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Fra' Mani champions traditional culinary methods

Fra’ Mani helps foodservice and retail customers elevate deli selections with traditional, chef-driven products.

Sammy Bredar

April 28, 2025

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Lawyer and James Beard Award--winning chef team up to form a salumi company.

Consumers are looking for new and innovative flavors within deli products, but still like the classics

The Deli Report

2016 Deli Report: Scaling up

The deli counter is transforming into a haven for prepared foods, but sliced meats continue to do well by promoting their natural, convenient attributes.

Megan Pellegrini

August 11, 2016

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A person would be forgiven if they confused a grocery store deli for a fast-casual restaurant or vice versa.

The Deli Report

2015 Deli Report: Protein prospectors

Having reached a saturation point in the lunch meat market, processors and their customers are testing innovative product ideas elsewhere in the deli.

Richard Mitchell

July 10, 2015

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Meat and poultry, which traditionally have been powerful supermarket deli magnets, are becoming less forceful.

Slicers sharpen up

Megan Pellegrini

March 11, 2015

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Slicers are inherently dangerous to employees, so it’s no wonder processors are reviewing new technologies that will automate sanitation and cutting procedures.

NYC's Hansel 'n Gretel Brand deli processor ceases operations

June 13, 2014

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After 140 years in New York City and 60 years in the Rattner Family, Hansel ‘n Gretel Brand, Inc. announced today that it will be ceasing its operations.

Deli Star Corporation Receives SQF Certification

April 8, 2014

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Deli Star Corporation is pleased to announce that they have achieved level 2 Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification with a 95%.

Deli Star Partners with Food and Drink Resources

April 8, 2014

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Deli Star Corporation produces high quality cooked meats for America’s fine sandwich makers, protein salad makers and food service personnel.

2013 Deli Report

Slicing gets versatile

Elizabeth Fuhrman

September 24, 2013

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For processors, cleanly sliced proteins mean no tearing, smearing, or frayed and torn edges, in addition to no separation from core binding within the slices.

Processor of the Year: Land O'Frost

Locked and loaded

Without wavering, Land O’Frost has followed its long-term growth plan, expanded via acquisition and invested significantly in product and process innovations.

Andy Hanacek

June 8, 2012

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Land O’Frost has posted a growth curve that has outpaced its overall category in each of the last 10 years — including the last two or three years of recession and inflation.

Deli processing: Cost crunch

Andy Hanacek

October 25, 2011

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Deli processors face many of the same challenges as the rest of the industry, with the rising cost of commodities sticking out like a sore thumb among them.