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Wholesale Direct Restaurant Supplies is now offering plastic portion cups at reasonable prices. The company supplies the finest range of plastic cups that are trendy and easy to carry. Their cups come in different shapes and with different carrying capacity. These are designed with the intention to make it an ideal choice for storing sauces, salads, dressing items, and other side foods. Most of their plastic portion cups are transparent and absolutely safe to be used in microwave. Along with the cups, customers will also get appropriate lids with these containers which prevent any spillages.

TraceGains, a leader in supplier document management in the food industry, was featured in Food Logistics magazine. The article, authored by manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, was titled, “The Survey Says: Leveraging Existing Technology Investments a Top Priority for Food Manufacturers.”

Restaurants on the Run has been the industry leader for the last 21 years in corporate food delivery, yet have just recently begun to garner public attention. They serve over 100 of the Forbes 500, feed 12 - 15k professionals a day, and have service areas in to 9 out of 10 of the top 10 metropolitan US cities. But why have you never heard their name before? Because they've been focusing on perfecting and re-perfecting their mantra of Foodgistics - the science behind effective food delivery that has earned a 99% accuracy and satisfaction rate. Now that they've put the finishing touches on their advanced tracking, measurement and logistics technology - they're ready to work on their public image. The new website launched this week and they're stepping into the public eye in the coming year in a big way.

TraceGains is offering a highly anticipated webinar providing updates from Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The webinar will be Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 12:00 pm (EST) presented by Antonio Gallegos and Charles M. Breen.

TraceGains, a full service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution, and Stephanie Lopez, Vice President of Food Safety Services Innovation at AIB International have co-produced an e-Book addressing food manufacturers best practices for allergen control programs.

American Grocery, the only UK site that offers customers genuine and exclusive US groceries, released a statement that new American candy bars, chocolates, and other food items are now available. With this development, the online retailer is determined to increase its service and client base.

The Water Bottle Store is delighted to announce that they are now carrying the entire line of New Wave Envirowater bottles which include stainless steel water bottles, plastic water bottles and BpA free water bottles. Customers can now purchase their own New Wave Enviro products through their website TheWaterBottleStore.com. The products are available in a wide variety of colors and sizes.

Taiwan witnessed a further fall in birth rates during 2013, with the fertility rate standing at 1.07 births per woman versus 1.27 in 2012. The low birth rate in 2013 was attributed to the Chinese horoscope year being the snake, which consumers deemed less auspicious. With the low birth rate in 2013, baby food packaging registered slower unit volume growth than in 2012.

Canned/preserved food packaging registered slower unit volume growth during 2013 versus 2012. Consumers' rising health consciousness in view of the government's continued healthy living campaigns led to a fall in demand for canned/preserved food in 2013. This was because of consumers' perception that canned/preserved food is unhealthy, laden with preservatives and high in salt, which also directly impacted the performance of canned/preserved food packaging.

Taiwan's economic recovery continues to enable consumers to purchase not only more chocolate confectionery, but also higher-quality premium products in 2013. Demand in Taiwan is being driven by convenience, evolving tastes and greater exposure to a wider variety of chocolate confectionery products.

While not a local product nor a key ingredient in local food, cheese has seen increasing popularity as the Taiwanese develop a taste for Western food. Value sales of cheese are expected to increase by 4% in current terms in 2013, a slightly lower rate than the previous year. As a key ingredient in pizza, burgers, sandwiches and pasta meals, the abundance of Western-style restaurants in Taiwan is providing key exposure to the many uses of cheese. In this sense, cheese consumption in the foodservice industry is helping to drive growth in a relatively-underdeveloped category. Nevertheless, education on both the health benefits of cheese, as well as the variety of cheese products and their applications is still needed.

Chilled processed food packaging recorded stronger unit volume growth in 2013 than 2012, owing to consumers' demand for convenient and quick meal solutions. Hectic lifestyles saw consumers focus on work and often just want a quick meal solution at the end of the day.

The essential nature of sauces, dressings and condiments contributed to the positive unit volume growth of its packaging in 2014. Consumers' rising health consciousness saw many increasingly willing to prepare their own meals instead of dining out. However, hectic lifestyles drove demand for convenient solutions such as wet/cooking sauces or dry sauces/powder mixes that can ease the cooking process, which benefitted the performance of pack types such as plastic pouches.

United Bottles & Packaging announces their new line of “Bottles with Style”, a product line that advocates the diversity attainable by their creative design team. The formats are all advertised under a generic product name being Elixir, allowing potential clients to see what their bottles would look like with full labeling and marketing directly on the bottles.

Flexsil-lid (http://www.flexsil-lid.com), the Australian company behind the innovative re-usable food cover created to keep contents fresh for longer, released their new logo and website as part of their new revamped and fresh look.

SmartRecruiters, the company that empowers the new way of hiring, today announced that its next generation cloud hiring platform is being used by Handmade Real Foods (HRF) to scale its recruiting and hiring efforts across the U.S. The SmartRecruiters platform has allowed the ready-to-eat food distributor to source candidates more efficiently and drive smarter, faster hiring decisions—leading to an expected $100,000 savings on the company’s recruiting initiative this year.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its fee rates for fiscal year (FY) 2015 for certain domestic and foreign facility reinspections. Jennifer Brusco, Marketing Specialist for TraceGains, informed food manufacturers in the current company blog, “Failure to comply with a recall order, and importer reinspections, authorized by the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), is subject to the newly announced fees.”

Magline, makers of innovative lightweight route distribution solutions, recently announced a new strategy to best serve customers with innovation including best practices and local customer responsiveness. Even stable, reliable, and well-respected companies must grow with the market demands of customers. The Northeast Regional Sales Executive is Jim Rodella.

GreenPaxx, the eco-friendly company founded by a mom of four, announces the launch of its latest product just in time for back to school. The Slim Snack is a fun multi-purpose tie-dyed approach to food packed in a small container. How so? The Slim Snack is designed to house just about anything snack-wise. Be it veggies, fruit, nuts or granola the non-toxic food-grade silicone sleeve has a snap lid to keep everything freshly contained. Upping the ante on convenience, the Slim Snack can be frozen to make smoothie ice pops that keep a lunchbox cool.

TraceGains is offering a webinar co-presented by Debra Krug-Reyes of ConAgra. Krug-Reyes will address the International Featured Standards (IFS) PACsecure focusing on the benefits of certification to the supplier and customer. The new IFS PACsecure Standard, developed in conjunction with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a broad spectrum of industry representatives, specifically applies to all forms of primary and secondary packaging materials.

American Grocery Co., a UK grocery outlet announces the availability of American foods at their website. Britons, who love to eat American foodstuffs such as American candy, can now indulge themselves with such foods items – without the hassle of importing them from the other side of the Atlantic.

South African retail shelves are sporting an increasing number of imported brands. With the government imposing no duties on importing chocolate, the category is a "free for all". Both manufacturers such as Nestle South Africa and Kraft Foods South Africa import their global brands for occasions such as Easter. Leading retailers such as Pick 'n Pay and Shoprite bring in imported brands from players such as Riegelien, which is a German manufacturer of chocolate. Imports cross all price segments. For example, Shoprite and Checkers had a number of Middle Eastern and Turkish brands for a few months during 2013, particularly in countlines. These brands usually work well with consumers on limited incomes, who regard chocolate as a premium products.

The global market for metal cans is expected to reach USD 52.83 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Metal cans are steel or aluminium container mainly used for the storage of goods such as beverages, foods and chemicals. Increasing environmental benefits coupled with growing demand for beverages and canned foods are expected to drive metal cans demand over the next six years. In addition, fast recycle rate for metal cans in comparison to conventional materials such as glass and plastics is further expected to augment its market growth. Technological innovation and use of eco-friendly products are further expected to serve as key growth opportunity.

TraceGains’ monthly Connections Newsletter July 2014 is now available. This month’s edition discusses a variety of salient topics, such as an important upcoming webinar this week addressing the creation of an Approved Supplier Program as a Prerequisite for a Successful HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) Program. The webinar is this Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM EST.

Packaged food growth rates in Morocco increased in 2013. Nonetheless, market growth was below the review period average. Despite improved economic conditions at the end of the review period, consumers are yet to re-adopt their pre-crisis spending patterns. Due to consumer price sensitivity, manufacturers were forced to keep price increases to a minimum and offer price promotions in order to maintain retail volume growth.