Key Technology's Zephyr is designed to move product with minimal bounce to protect product quality and reduce noise.

Whole Foods will carry Afia’s best-selling frozen falafel flavors, Afia’s Traditional Falafel and Afia Garlic & Herb Falafel, at close to 400 stores nationwide.

Sweet Earth Foods has rolled out two new frozen entrée bowls, Korean BBQ-Style Chik'n and Cacio e Pepe. Both bowls are Non-GMO Project Verified, vegan, and made with veggie-forward ingredients; each serving includes between 15 – 16 grams of protein and 5 – 7 grams of fiber. 

Saffron Road is launching two new Asian-style frozen meals, available in stores starting in July.

Featuring full slices of deli meat and real cheese wrapped in a soft roll, each convenient thaw-and-eat sandwich is made to be taken on-the-go frozen and ready to enjoy fresh by lunchtime.

Read up on the growing frozen ready-meal market as well as how inflation has accelerated private label share and penetration in this installment of Nuts & Bolts.

Southern Style Jumbo Shrimp is a jumbo butterfly shrimp in a pickle brined breading with a sweet mustard barbecue sauce.

DiGiorno has launched Stuffed Pizza Bites—snack-sized rolls of its flagship pizza made with 100% real cheese. 

The J.M. Smucker Co. is investing $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility and distribution center in McCalla, Alabama, dedicated to production of Smucker’s Uncrustables sandwiches. Construction of the facility is expected to begin in January 2022, with production planned for 2025. 

From current macroeconomic conditions to the pandemic to dealing with change, two private label food manufacturers open up about how their companies thrive.