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RFA mourns the loss of longtime technical director, Martin Mitchell

Mitchell passed away after a four-year battle with leukemia.

January 5, 2022

The Refrigerated Foods Association (RFA) is mourning the loss of Martin Mitchell, who passed away on December 19, 2021 after a four-year battle with leukemia. Marty served as the Refrigerated Foods Association’s Technical Director almost since the group’s inception in 1980.

Industry News

Obituary: Spraying Systems Co.'s Tim Oberg

Director of Spraying Systems' food and pharmaceutical team passes away at 53

Casey Laughman

January 30, 2020

Tim Oberg, director of the food and pharmaceutical team at Spraying Systems Co., passed away on Nov. 15, 2019, after battling cancer.

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Obituary: Former Food Engineering editor Charles Morris Jr., 1934-2018

Award-winning journalist spent 24 years with Food Engineering

Casey Laughman

July 26, 2018

Former Food Engineering editor Charles Morris Jr. passed away July 12 at the age of 84.

Mars banned from selling M&M’s in Sweden

Forrest Mars Jr., who helped build candy empire, dies at 84

Jeremy Gerrard

July 29, 2016

Forrest E. Mars Jr. died on Tuesday. He was 84.

Hickory Farms founder dies at 96

Jeremy Gerrard

April 15, 2016

Richard K. Ransom, founder of the Toledo, OH-based specialty foods company Hickory Farms, died Monday at the age of 96.

Subway co-founder dead at 67

Jeremy Gerrard

September 16, 2015

Weeks after the company celebrated 50 years of business, Subway announced one of its co-founders Fred DeLuca died Monday evening, two years after he was diagnosed with Leukemia.

Ferrero owner dies on Valentine’s Day

Jeremy Gerrard

February 16, 2015

Michele Ferrero, owner of the Ferrero Confectionary Group, died at his home in Monaco at the age of 89 on Feb. 14.

Tootsie Roll CEO dies at 95

Jeremy Gerrard

January 23, 2015

Melvin Gordon, the CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries has died this week at the age of 95.

Keystone Foods founder Herb Lotman dies at 80

Jeremy Gerrard

May 9, 2014

Philadelphia native Herb Lotman, the founder of Keystone Foods, the supplier of McDonald’s hamburger patties, died Thursday from complications of heart failure.