Four mega-trends subject at Internorga in Hamburg.(STORE BRAND
TRENDS)
What do customers want from the food industry? Something between
the contending ideas of more health and more indulgence.
That will be the focus of Internorga, 82nd International Fair for
the . . .
High tide of new seafood products from Iglo, plus two Vivactiv
healthy soybean offerings.(STORE BRAND TRENDS)
Iglo of Hamburg, Germany (Fax: +49-040-1802-49-207), is launching a
raft of new products on the German frozen seafood market, and is also,
for the first time, introducing soybean products to the . . .
Rinderer assumes helm at apetito Convenience.(STORE BRAND
TRENDS)(Manfred Rinderer appointed director of apetito
Convenience)(Br
Manfred Rinderer, 46, has been named director of apetito
Convenience, a leading German supplier of frozen food products to the
foodservice industry.
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He succeeded Andres . . .
Big German seafood producer taken over by apetito group.(STORE
BRAND TRENDS)
Costa Meeresspezialitaten GmbH & Co. KG, Emden, a leading
German manufacturer of frozen fish and seafood for the retail market,
became part of the Rheine-based apetito group effective Nov. 1.
For . . .
Frozen private label sales in Germany soar at nation's deep
discount outlets: economy retailers like Aldi, Plus and Lidl have lo
An entire hall at last May's Private Label Manufacturers
Association exhibition in Amsterdam was, for the first time, given over
to frozen and chilled foods. This reflects the fact that . . .
Herbafrost's frozen Purple and Thai Basil increasingly make
European Cuisine scene.(News from Europe)
Move over Sweet Basil. It's time to make room for Purple and
Thai varieties to command a bigger presence in the frozen food sector,
as they increasingly accentuate the flavor and aromatic qualities . . .
Spanish subsidiary of Gelagri Bretagne rolls out microwaveable
multipack line.(News from Europe)(Brief article)
Multipacks of frozen vegetables distributed in 150-gram to 400-gram
microwaveable steam pouches are now being produced at the Gelagri
Bretagne processing plant in Santaella, Spain. The facility is . . .
Brussels considering 'Made in EU' labels, even for
foods with imported ingredients.(News from Europe)
"Made in the EU." That's how food and drinks
produced anywhere in the European Union will be labeled under a
proposal, prepared by European Union health commissioner Markos
Kyprianou, who said that . . .
Salomon FoodWorld teams with Artland under an enlarging Vion
group umbrella.(News from Europe)
Germany's Salomon FoodWorld, up to now a specialist in
finger-and hand-held food, is moving more to the "center of the
plate," integrating into its product line the output of a
traditional meat . . .
Vegetable firms hot commodities in '07, as green scene
becomes less serene: scarcity of precious peas reaches historic level in
As a severe shortage of peas and tight supplies of beans and sweet
corn in Europe impacted the EU frozen food market in late 2007--and will
continue to be felt until new crops are harvested in . . .
Helen's Foods debuts line of frozen organic comfort
foods.(POTATO BUSINESS UPDATE)
A line of Comfort Meals, beginning with Mac & Cheese with Tofu
Steaks & Broccoli, and a vegetarian Hearty Chili, each featuring
their original protein-rich Tofu Steaks, has been introduced . . .
Lamb Weston completes Pasco expansion; McCain plans US Pacific
Northwest facility.(POTATO BUSINESS UPDATE)
ConAgra Foods' Lamb Weston division has completed an
85,000-square-foot expansion of one of its its potato processing plants
in the United States. Meanwhile, the Lamb Weston/Meijer European . . .
McCain Foods serves as industry sponsor for UN's
International Year of the Potato.(POTATO BUSINESS UPDATE)
It's the United Nations International Year of the Potato, and
it's sponsored by international potato products giant McCain Foods.
The UN General Assembly has declared that the potato should be a . . .
Benelux bumper crop relaxes prices, after sky-high levels the
year before: a return to "normalcy," whatever that may mean
these
What a difference a year can make in the potato business world!
The Benelux tuber crop of 2007 was robust in terms of volume and
overall quality, resulting in lower prices for both raw materials . . .
Deep in heart of Texas, CFS expands.(FOOD PRODUCT SAFETY)(CFS B.
V.)(Brief article)
With increasing demand in North America, CFS, headquartered in
Bakel, the Netherlands, has decided to expand a plant in Frisco, Texas,
USA, devoted to the manufacturing and assembly of CPS . . .
Arctic vault to preserve world's seeds.(FOOD PRODUCT
SAFETY)
Come global warming, come war, come whatever, the world will come
out of it with access to as many as 4.5 million agricultural seeds to
give humanity a fresh start, thanks to the Svalbard Global . . .
Frozen beef recalls sink one company, spark calls for reforms in
inspection: pot pies and pizza also caught up in headline bad n
A series of headline-grabbing recalls, including several involving
frozen food products, has drawn protests from consumer advocates and
brought a century-old system of regulation and inspection in . . .
Icelandic sells division, plus seafood plant.(EXHIBITION
PREVIEW)
Icelandic USA, Newport News, Virginia, has completed sale of the
assets of its Virginia Beach-based Ocean to Ocean Seafood subsidiary to
Tampa, Florida-based Singleton Fisheries Inc., operating as . . .
Two new trawlers boost Faroese fleet's prospects for coley
and other species.(EXHIBITION PREVIEW)
The Faroese fishing fleet has been expanded again with the delivery
of two trawlers, the Heykur and the Falkur, the second pair built for
Faroe Seafood in Vigo, Spain.
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Contessa opens green plant for frozen food products.(EXHIBITION
PREVIEW)
Contessa Premium Foods, Los Angeles, California, USA, has opened
what it calls the world's first and largest environmentally
responsible, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental . . .
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