Before the invention of the refrigerator, icehouses were used to provide cool storage for most of the year. Placed near freshwater lakes or packed with snow and ice during the winter, they were once very common. Natural means are still used ...
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Flynns Fine Foods, a Northern Ireland-based food company, has entered into administration as it experienced deterioration in trading, resulting in the loss of 40 jobs. Based in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Flynns Fine Foods packaged and ...
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Vyse, who is the UK director of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP, has many years experience in the packaging industry and has spent the last eight years providing interim packaging project management for some well known UK ...
Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently ...
Swiss food company Nestlé has opened a EUR50m extension to its Wagner frozen pizza factory in Nonnweiler, Otzenhausen, Germany. The company's investment in the factory in Nonnweiler, Otzenhausen, announced in 2011, has increased ...
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US-based investment firm Joshua Green has announced the acquisition of Harris Soup through its food-focused subsidiary, JGC Foods, for an undisclosed amount. Harris Soup, doing business as Harry's Fresh Foods, offers premium refrigerated ...
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Special K, the brand owned by US-based cereal producer Kellogg, has launched Special K Nourish - a new line of products aimed at women seeking to lose weight. The new line of Special K Nourish products are made with a multi-grain blend ...
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Reser's Fine Foods, a US-based producer of fresh and frozen foods, is set to close its manufacturing facility in Delphos, Ohio, a move which will lead a loss of nearly 100 jobs. According to paperwork filed with Ohio state officials, the ...
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Glazier Foods, a US-based food distribution firm, has relocated its food distribution center from Farmers Branch distribution facility to Coppell, a move that expands the company's business. This move is in line with the company's ...
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US-based food firm Kellogg has introduced new frozen foods, frozen soups under its Kashi and Eggo brands. The products include Kashi Moroccan Minestrone and Savory Chicken Noodle soups, Kashi Three Cheese Ravioli and Mushroom and ...
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Tesco continues to struggle across Europe, with like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 5.5% as “tough economic conditions, challenging competitors and over-dependence upon out-of-favour hypermarkets” take their toll. ...
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Ashland Performance Materials will introduce its flexible food packaging adhesives at the upcoming ChinaPlas in Guangzhou, China, Asia's International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair taking place from 20 – 23 May 2013. The company ...
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Morningstar Farms, a division of US-based Kellogg, has introduced a new Mediterranean Chickpea Veggie Burger. According to the company, the new burger features chickpeas and flavorful vegetables and has been launched just in time for ...
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US-based frozen food manufacturer Bellisio Foods has agreed to acquire Overhill Farms in an all-cash merger deal valued at approximately $80.9m. Overhill Farms is a supplier of custom prepared frozen foods for branded retail, private ...
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In the year from September 8, 2011, to September 7, 2012, listeria monocytogenes in fresh cut onions, salmonella Braenderup in imported mangoes and undeclared milk in a nationally distributed snack bar sparked the most reports. A total of ...
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