Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Café Spice Transforms Production and Profitability with a RaaS Solution

How does adding flexible automation allow Café Spice to improve production and deal with labor woes?

July 1, 2026

Prepared & Canned Foods

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

Workforce

Food Industry Layoffs Mount as Nestlé, Del Monte Cut Jobs

Workforce reductions across major food companies signal deeper restructuring as legacy brands face cost pressures and shifting demand.

May 1, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Water Reuse at Food and Dairy Plants

Is water recycling in food and dairy plants viable? Options for dairy and food plants include water reuse solutions through reverse osmosis and membrane bioreactors or monitoring offtake to water/wastewater facilities. Sustainability programs may have driven the first wave of these projects, but food producers are now leaning on data analytics tools to get more approvals.

April 29, 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

Industry News

Kraft Heinz Invests $250M to Modernize Montreal Facility

Upgrade targets efficiency, sustainability, and added production capacity as the company reinforces its commitment to Canadian manufacturing.

April 1, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How to Avoid Food Recalls

What are the best strategies to avoid food recalls and maintain customer trust? The toll of a food safety failure extends far beyond the initial problem. Whether it brings costs associated with food waste, production delays, regulatory consequences, or loss of consumer trust, suffice to say a recall is best avoided.

March 11, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Canadian Food Producer Announces First U.S. Manufacturing Operation in Ohio

Once fully operational, the site is expected to produce up to 250 million units annually.

March 3, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Vertically Integrated Meal Delivery Service to Get New Manufacturing Facility

Tovala's model spans food manufacturing, software, and hardware.

February 11, 2026

Industry News

Kraft Heinz to Pause Split

Instead of a breakup, the company is investing in its operations.

February 11, 2026

Industry News

New Nothum Facility Delivers Greater Value to Food Processors

Nothum Food Processing Systems

Nothum's 92,000-square-foot, unified headquarters aims to increase production capacity, streamline services and enhance growth.

February 11, 2026

Robotics

Chef Robotics and Packline Partner on End-to-End Meal Production Automation

Partnership aims to deliver an integrated, AI-enabled food manufacturing automation solution that combines flexible robotic meal assembly with advanced packaging technology.

January 28, 2026

Workforce

D&F Equipment Sales, Inc. Appoints Kevin Parnell as Vice President of Operations

D&F Equipment Sales, Inc.

Parnell has over 30 years of operations experience—more than 25 in the poultry industry—and will support D&F’s growth across the poultry, meat, and prepared foods sectors.

January 20, 2026