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Refrigerated & Frozen Foods
Since the first modern-day supermarket opened nearly a century ago, there had been little change in the grocery retail space, until very recently with the emerging popularity of e-commerce. While other online retail had seen growth early on, the trend took longer to make its mark on grocery. In fact, new research and insights from Acosta show that 97 percent of all consumer packaged goods dollars are still being spent in brick-and-mortar retail stores. However, the ability to click and collect and purchase boxed-meal delivery services is evidence that U.S. grocery shoppers are warming to online retail, as 28 percent now prefer to purchase groceries online regularly.
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Food Business News
More than half of consumers report they’re familiar with “clean label,” but just 38 percent indicated a strong understanding of its exact definition, according to preliminary results of new research by Kerry.
Rather, the study reflected that respondents have a multifaceted interpretation of the commonly used industry term. Participants associated popular descriptors such as “all natural,” “non-genetically modified organisms” and “no additives or preservatives” with the term as well as other product attributes such as “farm grown,” “sustainably produced,” “minimally processed” and “made with real ingredients.”
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The Explorer via Tucson Local Media
Caught up in the winds surrounding the current occupant of the White House is a major piece of legislation. While it doesn’t involve health care or tax reform, it affects all of us.
It’s called NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact that has been in place for 23 years, one that President Donald Trump called “the worst trade deal ever.” He also made a campaign-trail promise to “tear it up.”
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Forbes
Congress returned to Washington after the July 4 recess with no shortage of pressing issues on its plate. One particular legislative matter on Congress’ docket offers an opportunity for bipartisan regulatory reform. Federal regulations affect almost every aspect of our lives, yet their impacts aren’t at all transparent. Like spending programs, government regulations pursue policies to achieve important social goals, such as clean air or food safety. But, unlike spending programs financed through taxes, neither Congress nor the president is accountable to the public for whether those goals are achieved or how much they cost.
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Food Safety News
The Agriculture Department is helping scientists at the Agricultural Research Service in Fort Pierce, Florida, develop a small plastic pouch to make food safer. Sanitizers are often used to kill microbes on produce. Food processors in the U.S. add chlorine to wash water in produce packing operations as a preventative measure, and in Europe, chlorine dioxide is sometimes pumped into storage rooms to sanitize produce.
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NPR
A new law in Maine lets towns regulate local food production. Supporters say it makes it easier for people to buy raw and organic foods locally. Opponents fear it could lead to lax food safety.
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USAgNet
Russia has extended a ban on produce from the U.S. and the European Union through the end of 2018.
A Russian government news release says the ban, first enacted in August 2014, includes products from the U.S., European Union member countries, and Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The ban had been set to expire Jan. 1, but Russia extended it after the EU extended its trade sanctions on Russia through Jan. 31.
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DairyReporter.com
As the desserts sector continues to grow, clean label company Ulrick & Short has added to its delyte range.
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AFP via Phys.org
Global demand for food and agriculture products is projected to slow "considerably" over the next decade, mainly due to weakening consumption in China, the U.N. food agency said. Over the 10-year period beginning this year, growth in the demand for agricultural products "will slow considerably compared to the previous decade," the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization predicted in a newly released report.
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USAgNet
Mexico is no longer the biggest buyer of corn from the U.S., a sign that trade tensions are pushing American grain toward other markets while its southern neighbor lines up new suppliers.
Bloomberg reports that sales to Mexico through May were $1.04 billion, down 6.7 percent from a year earlier. That contrasts with the 32 percent increase for the overall value of U.S. corn exports in the period, during which the average dollar value of the commodity was little changed. Japan boosted its purchases 53 percent to $1.19 billion to become the largest importer of American corn.
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Food Business News
Creamy turns curdy. Pliable becomes brittle. Smooth gets grainy. Thin thickens and glossy loses its sheen. These are ways the texture of dairy foods may change during shelf life when ingredient interactions, process and even distribution are not carefully considered and monitored during product development.
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Refrigerated & Frozen Foods
The grocery landscape is changing. What were once considered futuristic technologies like drones, robots and artificial intelligence are now merging with grocery retail to expand and reshape the shopping experience.
In fact, Consumer Reports likens this change to a “retail revolution,” one that shows consumers demanding fresher produce, organic choices, low prices and more convenience from their grocers. In fact, this study says that U.S. shoppers are willing to go beyond their neighborhood supermarket to get what they want.
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Meat and Poultry News
C.H. Guenther & Son Inc. recently became the new owner of Les Plats du Chef, a manufacturer of gourmet frozen foods based in Montreal, Quebec. The company was acquired from Claridge Inc., a private investment firm owned by Stephen Bronfman. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Chef Michel Lachapelle and his wife founded Plats du Chef in 1981 as a manufacturer of chef-quality appetizers. The business eventually expanded to include a variety of frozen foods. Claridge acquired Plats du Chef in 2002, and the business grew to include frozen soups, dips, snacks, appetizers and meals with a customer base of retail and food service clients.
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