Month: March 2011

The results are in and Maple Leaf Natural Selections has won the 2011 Product of the Year in the Fresh Deli category as voted by Canadian consumers! Natural Selections, a line of deli meats made with wholesome and simple ingredients people can actually pronounce and containing no added preservatives or artificial ingredients, was selected following a national survey of more than 5,900 Canadian consumers. …

Specialty food maker Premium Brands Holdings Corp said its quarterly earnings fell 26 percent as expenses rose and it expects beef and other commodities to remain costly for a year at least. Premium Brands said prices will go up in its retail segment, which sells products such as processed meat, meat snacks, sandwiches, deli products and baked goods, from the second quarter. …

How does one create a business that can thrive in an economy that is slow to mend? It is as simple as giving people something of value. Start-up company Healthy Snackin believes they are doing exactly that by creating and providing healthy meat snacks through their ecommerce website www.HealthySnackin.com. …

Zweigle’s Inc., a Rochester, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,997 pounds of bologna products that may be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …

Wornick Foods, a leading manufacturer of convenience foods and customized meal solutions, announced it will undertake a new initiative to commercialize microwave assisted thermal sterilization technology (MATS). MATS is a newly developed, FDA approved process for sterilizing foods that can dramatically improve food quality over traditional food processing techniques. …