Has the pandemic given us a snacking problem? Problem or opportunity? It’s all a matter of perspective. One thing is for sure; our national snacking habits gained significant attention over the past couple of pandemic years – and not solely in trade and business publications. SNACK SALES HEAT UP It’s not as if snacking is […]
Archives for January 2022
Sustainability – a wasted opportunity
Sustainability – a wasted opportunityPet food lags market in sustainable packaging Sifting through my inbox at the beginning of each year is always a bit daunting, so it’s not surprising I just unearthed a Mintel report from the first week of the new year. It’s on the state of sustainable packaging for pet food. The […]
Tree Top’s Food Safety Journey – Part II
Tree Top’s Food Safety Journey – Part IIBad bugs, bad bugs, whatcha gonna do? It really doesn’t take much of the wrong organism – Listeria, E. coli, Clostridium – to make a person ill. So, when we start to design our food preservation systems, one of the first questions we need to answer is: How many organisms […]
Strawberry Acreage 2022
Strawberry acreage for winter and spring fresh market production has risen substantially in 2022 versus 2021 according to the 2022 Acreage Survey of the California Strawberry Commission. Growers have collectively planted more than ten thousand additional acres this year (with most of that coming in Central Mexico). California has added eighteen hundred additional acres. California […]
