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| Prospects good for rising sale of frozens, seen as comfort food in uncertain times: the current poor economic climate is actually stimulating demand, as consumers regard frozen food products as terrific value for money, says UK coldstore executive Garry Tilburn. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
373 |
| Quick Frozen Foods International Magazine celebrates 50 Golden Years of Publication. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
11452 |
| Solar flares green in garden state, generating electricity at hall's warehouses: with over 20,000 solar panels producing 3.2 megawatts of energy, the company is second to none when it comes to rooftop solar power output among private industries in New Jersey. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
1090 |
| Golden Ice Crystal Awards going to Thomas Dafgard and Manfred Sassen for their shining marks of distinction. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
637 |
| European vegetable processors focus on sustainability for future generations: frozen production, led by Belgium and Poland, rises 5.37% to top 3.4 million tons in 2008. Will EC plan for reducing use of plant protection products dramatically cut post-2013 output? |
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Jul 1, 2009 |
3119 |
| European Seafood Exposition busy enough as buyers, sellers face down recession: a funny thing happened on way to the world's premier fishery products forum in Brussels this year--hotel rates in the usually high-priced city were falling and spare room capacity was reported following cancellations. But, recession or not, the seafood show must go on! |
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Jul 1, 2009 |
1307 |
| India: deep and wide ocean of opportunity for sustainably increasing fishery exports. |
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Jul 1, 2009 |
333 |
| Frozen food forum: yes, you too can make history with QFFI in October of 2009. |
Company overview |
Jul 1, 2009 |
766 |
| Crunch time for Aviko in The Netherlands, 'Super Crunch Oven Frites' time, that is! |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
572 |
| German innovators fight recession blues with 'can do' credo and red-hot products: adapting, overcoming and persevering during hard economic times takes a positive attitude and a smart slogan to start with. Something like: 'we can do it--yes we can!'. |
Company overview |
Apr 1, 2009 |
2809 |
| Nestle has big slice of sandwich market; Red Baron takes off with Panini Singles: Stouffer's rolls flatbread melts into supermarket freezer cases, while hot pockets launches Deli-Style Panini. Schwan's Red Baron is airborne with 'grilled & crispy' French Bread line. |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
634 |
| Who will finance Coldstore inventories now that banks are begging for bailouts? Outgoing Thermotraffic CEO expects acceleration in demand for just-in-time deliveries, as frozen food producers and distributors cut costs to remain competitive during recession. |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
1153 |
| Nordfrost, German cold storage leader, looks to expand beyond home market: "the global supply chain is becoming more and more an international business, and we intend to be an integral part of it," says Ole Kraft, managing director of Nordfrost. |
Industry overview |
Apr 1, 2009 |
788 |
| Business remains sweet at Tiefkuhlcenter, as demand for ice cream products is hot. |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
588 |
| When downsizing in the shrimp business may not be so bad. |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
765 |
| Riding the wild waves of recession requires skilled hands at the helm: as Dutch and Belgian shrimp and value-added fish product marketers prepare for what the new year will bring in today's storm-tossed economy, they are confidently up for the task. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2009 |
3999 |
| Smoking-hot IbroMar products right on time to welcome 2009. |
Cover story |
Jan 1, 2009 |
566 |
| Silver lining seen in darkening clouds: frozen sales should heat up in hard times: retail movement of value-for-money products expected to surge as recession lengthens. Well managed fast food outlets, many of which rely heavily on frozen ingredients, should weather storm. Traditional cafe-bars and family restaurants, on other hand, are already hurting. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2009 |
4678 |
| In today's trying times of economic unease tasty potato comfort food is sure to please. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
1037 |
| In face of stiff economic headwinds, SIAL sails on as food show par excellence: healthy-eating and good-tasting frozen food products are spotlighted at Paris exhibition. Well-being, natural goodness and nutrition are buzz words increasingly accented among leading processors and savvy chefs from around the wide world of creative cuisine. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
1299 |
| Back to potato roots: good, nutritious food for tough times. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
775 |
| Global company with local presence, JBT FoodTech systems get job done. |
Company overview |
Oct 1, 2008 |
1457 |
| Good times roll for coldstores in Europe; recession could heat up frozen business: Eurofrigo/Nichirei executive assesses state of European scene at Trends Forum in Washington. |
Editorial |
Oct 1, 2008 |
684 |
| Fond goodbye to Per-Oskar Persson: scientist, engineer, inventor, technical genius and freezing equipment pioneer. |
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Oct 1, 2008 |
747 |
| Aviko opens up potato flake plant in PRC, rolls out retail ready meals in Holland. |
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Jul 1, 2008 |
880 |
| Sustainable integrated cultivation yields top quality potato products. |
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Jul 1, 2008 |
885 |
| Major buyers shop show in Bangkok in search of tasty (and safe) food: Frozens abound at fair, which featured products from 1,011 exhibitors and 32 countries. Visitors numbered 21,833, led by contingents from Malaysia, the USA, Singapore, Japan and PRC. |
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Jul 1, 2008 |
1213 |
| Food safety, sustainability, labor practices and politics. |
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Jul 1, 2008 |
810 |
| Check out a copy of The Coolest Thing, a very cool read from cover to cover. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
797 |
| Snapshots of Hamburg's Internorga show: Europe's place for setting foodservice pace. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
385 |
| America loves shrimp, but apparently not as passionately last year as in '06: imports are down. Is it because of a weak dollar, or anti-dumping tariffs and customs bonding? |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
1485 |
| MPEDA ever steady at the helm of evolving fish & seafood scene. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
1940 |
| Value-added tuna production gears up at Allied Exim Foods. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
565 |
| Seafood processing sparkles along India's southeastern coast. |
Company overview |
Apr 1, 2008 |
1999 |
| Following hot year for frozen foods, Germany braces for cold sticker shock: the German retail market was up in 2008, with A-brand ready meals sales posting gain of 20%. That was well ahead of private label's +8%. But with prices rising, what's next? |
Company overview |
Apr 1, 2008 |
4115 |
| Innovative value-added new products roll into supermarkets and onto menus: like May flowers, value-added spud specialties are popping up all over the landscape this spring, as supermarket freezer cases warm up consumers with hot potato offerings. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
1592 |
| Polish eyes are smiling in the Emerald Isle, where Polfrost supplies a growing market. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
457 |
| Port of Virginia facilities point the way to and from major United States markets: long a popular call for trans-Atlantic container ships unloading East Coast-destined cargo and picking up outbound goods, in recent years China has topped the TEU charts on both imports and exports. Belgium ranks second as an export destination. |
Company overview |
Apr 1, 2008 |
2493 |
| Farewell to Henry Branstetter: seafood industry pioneer, longtime consultant to QFFI, and a good friend of mine. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
830 |
| Ysco probiotic fruity tastes good, and is good for digestive health. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
488 |
| Was Saint Nicholas naughty or nice in delivering end-of-year sales results? As this story was filed, numbers were still being crunched but optimism was in the air. Demand for seafood products is healthy, and the strong euro makes for buying opportunities--but rising production costs tend to offset that advantage. Look for higher consumer prices in 2008. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2008 |
1946 |
| Benelux bumper crop relaxes prices, after sky-high levels the year before: a return to "normalcy," whatever that may mean these days, is welcomed alike by processors and buyers of finished potato products. Expanding markets, both in Europe and in the developing world, are increasingly hungry for value-added spuds ranging from fries to mash. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
1836 |
| Vegetable firms hot commodities in '07, as green scene becomes less serene: scarcity of precious peas reaches historic level in Europe. Couple that with zero or near-zero carryover of key vegetable varieties, and it is no surprise that prices are shooting up. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2008 |
2951 |
| Herbafrost's frozen Purple and Thai Basil increasingly make European Cuisine scene. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
384 |
| Buyers zoom in on frozen food hall, where creative exhibits are wall to wall: surf's up with Potato Waves; toaster is popping hot with Toasty Meat Snacks; Pizza is served in a cone; Chik'n Stick Oriental Finger Food point the way; and Hurray for BollyFood. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
2599 |
| Busy times at coldstores in Holland, as operators keep up with the pace: multiple factors converge to result in tight space availability at Dutch refrigerated warehouses during 2007. Are rates, therefore, poised to rise at long last? Maybe. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
1264 |
| 'Big wheels' keep on turning for Frigo Group Logistics clients. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
554 |
| Frozen Food '07 menu serves Chinese takeout & more. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
541 |
| Golden ice crystals for Van den Broekes and Schon. |
Editorial |
Oct 1, 2007 |
654 |
| Ecuador's tropical fruit pulp great to gulp as cool, refreshing exotic beverage treats. |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
946 |
| With flour power again in full flower, pastamania shapes up as meant: al dente: now that carbohydrate-counting is out of favor, consumers are increasingly reaching for carbladen flavor to savor. Among the ways that frozen food makers are dishing it out are with durum and semolina flour-based pasta in all their many creative forms. Mangiare! |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
2176 |
| Frozen food stars shine in Taiwan, where east meets west in taste fest: over four days of moveable feasting among buyers, sellers and other fair-goers fared well. There was plenty to indulge in, ranging from traditional meat and seafood-filled dumplings and juicy buns, to sensational shumai, succulent skewered eel and tasty tilapia, to ethnic spaghetti, sweet potatoes, custard pastries, moon cakes and much more. |
Editorial |
Jul 1, 2007 |
2627 |
| Frozen broccoli is king of the mountain, or rather the Andes plateau, in Ecuador: representing 65% of the country's vegetable exports, the healthy-eating, compact brassica varieties are highly regarded by discriminating buyers in Japan, Europe and North America. |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
1932 |
| Frozen food forum: Green vegetables Vs. green cars, at what cost? |
Conference notes |
Jul 1, 2007 |
914 |
| Casualties mount in shrimp trade war, but us consumers are not among them: importers suffer, along with producers and exporters from countries hit with anti-dumping duties. The price of shrimp sold in some US retail markets is now as inexpensive as chicken. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
1318 |
| Organic shrimp, value-added ceviche tuna, tilapia and more from Ecuador: farmers raising shrimp and fish in productive South Pacific coastal ponds along the equator can harvest almost three times a year, guaranteeing steady supplies to buyers worldwide. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
3460 |
| Alaska pollock by far the 'King Fish' as raw material for popular products: packing plants from Bremerhaven and Emden to Wilhelmshaven and Luneburg rely on the single-frozen versatile whitefish which is sourced from waters certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
2454 |
| German retail frozen food innovators are 'forever young' with new products: health, wellness, natural, organic, low-fat and light delight marketers and consumers alike. So do ethnic flavors to savor, ranging from Thai and Indonesian to Indian-inspired cuisine. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
3884 |
| Taking the frozen food express 'Metro' in Beijing. |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
895 |
| Devi Marine, tiger of shrimp production, sees new opportunities in tuna business. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
410 |
| Strong marketing and weak dollar make for good year on EU shrimp scene. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
2272 |
| Shortages on vegetable and potato front suggest high prices will go even higher: wacky weather whacks farmers and processors at a time when healthy demand for frozen greens requires steady supply. Will there be enough to last until the next crop comes in? |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
3027 |
| On healthy green cuisine scene, d'Arta menu offers flavor to savor. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2007 |
1518 |
| Maximizing quality and quantity starts with working the good earth. |
Company overview |
Jan 1, 2007 |
971 |
| Retail trade visitors pour into SIAL, followed by foodservice professionals: retail personnel and buyers represented 44% of the 140,423 visitor count from 191 countries that attended the Paris exhibition. Frozen food hall was hot, in more ways than one. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
1359 |
| Prices: what comes down must go up, and that's exactly what's happening! Shortage of good-quality processing material sends futures prices sky-high. Promotion switches to products other than french fries, which are running short in more ways than one. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
2536 |
| Slicing and dicing demographic data, pizza makers heat up frozen sales: there's a lot more in the freezer aisle than traditional products aimed at children, single-person households, calorie-conscious dieters and informal party makers. From the USA and United Kingdom to continental Europe, variety spices up consumer choice. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
1355 |
| Snowman's cold chain links all of Indian subcontinent. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
288 |
| India's passage to world class seafood producer status. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
582 |
| Beating the odds, India's exports of seafood reach an all-time high. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
1432 |
| Farmed shrimp, scampi account for 83% of shellfish export value. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
1816 |
| Value-added products take lead in Indian Seafood brand-building. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
1680 |
| India's leading surimi producer gets bigger and thinks fresh. |
Company overview |
Oct 1, 2006 |
979 |
| Frozen Convenience Foods International: at long last, an exclusive show for you. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
610 |
| Check the oil for non-hydrogenation, sir? Fry guys tank up on low to no trans fat: what's hot on the value-added potato scene? Reduction or elimination of hydrogenated oils, which contain trans fatty acids, in favor of Canola and other high oleic oils. On the retail new product front, Extra Crispy range from Ore-Ida now serves up as breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
2187 |
| Frozen superstars on rise in China, just check out Wal-Mart Supercenter. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
794 |
| US shrimp importers as snail darters: who will protect this vanishing breed? With every Federal action in Washington there's a reaction. Implementation of continuous bond requirements are not bonds that tie, and should die, as far as importers are concerned. |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
2352 |
| With Unilever mega brands on block, potential buyers & suppliers take stock: frozen food industrialists in Germany, along with their colleagues throughout Europe, wait to see how new ownership of Iglo and Birds Eye brands will affect their business in future. |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
6290 |
| Marketing and promotions gearing up in US for premium, wild-caught shrimp. |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
561 |
| European shrimp scene ever competitive; same goes for surimi and flatfish sectors: from-the-field reports from Morubel, Primstar, IbroMar,, Vichiunai and Vichiunai suggest that business, while not easy, remains profitable for smart players. |
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Jan 1, 2006 |
3331 |
| Frozen potato producers plow ahead in tough, price-driven environment: in strategy to widen thin margins, manufacturers look to further cultivate overseas markets and roll out value-added novelties and fat-subtracted, healthy-eating products. McCain to shut down Hoofddorp plant in move to produce more efficiently at other EU facilities in Holland and France. |
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Jan 1, 2006 |
2929 |
| Pea shortage pushes up free market prices; other stocks expected to tighten by spring: vegetable processors hope that economic realities will now sink in among wholesale, retail and industrial buyers, most of whom have stubbornly resisted higher-cost contracts in recent years. |
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Jan 1, 2006 |
1810 |
| Thinking flexibly outside of the box conveys bag solutions into the box. |
Company Profile |
Oct 1, 2005 |
1593 |
| Team USA in Virginia designs, builds and services North & South America. |
Company Profile |
Oct 1, 2005 |
1444 |
| Guiding with vision and a firm grip conveys ultra efficiency down the line. |
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Oct 1, 2005 |
1049 |
| Come Hellish Hurricanes or high water, the deluged Gulf Coast will rise again. |
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Oct 1, 2005 |
640 |
| Mr. Potato Head deployed in exercise to pump up healthy image of tubers: from naturally nutritious and always delicious slogans, to floats high above the streets of New York City, the healthy potato message could not be more clear: Spuds r good for us. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
1449 |
| New distribution center in Bethlehem widens US Cold's northeast presence; state-of-art facility in Pennsylvania bolsters East Coast USA network that includes another new refrigerated warehouse in Florida, plus operations in Delaware and North Carolina. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
3653 |
| Is there really a fat epidemic in USA? The food police say so, others say no. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
721 |
| Despite high inventories in coldstores, shrimp prices in US poised to edge up; after a year of uncertainty over import tariffs, basic market forces should return to the forefront in 2005. Supply, demand, currency exchange rates, cost of production and financing will shape pricing. |
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Apr 1, 2005 |
2045 |
| Outsourcing of frozen products on rise as German industry survives and strives: caught between a squeezing vise of high domestic production costs and low purchase prices paid by retail buyers, manufacturers increasingly look east and south for supplies. And it's not just raw materials, but also pre-cooked protein and finished products. |
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Apr 1, 2005 |
4571 |
| Born to be wild versus down on the farm? It doesn't and shouldn't have to be that way. |
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Apr 1, 2005 |
686 |
| Importers, distributors and producers greet New Year with guarded optimism; plummeting dollar made 2004 a buyer's market and kept check on prices of imported products sold in Europe. Domestic flatfish producers, however, are still being pinched by quotas. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
3429 |
| Cost cutting coupled with creativity, the one-two combination for success: with no sign of price pressure relief coming from customers with massive buying power, frozen food producers with staying power innovate to ameliorate the bottom line. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
1226 |
| Price pressure on vegetable producers shows no sign of easing anytime soon: it's the same old story: enormous over capacity coupled with demands from deep discount-minded retail buyers keep the squeeze on the frozen vegetable sector. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
2197 |
| Time to pause, reflect and lend comfort. |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2005 |
229 |
| Big splash with little ones. |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2005 |
159 |
| Worth crowing about. |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2005 |
158 |
| Farm Frites direction straight ahead with value adding as the driving force. |
Interview |
Oct 1, 2004 |
1591 |
| Frozen organic market grows, naturally. |
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Oct 1, 2004 |
546 |
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