 84.
. . .
Frozen food broker Maurice Horowitz dies; helped popularize
Icelandic brand in USA.(Frozen Foods in North America)
Maurice K. Horowitz, 90, a nationally respected frozen food expert,
best known for his work with Coldwater Seafood's Corporation's
Icelandic brand, died May 19 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia.
. . .
Flack takes reins at Schwan after 21 years with company.(Frozen
Foods in North America)
Greg Flack has been named the new chief executive officer,
president and chief operating officer of Schwan Food Co., Marshall,
Minnesota.
Flack, who has worked for Schwan for more than 21 years, . . .
Private label brands front and center in upscale retail store
brand programs: supermarket chains increasingly offer gourmet-styl
Private label in frozen food used to mean just the basics: fruits,
vegetables, fries and a few other common items like breaded fish or beef
patties. But store brands in North America today have . . .
Nissin Foods out to diversify through frozen food buyout.(FOOD
PRODUCT SAFETY)
Japan's Nissin Food Products Co. said on June 9 that it will
acquire Nicky Foods Co. for 789 billion yen, in order to strengthen its
frozen food business. Nissin, known for its Cup Noodles line, . . .
Importers should make sure food sourced from China has CIQ
seal.(FOOD PRODUCT SAFETY)
China is trying to deal with a major food export scandal by
requiring all legal exporters to carry a CIQ (China Inspection and
Quarantine) seal affirming that their products have passed . . .
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