Category: Facility Operations
DelFrescoPure expanding cogeneration power system to improve efficiency
With the demand for greenhouse-grown produce continuing to increase, DelFrescoPure is always looking for ways to become more sustainable.
Traceability plan can help ease fear of food recall
Having to issue a recall is a situation every food producer fears, but a traceability plan and recall team ready can help ease the anxiety.
Sharing the sustainability story: What consumers want to know
Sustainability is a major concern among consumers. Food producers are aware of that, but often unsure how to address it.
TOMRA Food launches Packhouse Academy education platform
Packhouse Academy offers a wide range of on-demand videos, live interactive webinars and user-driven training modules.
Oh Snap! parlays grab-n-go, brine-less pickle appeal into new production facility
Longtime Wisconsin sauerkraut producer GLK Foods launched Oh Snap! pickles in 2015, a grab-n-go, brine-less, single-serve line of pickled vegetables.
Combs Wholesale Produce building new facility in North Carolina
A M King has begun construction of a USDA-certified, greenfield distribution facility for Combs Wholesale Produce in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
West Virginia Potato Chip Co. gets $250K award for energy, water improvements
The West Virginia Potato Chip Co. is getting a $250,000 boost from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America (REAP) program.
Penobscot McCrum opens new Maine potato processing facility
Longtime potato-growing family, the McCrums, got into fry processing when they bought Penobscot Frozen Foods in northern Maine in 2004.
Five finalists named in supply chain solutions development program
Retail Business Services is working with entrepreneurs on Supply Chain Seed Program, which is designed to develop solutions and reduce food waste.
Project taps plasma technology to disinfect wash water
Drexel researchers are working to use technology similar to that used in plasma TVs to develop non-chemical, low-cost wash water disinfection system.
COVID concerns lead to security tightening for food plants
Ensuring food safety is more critical than ever for food production and storage facilities that rely on temperature-controlled environments.
McCain Foods constructing emission-reducing system at Australia facility
McCain Foods started construction on a renewable energy system that will reduce CO2 emissions from its Ballarat plant by more than 27,000 tonnes per year.