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Fabulous Food Plant: Hormel's Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul

December 6, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Hormel’s Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul. A quarter century had passed since Hormel Foods had commissioned a new production facility. In designing its Dubuque plant, engineers aimed to create a facility that would be contemporary for the next 25 years.
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Supply Chain: Demand-driven production

December 5, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Mastery of the supply chain can yield tremendous cost savings for food companies, but only if production is aligned with what will sell in the months ahead.
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Plant of the Year: Shearer's Foods Rethinks the Food Plant

April 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Some additional upfront cost already is paying dividends to this manufacturing organization, with the biggest returns yet to come.
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Tech Update: Cooking & Frying

March 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Improved energy efficiency, fun shapes, healthier eating: myriad market demands are driving changes in commercial cooking and frying systems.
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The Case for High Benefit Lighting

February 1, 2011
By Jaan Koel, Contributing Editor
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There’s a lot more to new lighting advancements than just saving money.
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Ingredient shrinkage cut from 1.25 to 0.25 percent

February 1, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Powder blending facility had dust everywhere-dust that should have been in products, not on floors, equipment.
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