Food For Thought

How Mobile Technology is Taking the Sting Out of Corporate Communication

This week I sat down with Daniel Sztutwojner chief customer officer and co-founder of Beekeeper. During this episode, we talk about how food processing companies have used the tool to keep their employees updated on processes and procedures—including COVID-specific logistics. We also discuss how mobile technology is actually helping companies become safer and more efficient.

Mary’s Gone Crackers: Small, Nimble and Outside of the Box

2020 R&D Team of the Year Winner Mary’s Gone Crackers is a small, Nevada-based CPG company doing really big things. In this episode, we talk about how the Nevada-based company leverages its small size to do big things as well as what the company is doing to produce products that are not only good for the body, but good for the planet too. 
Read more about Mary's Gone Crackers' R&D Award on Food Processing.

How Do We Build the Next Generation of Food Industry Leaders?

If you could train someone to be a better leader, would you do it? The University of Minnesota’s Integrated Food Systems Leadership Program is helping students evolve into the leaders the food and beverage industry needs.  In this episode, learn what the IFSL program is and listen to one of its co-horts talk about what she’s learned and how her employer is reaping the benefits. 
Learn more about the University of Minnesota’s Integrated Food Systems Leadership Program
Read the transcript of this podcast on FoodProcessing.com

Good Foods Remains Safe Under Pressure

Food For Thought Podcast host Erin Hallstrom talks to 2020 R&D Team of the Year Winner Good Foods' Katie Schmits and Danyel O'Connor about what makes their R&D Team successful, the technology behind their secret weapon- HPP-and how they’ve adapted during COVID-19.  
Read about Good Foods as one of Food Processing's R&D Teams of the Year on the website: https://www.foodprocessing.com/articles/2020/rd-team-good-foods
Check out Good Foods online: https://goodfoods.com

Growth and Loss Amid a Pandemic Top 100©

Who came out on top in the 2020 Food Processing Top 100©? Erin Hallstrom, Dave Fusaro, and Pan Demetrakakes talk about that and more in this episode of the Food For Thought podcast. Join us as we talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the food and beverage supply chain as well as the future of comfort food. 
View the Food Processing Top 100© list at https://www.foodprocessing.com/top100
Be sure to visit our Green Plant of the Year voting page to cast your votes on the Greenest Plant in America: https://www.foodprocessing.com/green-plant-voting

How Del Monte Foods Transformed Tradition into Start-Up

Del Monte Foods, one of the winners of Food Processing’s 2020 R&D Teams of the Year, has a long history of producing vegetables for the masses. The company has undergone a change in the last few years that combines authenticity with agility. Learn how the original purveyors of the plant food movement have changed the way we know vegetables... and product development. Learn more about Del Monte Foods' R&D Team

Introducing the Food For Thought Podcast

In our inaugural podcast episode, host Erin Hallstrom talks to Food Processing’s Dave Fusaro and Pan Demetrakakes about one of the most important topics impacting food and beverage manufacturers right now: coronavirus. We talk about the devastating impacts the virus is having on the industry. Dave walks us through how processors are adapting to serve the ‘at home’ consumer and we contemplate what the future of food processing looks like and how automation might play a role.