Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his Union Budget presentation, announced a slew of measures for the cold chain industry that would boost the backend infrastructure that is required to bridge the gap between farm and retail food business.
Meal-kit companies have exploded in the past four years, shipping boxes of raw meat, seafood, fresh vegetables and other ingredients to busy city folk who want to skip the supermarket and still cook at home.
CHICAGO —Entrepreneurial companies are disrupting the food chain through product innovation, storytelling and home delivery services. In the February issue of Food Technology Magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), writer and nut
Wixon, a manufacturer of seasonings, flavors, will showcase its latest flavor blends enhanced with Mag-nifique technology at several regional IFT events throughout the year. The menu’s theme will feature flavor modifiers that reduce sugar and sodium, resu
Safe Chain Solutions, a division of Benchworks Co., purchased a 6.29-acre, 15,000-square-foot building situated at the Cambridge, Md., headquarters for office, distribution and warehouse space.
Choptank Transport started construction on a new 11,000-square-foot expansion to its Preston, Md., headquarters, allowing the third-party logistics provider to hire an additional 130 people in the next two years.
Lebanese cuisine, a favourite around the world, was relatively unknown to Mumbai till Falafel’s, the Lebanese Haus, brought it home. Now, the Lebanese chain is taking its next step in the island city by opening its latest outlet this month at one of the m
Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., took another step forward in its commitment to climate action by announcing new science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets—Kellogg plans to cut GHG emissions by 65% across its own operations, and work with suppli
China’s growing demand for safer and higher-quality fresh food offers huge opportunities for imports from Europe. But to turn these opportunities into reality, investments are needed in China’s cold chain infrastructure.
Supermarket chain Asda is introducing a new parcel innovation program ToYou, which will enable customers to collect and return the orders placed with third party sources at any of the Asda stores across the UK.
For the third consecutive year, the Chilean fruit export industry attended one of the most important fairs in Europe, Fruit Attraction, which was held between Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 October in Madrid, Spain.
The trade association Germany (HDE) stresses in the recently published strategy for the internal market of the European Union (EU) the importance of a functioning and united economy in Europe.
The world's oceans are teeming with life, but rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a collapse in the marine food chain from the top down, researchers in Australia said Monday.
A new report and scorecard released today by several consumer, health, and environmental groups grades America’s 25 largest fast food and fast casual chains on their meat and poultry antibiotics policies, with all but five of them earning “F”s for allowi
The current state of supply chain for food and beverage industry in India represents a complex ecosystem linking millions of small participants including farmers, trade intermediaries, kirana shops, hawkers, unorganised food vendors, restaurants...
The bankruptcy of 100-year-old company GOES Transport caused a shockwave in the fruit and veg sector a year ago. Kivits-Drunen was about to double its new, conditioned distribution in Waalwijk, but when talking to GOES, it turned out that apart from mutua
The Spanish fruit sector is closer than ever to seeing the signing of the protocols that will allow the export to China and other potential Asian markets.
The EU must do more to help farmers to earn a fair return from the food supply chain, introduce better tools for dealing with market disturbances and help farmers to find new outlets for produce shut out of the Russian market, MEPs say in two non-binding
