According to the report, each direct job in the frozen industry supported 4.35 jobs elsewhere in the US economy in 2012. 

UK’s R&R Ice Cream, owned by funds controlled by PAI Partners, France, and Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, are in advanced discussions to set up a new joint venture covering ice cream based in Europe and Africa. The proposed joint venture will capitalize on the strengths and innovation expertise of the two companies.

Pierino Frozen Foods, Inc. is said to be one of the first prepared foods processors to harness new cryogenic ‘rolling-wave’ technology to individually quick-freeze (IQF) gourmet pasta out of its 30,000-square-foot, SQF-certified facility in Lincoln Park, Mich.The CRYOLINE CW IQF freezer, patented by Linde LLC, Murray Hill, N.J., uses a proprietary rolling-wave action to keep IQF products separate as they freeze.

The American Frozen Food Institute expressed its support of bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would give elementary schools greater access to serving a range of fruit and vegetable snacks.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company have the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15 recall.

General Mills, Inc. announced Thursday it will sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, Inc., for approximately $765 million.

General Mills has voluntarily recalled a limited quantity of frozen Cascadian Farm Cut Green Beans produced over two days in March of last year.

 Because of the limited production capacity while producing in one facility, it will re-enter parts of 15 states in five phases. 

 Global sales of ice cream reached $50 billion for the first time in 2014. 

 The two-part series will begin on September 15.