Published: Dec 06, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Find out how MCI’s new reefer factory in Chile will impact shippers’ cold chains with Francis McCawley, Managing Director, Maersk Container Industry San Antonio (MCIS)

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

US-based fast-food hamburger chain Jack in the Box has relaunched Bonus Jack, a double-patty cheeseburger, for a limited time at participating locations.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Matthew Edwards

Burger giant McDonald’s has been granted permission to increase the hours of service at one of its Swindon restaurants.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Vittorio Hernandez

Two separate studies released this week present findings that would perplex nutrition advocates but make children happy.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Red Mango, a US-based smoothie and frozen yogurt retailer, is set to open its first store in Uruguay in Montevideo on 19 December 2012.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Lynda Searby

Last year wholesaler Booker created a media furore by announcing that it was to start supplying sandwiches with a 14-day shelf-life to convenience stores and foodservice outlets.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Cuttack-based Ruchi Foodline, Cuttack, India, has been in the spice business since 1976, but now it's getting into a line of frozen foods called Frozit.

Published: Dec 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

On The Menu, a line of dietitian-approved, nutritious frozen main courses and desserts developed especially for seniors that debuted last March, has now gone national at independent retailers, the Winchester, Hampshire-based company has announced.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Abhitash Singh

Hotel The Lalit, Andheri, Mumbai hosted the second edition of the Chilean Wine and Food Festival on November 21, 2012.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Stuart Miles

A hamburger-making robot that can create 360 perfectly made burgers an hour promises to usher in a new era for fast-food restaurants.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Steven Bartholow

The Santee Health Network recently conducted a survey of a selection of fast food eateries in the heart of Santee which found that 75 percent don't "cater to healthy living."

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Schne-frost, Löningen, Germany, has announced that its frozen pre-baked potato products from now on will be made exclusively with rapeseed oil, also known as canola oil.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Italian Food Masters LLC, which distributes upscale frozen and other products in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and neighboring countries, has celebrated the opening of its new headquarters and showroom at Green Community, Dubai Investment Park.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Sales were off at Pacific Andes Resource Development (PARD), subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Pacific Andes International Holdings Limited, but frozen fish revenues were up, and so were net profit and EBITA for the company.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

ConAgra Foods is paying $5 billion for Ralcorp Holdings, St. Louis, Missouri, creating a behemoth with projected sales of $18 billion a year including $4.5 billion in private label, more than four times what ConAgra has been making in that segment.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Royal Wessanen nv, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which focuses on organic foods and frozen snacks in the Benelux market, plans to streamline its European and frozen food activities.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Southeast Frozen Foods, Gaston, South Carolina, USA, a food products distributor and cold storage service provider, plans a $4.5 million expansion of its operation at the Calhoun County Industrial Park near Gaston.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (CBRL) recently joined forces with the John Morrell Food Group by inking a multi-year licensing deal to make its product categories available to customers in new retail channels. The deal is i

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Sales were off at Pacific Andes Resource Development (PARD),subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Pacific Andes International Holdings Limited, but frozen fish revenues were up, and so were net profit and EBITA for the company.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Smoothie and juice bar franchise Robeks plans to expand its presence in Ohio, as part of its strategy to capitalize on the improving small business prospects with the economy growing again.