Cleaning and Sanitation

The Protein Paradox: Americans Are Eating Less but Demanding More

GLP-1 adoption and clean-label preferences are pushing processors toward flexible, sanitation-ready lines rather than new capacity.

July 10, 2026

Bakery & Snack

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Bauducco Opens Largest U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Florida

The 160,000-sq-ft Zephyrhills, Fla., plant doubles Bauducco’s U.S. production capacity, supports domestic wafer manufacturing, and is expected to employ more than 600 people at full capacity.

June 30, 2026

Industry News

Bel US Co-Founds the Good Foods Coalition to Fight Food Insecurity

The company partnered with Amazon, The Giant Company, and WK Kellogg to help make healthier food more accessible to consumers.

June 24, 2026

Regulatory

End of the Line Video Series: Recycling Economics, FSMA 204 Traceability, and Prospector Popcorn's Growth Story

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

June 22, 2026

Bakery & Snack

Prominent People in Packaging: Prospector Popcorn's Elizabeth Gallo

Gallo shares how the popcorn business grew from a small theater concession operation into a thriving manufacturing company.

June 18, 2026

Bakery & Snack

The Mixing & Blending Imperative

From vinaigrettes to viscous pastes, today’s food processors are asking more from their mixing and blending equipment than ever before. Shorter production runs, increasingly complex formulations, tighter allergen controls, and the relentless push for automation are reshaping how manufacturers approach every stage of the mixing process.

June 10, 2026

Processing Instrumentation

The Middleby Corporation Announces the Launch of Midera Food Processing

The Middleby Corporation

Middleby Food Processing rebrands as Midera, marking its transition to a standalone food processing company ahead of its July 2026 separation from The Middleby Corporation.

May 29, 2026

Software

How Grupo Bimbo Uses Automation to Keep Pace with High-Velocity Distribution

A fully automated warehouse helps the global baking company improve throughput, reduce costs, and protect product freshness.

May 22, 2026

Robotics

Processing at interpack 2026: Resource Efficiency in Frying, Economy Scale Automation, and Humanoid Robots on the Show Floor

After our second day navigating the massive halls of interpack 2026, we identified three major shifts in food processing: the democratization of automation for smaller brands, innovation in resource efficiency, and the surprising (and slightly intimidating) showcase of humanoid robots at the expo.

May 13, 2026

Heating/Cooking

Fortifi Announces Acquisition of Deighton Manufacturing Ltd

Fortifi Food Processing Solutions

The UK firm brings over 25 years of forming, coating and frying technology to the Fortifi Food Processing Solutions portfolio.

April 28, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Designing for Freshness: Inside Harvest Station Foods

Purpose-built for flexibility, Harvest Station Foods’ production facility integrates bakery lines, high-care prepared foods production, and centralized distribution—helping Weigel’s streamline operations while raising the bar for fresh food in convenience retail.

April 27, 2026

Robotics

Lean Principles in the Machine Learning Era

While AI grabs headlines, machine learning, modeling and data standardization efforts are rooting out waste. Data in batch processing, lab databases, and production pose standardization challenges, and the ability to sync information across departments and identify waste.

April 16, 2026

Bakery & Snack

Spiral Conveyor Supports Continuous Glaze Setting in Bakery Line

A vertical conveyor solution from Multi-Conveyor enables consistent glaze hardening while maintaining throughput and minimizing footprint.

April 15, 2026