Innovation in refrigerated foods and beverage continue to keep brick-and-mortar retailers alive, as shoppers flock to the perimeter of stores for fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, refrigerated meats and more. Innovation is also why the overall refrigerated foods and beverage industry is experiencing an uptick in sales.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods compiled a list of Top 25 refrigerated foods processors, broken down by category (prepared foods/entrées/side dishes, meat/poultry, dairy, fruits/vegetables, beverages and dips/spreads)…
Βι¶ΉΣ³» Corp., Austin, Minn., acquired Cidade do Sol, a Brazil-based provider of value-added meats, and expanded its foodservice portfolio with the acquisition of Fontanini Italian Meats and Sausages, a McCook, Ill.-based branded foodservice business. Hormel also announced that its specialty foods segment merged into the company’s grocery products segment …
MegaMex Foods, the Austin, Minn.-based joint venture between Βι¶ΉΣ³» Corp., Austin, Minn., and Herdez Del Fuerte, S.A. de C.V. and the maker of Wholly Guacamole refrigerated guacamole, opened what is said to be the nation’s first-ever guacamole-themed lounge—The Guac Stop—at Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing. Meanwhile, Βι¶ΉΣ³» announced that its specialty foods segment merged into its grocery products segment.
