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Category Report: Back to School Snacks

Grab-and-go packs become a lunchbox go-to

Packs for kids snacks must offer easy-open packaging.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
August 28, 2024
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School feeding occasions don’t just mean lunch anymore, with before- and after-school eating occasions expanding.


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Kamala Harris

Harris campaign aiming to make food prices a political issue

Democratic presidential hopeful suggests a federal ban on price gouging on groceries with emphasis on rising meat prices.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
August 15, 2024
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The candidate blames price gouging on groceries for a large part of rising consumer food costs.


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x-ray Inspection System
Special Report: Food Safety

Cold chain maintenance and inspection interventions

The operative word in cold chain is “cold” – so adequate temperature control capacity is key.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
August 5, 2024
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Meat and poultry processors and distributors implement measures to ensure the sanitation and the safety of products.


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deli sandwich
The Deli Report 2024

Sales trending up for deli meats

Pre-sliced and packaged deli meat sales both show recent sales upturns, but deli prepared meat sales are even hotter.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
July 31, 2024
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The deli category meshes with consumers’ desire for convenience and trying interesting new foods.


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2024 Processor of the Year: Seaboard Foods

A major plant expansion to enhance employee well-being and retention coupled with a broadened operational capacity to produce pork grinds earns Seaboard Foods The National Provisioner’s 2024 Processor of the Year honors.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
July 3, 2024
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Facility upgrades along with new leadership position the pork processor to fulfill growing consumer demand for ground pork products.


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RMC 2024 product development session

Customer focus holds key to product development

RMC 2024 workshop incorporates retailer, suppler, foodservice and tech perspectives.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
July 2, 2024
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AI adds a new approach to developing products.


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man seasoning meat
The Foodservice Report 2024

Trend away from sit-down eating occasions fuels foodservice product innovation

Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
June 26, 2024
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As post-pandemic changes in the way Americans interface with foodservice settle in to long-term dining habits, Applebee's on date night increasingly ain’t nothin’ but a Walker Hayes tune – or as Mick Jagger put it, goodbye, Ruby Tuesday.


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77th Reciprocal Meat Conference focuses on product development strategies

Functional broths offer processors flexibility in crafting formulations.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
June 18, 2024
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Educational session covers challenges and strategies for developing clean-label protein products.


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Cows Grazing

2024 Top 100 Meat and Poultry Processors: Navigating High Prices and Consumer Shifts

The general trend is companies’ revenues are up from 2023, some significantly.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
June 3, 2024
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Cash-strapped consumers are looking for value, and many food producers’ bottom lines prove they are finding ways to deliver.


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Beef steaks on the grill with flames
Category Report: Beef

Market adapting to higher beef prices

On the buyer side, imported beef helps offset lower domestic beef availability.
Fred Wilkinson
Fred Wilkinson
May 28, 2024
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Producers hold cattle on feed for longer due to lower grain prices and reduced slaughtering.


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