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Running on Ice: The cold chain needs a little warmup

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Once upon a time, there was a study that found that raising temperatures in ultracold freezers to minus 15 degrees Celsius versus the typical minus 18 boosted energy efficiency and had no effect on the quality or life span of the frozen food. Researchers asked cold storage companies and shippers to consider this adjustment to reduce carbon emissions.

The initiative has taken off in Europe. Nomad Foods, Europe’s leading frozen food manufacturer, has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-the-cold-chain-needs-a-little-warmup

CPG companies experiencing unusual demand weakness as Americans’ incomes deteriorate

It’s not often that companies in the same industry provide differing views of why demand might be strong or weak at a particular time, or for that matter express confusion about what’s happening, but that’s what’s occurring among U.S. branded packaged foods companies.

As FreightWaves reported two weeks ago, General Mills experienced a sharp volume decline in its quarter ending May 31 and provided two explanations for why: Americans have become increasingly price-sensitive and U.S. retailers have...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cpg-companies-experiencing-unusual-demand-weakness-as-americans-incomes-deteriorate