QFFI's Global Seafood Magazine

Shrimp Market Outlook for New Year
Looks Like More of the Same in USA
High unemployment, more home mortgage foreclosures and bank loan defaults, government presses running overtime printing weak dollars, and shaken consumer spending confidence does not add up to rising appetites for shrimp partying. But we can hope – and promote sales!

Crisis Management and Value for Money:
Keys for Success During Trying Times
In an environment where middle-class consumers are curbing spending, retail price-cutting on some items is the ‘new normal.’ At the same time, top-end products are holding their own.

Spotlight on Egypt

Food Gate/Fresh Gate 2009 Opens Doors
To Scores of Delicious, Nutritious Products
Buyers enjoy charm of Sharm and warm hospitality during three-day B2B Matchmaking event showcasing a cornucopia of frozen offerings, fresh produce and much more.

Pizza Product Innovations

Dr. Oetker Introduces New Stone Oven Pizzas;
Pizza Bus Rolls and Podcasts Publicize Lines

Kraft Selling Off Frozen Pizza Business
to Nestlé in Surprise Move

Wagner Introduces Extra Crisp Pizza Line;
Nestlé Increases Stake in Company to 74%

News From Europe

Buyers’ Market for Vegetables and Spuds
Cuts into Profit Margins for Processors
So what’s in store for 2010? Leading producers and marketers from Belgium and the Netherlands provide their assessment of market conditions and future prospects.

Thomas Dafgard and Manfred Sassen
Shine with Golden Ice Crystal Awards
Gunnar Dafgard Chairman and former Executive Director of German Frozen Food Institute are both winners of Quick Frozen Foods International magazine’s prestigious prize.

Frozen Foods in North America

Impact of Recession on Organic Sales
Not Major, Suggests Recent Survey
“The organic food industry has an opportunity to instill trust and educate consumers as we work our way out of this recession,” says Mintel senior analyst David Browne.

Birds Eye Becomes Part of Pinnacle Foods
In $1.3 Billion Cash Deal

USA, Brazil Poultry Industries Cooperate,
Even While Competing

Warehousing World

Coldstores Keep Cool as Economic Crisis
Knocks at Door Of Europe’s Gateway
It’s “steady as she goes” for public refrigerated warehouse operators at Port of Rotterdam, as frozen food and juice concentrates enter and exit at fairly normal pace regardless of recession.

Mindset is A-Changing at Frigolanda,
As Company Workforce Shifts Gears
As a a number of key clients plan to grow, so too will this North European-based cold storage logistics company. The first step is is make the organization more ‘fit for change.’

Economic Crisis? What Crisis?
Coldstore Investments Continue

AmeriCold Again Tops in PRW Capacity
Followed by VersaCold, Millard, USCS
Global Top 25 total shows five percent increase in storage capacity over 2008.

Frozen Food Forum

How Sweet It is: Beating Wintertime Blues with Healthy Foods, Starting with Chocolate-covered Bananas, Mango and Pineapple