By January of this year, companies that made foods containing detectable modified genetic materials were required to label them with a USDA-approved logo.

On Dec. 14, the FMI Foundation held a livestream for its 2022 Gold Plate Awards Celebration to recognize food industry companies and community organizations that have notable family meal programs.

Hormel Foods Corp. is partnering with Crisp, an open-data retail platform for the consumer goods industry, to leverage real-time data through Google Cloud.

Grocery retailers would be wise to consider partnering with a cloud kitchen provider, as Kroger and other industry leaders already have done.

The food industry, like most other sectors of the US economy, has been working hard to overcome hurdles in hiring and retention to keep their operations properly staffed.

FMI – The Food Industry Association has several initiatives focused on the workforce and on helping retailers and their supplier partners solve their labor-related problems. 

Inflation has compelled grocery retailers to keep price points at levels their hard-hit customers can afford. Stocking more single-serve packs is one way of doing just that.

In 2021, San Ramon, Calif.-based Raybern’s was dealing with labor shortages and the lingering effects of the COVID peak. In 2022, Raybern’s made many of the new hires it had its sites set on last year. And America continues to get back to doing the things we all did pre-pandemic.

Oakwood, Ga.-based Wayne-Sanderson Farms reports similar strong demand for its grocery sous vide products, said Beau Batchelor, the shipper’s corporate research chef for product development.

Sterling, Va.-based sous vide category leader Cuisine Solutions Inc. has received a $250 million investment from Bain Capital to accelerate its growth and global expansion.