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the magazine for the frozen food industry May/June 2020 - volume 32 issue 3 > Frozen Finger Food > Optical Sorting > Exclusive Interview - Karin Tischer > US Frozen Food WILL HISTORY LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FOOD TRENDS IN TIMES RETAIL UP, REPEAT ITSELF? MINIMIZE WASTE OF CRISIS FOODSERVICE DOWN Content REGULARS 4 COMMENT Reaching Consumers Directly 6 NEWS News from Around the World 54 PRODUCT UPDATES Latest Innovations within the Industry MAY-JUNE 2020 VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3 FEATURES 42 TECHNOLOGY - FREEZING 8 FROZEN Spiraling Upwards BURGER MARKET The Plant-based 44 Revolution TECHNOLOGY – PROOFING, BAKING, COOLING 12 FROZEN Artisanal vs FINGER Processed FOOD Will History Repeat Itself? 46 COLD CHAIN & LOGISTICS COVID-19 and Its Impact 18 SNACKS AND PASTRIES on the Cold Chain Industry Preferences Vary Depending on Region 48 EXCLUSIVE 22 TRENDS IN INGREDIENTS INTERVIEW Focusing on Personalization Food Trends in Times of Crisis 28 INGREDIENTS & LABELING Europe Is Discussing Front of Pack Labeling 32 OPTICAL SORTING 52 US Latest Technologies Minimize Waste FROZEN FOOD Retail Up, Foodservice Down 36 FROZEN PIZZA Single-digit Growth 54 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – GCCA CEO Expected “Industry Growth, Sustainability and Labor Are Priorities” 40 FROZEN FOOD IN ITALY 56 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - SYNTEGON Increasing Innovation Is Expected Creating a Leaner Business Framework for to Drive the Market the Packaging Industry www.frozenfoodeurope.com 3 Comment By Dan Orehov, Managing Editor Managing Editor: DAN OREHOV [email protected] Advertising Sales Manager: ALEXANDRU JINGA [email protected] Web & Digital Editor: BOGDAN ANGHELUTA [email protected] Production Manager: MARIAN CILIBEANU [email protected] Circulation Manager: SIMONA DUMITRESCU REACHING [email protected] Worldwide contributors: CONSUMERS EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH MINTEL GROUP LTD JONATHAN THOMAS DIRECTLY MARKETS AND MARKETS IGD DIETER MAILÄNDER (Germany) ANN MARIE FOLEY (Ireland) he direct to consumer (DTC) frozen foods business is in the early Printing: stages of rapid growth. As many food types are becoming increasingly Sothis available on a direct to consumer basis, the share of total purchases allocated to frozen foods is higher in e-commerce than in brick and Published by: mortar sales. Frozen food is now one of the Top 10 items to purchase Trade Media Solutions Twhen buying groceries online. According to various opinions, consumers currently favor frozen foods as they provide convenience and save time, while also being perceived as safer. They come packaged, branded, and sealed, meaning the Executive Director: consumer does not need to trust a delivery person or personal shopper to choose RALUCA MIHAELA CANESCU a quality item. [email protected] Consumers have rapidly adopted to Managing Director: Studies have shown NICOLETA MARASESCU the time saving and variety expanding [email protected] options enabled by technology. Next that frozen foods are ” likely to see a day delivery, once considered fast, has become a norm in many areas while significant fraction of Publishing office: expectations for same day delivery are food ordered online 1 G-ral. David Praporgescu St., growing. Companies like FreshDirect for home delivery, it in 2nd floor, sector 2, Bucharest, and others have created expectations the context of the Romania about timely deliveries. Tel./fax: +40 21 315 90 31 COVID-19 pandemic. E-mail: [email protected] Moreover, studies have shown that Web: www.frozenfoodeurope.com frozen foods are likely to see a significant fraction of food ordered online for home delivery. Taking all this into account and placing it in the context of the COVID-19 Distribution: Frozen Food Europe is a pandemic, it is obvious that this particular crisis has already created opportunities for bi-monthly controlled circulation magazine, mailed to major frozen food direct to consumer business growth. Many companies are prioritizing their buyers who operate in the retail, e-commerce sales, since a significant number of people are shopping online at this foodservice, catering and private label areas, and also major further processing point in time. The result is clear: those who are already present in the e-commerce buyers and institutional buyers around space are seeing a spike in sales, while companies who fail to adapt to the “new Europe. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any normality” may not survive. Either way, one thing is certain: consumer behavior and form or by any means, electronic or shopping patterns have changed. mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information, storage or Is your business prepared for the post-COVID-19 era? Feel free to send your retrieval system, without the publisher’s written permission. thoughts at [email protected]. ISSN 1473-3382 Stay safe! n 4 May/June 2020 News US Global NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR GCCA BÜHLER GROUP The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) AND PREMIER announced that Matthew Ott, CAE, has been named the organization’s new TECH CREATE president & CEO. Ott succeeds outgoing President & CEO, Corey Rosenbusch who GLOBAL left the Association earlier this year to take PARTNERSHIP the helm as President & CEO of The Fertilizer Institute. “GCCA is a vibrant global association at the forefront of one of the The strategic cooperation between swiss of-the-art packaging solutions around the most critical industries in the world — the Bühler Group and Premier Tech from globe. Bühler will continue to service its perishable food supply chain,” Matthew Ott Canada, which started as a close existing installed base and will also focus said. “I look forward to working with the collaboration in August 2019, evolved on sales and service through its global staff and members on advancing the into a Joint Venture in China and customer service focus and total plant- organization and industry forward during ultimately grew to a global partnership solution expertise. this time of unprecedented change. for bulk packaging. This new partnership Bühler and Premier Tech have worked US will allow Bühler to access Premier closely together in the interest of forming Tech’s leading technologies in bagging a 50/50 joint venture in China, PT-Bühler, MCCAIN FOODS HALTS and palletizing either through the newly that will officially start on July 1, 2020. US PLANT EXPANSION created PT-Bühler joint venture in China, The aim of the joint venture is to As foodservice dropped is the US, frozen serving the world with cost-effective develop and market new cost-effective potato producer McCain Foods has put its packaging, or directly through Premier packaging solutions based on Premier expansion plans on pause. Last year, the Tech’s facilities for the high-end food feed Tech’s bagging expertise. Operating in Canadian company had announced its and grain markets worldwide. Wuxi, China, PT-Bühler will focus on intention to spend USD300m to expand its “The global partnership will serve serving the food and feed markets in Othello, Washington plant, which employs customers worldwide by building on China, and other markets moving over 450 workers and produces cca. 400m pounds of frozen products, started the Premier Tech’s recognized know-how in towards cost-effective automation. expansion in May 2019 and was expected the field of automated packaging “Customers will benefit from significantly to be completed in early 2021. The technologies while making full use of more efficient, and even more accurate company said it would review restarting Bühler’s strong international sales and and food safe packaging solutions thanks construction once safety measures are lifted service network,” André Noreau, CEO to automation technologies developed and business is back to normal. This move of Premier Tech’s Systems and by PT-Bühler,” Johannes Wick, CEO of was expected to follow a similar expansion Automation business said. Premier Tech Bühler’s Grains & Food business said. to its plant in Burley, Idaho. and Bühler are bringing their cooperation to new heights by offering adapted state- Global US & CANADA FROZEN FRUITS MARKET EXPECTED TO INCREASE NORTH AMERICAN The global frozen occurrences of COVID-19 at the global FROZEN BAKERY fruits market size level, is expected to expand the market MARKET TO GROW is expected to scope. In terms of product, tropical fruits The trend for frozen bakery products expand at a accounted for over 40% share of the among North Americans is becoming CAGR of 6,7% global revenue in 2019. The growing clearer each year. This product segment and reach popularity of tropical varieties, including is driving the regional food industry at a USD5.59bn by papaya, banana, and pineapple, as a key substantial rate. Currently, Americans 2027, according vitamin source among consumers, is and Canadians prefer baked ready-to- to a new report fueling the growth of the segment. eat products such as cakes, cookies, by Grand View Berries are expected to register a donuts, and snacks. Based on the data Research. As most international trade CAGR of 7.5% from 2020 to 2027, analyzed by Facts and Factors research has been affected by the pandemic, owing to the growing adoption of these company, the North America frozen consumers are expected to increasingly products in the formulation of various bakery products market in 2019 is over spend on the purchase of packaged beverages in developing countries, USD9.07bn and is anticipated to reach food items, such as frozen fruits. The including

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