PRW space still growing in the USA despite signs of economic
slowdown: taller buildings allow denser racking to maximize usable
Build they must for a greater frozen food industry. People keep
eating, and there are more mouths to feed every year. Refrigerated
warehouse operators have to keep pace, and they do with . . .
PRW operators get advice on improving efficiency and
profitability.(Warehousing World)(European Cold Chain Logistics
Education P
More than 160 refrigerated warehouse operators, suppliers and
allied industry representatives gathered in Amsterdam Feb. 25-26 to
attend the 11th European Cold Chain Logistics Education . . .
PRW construction lowing in Europe, but booming in Middle East and
Asia: overcapacity in the Netherlands and other EU countries,
Even though the public coldstores in most West European countries,
except for Ireland, have good occupancy rates, large-scale new
construction or substantial expansion is not to be expected in the . . .
Spotlight on Canada: retailers continue to stock up on
healthy-eating products: growing health and nutrition concerns influence
"There's a new revolution in the food industry in Canada,
said Vikram Bawa, marketing director for Nestle Canada Inc.
Stouffer's Lean Cuisine division. "It's called Stealth
Health. And Stouffer's . . .
M+P debuts prima indulgence pasta menu, with upscale single and
XXL ready meals.
Leopoldsohe, Germany-based M+P Tiefkuhlkost (Fax: +49 5202-994060)
recently expanded its retail assomnent with a new single-portion product
range and a giant sized addition to its Prima Pasta . . .
Scelta Mushrooms opens R&D facility, but mushrooms
aren't only thing going.
It's not just for mushrooms. The Scelta Institute, which
opened March 19 in Venlo, the Netherlands, will also conduct research
and development for tomatoes, strawberries and asparagus.
. . .
Organic food is more mainstream, frozens increasingly make the
scene: range of offerings at BioFach proves that an industry has
BioFach is the world's leading fair for organic products. The
main event is held every February in Nuremberg, Germany, and has spawned
branches in Tokyo, Shanghai, Sao Paolo and Boston. As . . .
Eurocash buys McLane Polska from parent company in US.(Brief
article)
Eurocash, a trading group in Poland, has acquired McLane Polska, a
distributor of food products and a provider of logistics services, from
its US parent M-C McLane International.
M-C McLane . . .
Polish eyes are smiling in the Emerald Isle, where Polfrost
supplies a growing market.
While Corned Beef and Cabbage still ranks among Ireland's most
popular national dishes, the sumptuous aroma of boiled, baked or grilled
kielbasa wafting from the traditional Polish dishes of Bigos . . .
Aviko buys eurofreez, Seru & Annoot, strengthens potato
industry position.
There's a whole lot of shaking going on in the European potato
industry these days, and now Steenderen, Holland-headquartered Aviko has
shaken things up more with an agreement to take over both . . .
Innovative value-added new products roll into supermarkets and
onto menus: like May flowers, value-added spud specialties are po
Germans are potato lovers, to be sure. They like them big, small,
sliced, diced, shredded, fried and oven baked. At the retail store
level, potato products accounted for 16% of all frozen food . . .
Following hot year for frozen foods, Germany braces for cold
sticker shock: the German retail market was up in 2008, with A-bran
Higher prices coupled with tighter supplies for numerous raw
materials, plus rising costs of production make for challenging times
ahead for food producers and consumers alike in 2008. One thing . . .
2008 European Seafood Exposition: here's what's in
store at annual event: ESE joins forces with Seafood Processing Europe
to off
More than 1,600 exhibitors from some 80 counties are expected at
the 16th Annual European Seafood Exposition (ESE) and 10th Annual
Seafood Processing Europe (SPE), which will be held in . . .
Ben's Easy Kitchen is menuing new range of Thai and Japanese
heat-and-eat products.
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Presented as "authentic fresh-frozen food" that is easy
to prepare, attractive to menu and tasty to eat is a variety of Asian
ready meals and snacks from Ben's Easy . . .
Spar seeking more partners for hypermarkets in India.
Fresh from opening its first hypermarket in India, Dutch retail
giant Spar International is looking to expand its presence on the
subcontinent through franchising agreements with Indian retailers.
. . .
India International Seafood Show brings buyers and sellers to
Kochi.(16TH EDITION of IISS)
Regarded as the capital of India's seafood industry, Kochi was
the place and deliberate was the pace of the 16th running of the India
International Seafood Show (IISS) held Feb. 8-10 at Le Meridien . . .
Seafood processing sparkles along India's southeastern
coast.(TREASURE OF TUTICORIN)(Company overview)
For well over a century, Tamil Nadu's premier deep-water
harbor has been a bustling hub of maritime activity. While the tropical
seaport city of Tuticorin is still known as "Pearl Town," its
once . . .
Empowering farmers towards sustainability and market
access.(FOCUS ON AQUACULTURE)
"In the field of aquaculture, our efforts to expand in states
like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Orissa are slowly bearing fruit,"
emphasized G. Mohan Kumar, chairman of the Marine Products . . .
Value-added tuna production gears up at Allied Exim
Foods.
Just recently, the brand new Allied Exim Foods factory in the
suburbs of Chennai became the latest seafood plant in India certified to
export finished products to Europe. But unlike most of the . . .
MPEDA ever steady at the helm of evolving fish & seafood
scene.(REPORT FROM INDIA)
It is the best of times, and it is perhaps also the most
challenging of times. The tale of India's robust frozen seafood
industry, which spans more than five decades of almost continuous growth
in . . .
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