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 NFRA
Announces March Golden Penguin Winners
In honor of excellence in promoting and merchandising
the frozen food department during March National Frozen Food
Month, NFRA recently awarded 34 Gold Penguins and 59 Silver
Penguins. Click here
for more information and a complete list of winners.
Promote
Fuel for School in October and Compete for the Crystal Apple
Award
 This
year, the October Fuel for School Frozen & Refrigerated
Foods Festival will include a retail merchandising contest.
Individual stores and local associations can compete for the
Crystal Apple Award and prizes that can be given away to customers
or a local school. Entrants must promote the $12,500 Fuel
for School Consumer Sweepstakes which will award Dell computers
and U.S. Savings Bonds as prizes. To help you develop the
Fuel for School theme and create a coordinated promotion,
NFRA has available many resources including the Fuel for School
Sweepstakes logo and other artwork for customized fliers,
grocery bags, book covers and more! Click here
for all the details of the promotion.
Win
a Golden Penguin for June Dairy Month
Another successful June Dairy Month promotion
has come to an end, but there is still time to enter your
promotional plan in the June Golden Penguin Awards Competition.
The deadline for entries is August 16, 2005. Click here
to download the Golden Penguin rules brochure and entry form.
There
is Still Time to Enter the July Ice Cream & Novelties
Display Contest
 Take
advantage of the opportunity to merchandise ice cream and
novelties during their most popular sales month plus a chance
at winning a Golden Penguin for the best retail display. Click
here
to see the official rules and point of sale available.
Join a Record Number of Registrants for the Premier Business
Event in the Industry
 Over
500 delegates have already registered and begun scheduling
business meetings at the National Frozen & Refrigerated
Foods Convention. The Convention offers a valuable opportunity
to meet one-on-one with multiple customers in just a few days.
Register before July 11 to be included in the next pre-registration
list, used by delegates to schedule business appointments
prior to arriving in San Francisco, CA. Click here
for a more information and to register.
Promote
the Cool Way to Get 5 A Day
 September
is National 5 A Day Month and the perfect opportunity to let
consumers know they can also find their 5-9 servings of fruits
and vegetables in the frozen food aisle! Bring the nutritious
5 A Day message to the frozen department with NFRA’s
The Cool Way to Get 5 A Day point of sale. Call NFRA for details.
NFRA
Welcomes Our Newest Members
Please welcome the companies listed below
who have met the qualifications of membership and have joined
the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association.
Manufacturer/Refrigerated
Oakhurst Dairy
www.oakhurstdairy.com
Manufacturer/Frozen
Ling’s
626-401-1923
Sales Agent
Alliance Sales & Marketing
704-752-1919
Recent
Certificate of Excellence Recipients
The Certificate of Excellence, the highest
operational award in the frozen and refrigerated foods industry,
signifies that a facility conforms to the highest industry
and government standards, and strictly adheres to the Code
of Recommended Practices for the handling and merchandising
of frozen & refrigerated foods.
Renewal
American Cold Storage
965
Mullins St., Humboldt, TN
Confederation Freezers
223
Corporation Drive, Brampton, Ontario
FPC Food Service
321
E. 5th Street, Frederick, MD
Pocono Produce Company
191
& Chipperfield Drive, Stroudsburg, PA
Frozen & Refrigerated Foods of Central
Florida (FRFCF) celebrated its 20th anniversary
as an association on June 9, 2005 with a social hour for the
membership in Tampa, FL. FRFCF was officially formed to support
the growing need for product category merchandising. Over
the past 20 years, the association has won 3 Gold Penguin
and 11 Silver Penguin awards from NFRA for excellence in merchandising
frozen and refrigerated foods. The June 9 event also included
the installation of the new president, Joan Sogan with Advantage
Sales & Marketing — Tampa.
Frozen & Refrigerated Association of the
NorthEast will hold its 9th Annual Western New
England Scholarship Golf Tournament on August 15, 2005 at
the Crestview Country Club, Agawam, MA. For more information:
(781) 641-4669.
Icelandic® USA, Inc. recently announced
that Ǽvar Agnarsson has been appointed
President and CEO. Agnarsson has been the president and CEO
of Samband of Iceland in the U.S. since 2005. He was previously
the COO of the company’s manufacturing division since
1997. For more information: 757-820-4012
Lakeside Foods recently announced the promotion
of Kathy Olson to Application Programming Manager
at Lakeside Foods’ Corporate office. Olson joined Lakeside
in 1989 as a programmer and was promoted to Systems Analyst/Programmer
in 1994, the position held prior to her promotion. In her
new position, Olson will be responsible for planning for and
support of Lakeside’s computer software applications.
For more information: www.lakesidefoods.com
SYSCO Corporation has announced Thomas
E. Lankford is retiring as president and chief operating
officer after a 41-year career in the foodservice distribution
industry. Lankford will also resign SYSCO’s Board of
Directors. Richard J. Schneiders, SYSCO’s
chairman and chief executive officer, will assume the additional
role of president.
SYSCO Corporation also announced the following
appointments: George A. Futris has been named
president and chief operating officer of Sysco Food Services
of Jackson, LLC, a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary
located in Jackson, MS. Michael S. Headrick has
been named president and chief executive officer of Sysco
Food Services of Raleigh, LLC, a broadline foodservice distribution
subsidiary that will open in Raleigh, NC in the fall of 2005.
Masao Nishi has been named assistant vice president,
supply chain management. For more information: www.sysco.com
Golbon announced the addition of DixieLand
Foods as their newest distributor member. DixieLand started
in 1976 as a broadline distributor to schools and daycares
and continues with the same market focus today. DixieLand
services customers within a 100 mile radius of Collinwood,
TN.
Edward E. Judge & Sons, Inc. recently
announced that the Judge’s Food Processors North America
2005 Directory was recently released. In both book and CD
formats this book references factories, headquarters, person
and company names of frozen, refrigerated, and shelf stable
food processors. Judge’s directory and searchable CD
products are published for professional food industry buyers,
sellers and market researchers involved in the red meat, poultry,
dairy, fruit, seafood, vegetable, and prepared food markets.
For more information: 800-729-7517. Sample pages and an in-depth
analysis of Judge’s database are available at www.eejudge.com.
Old Orchard Brands recently announced a fresh
new look for their 100 Percent Fruit Juice Blends. Refreshing
labels on all six of their 100 percent fruit juice blends
is a continuation of an effort by the company to position
its various products into sub-segments of the Old Orchard
Brand. Over the last six months, Old Orchard has launched
four major new product lines that are now broken into five
categories: Old Orchard 100 percent Juice, Old Orchard Nectars,
Old Orchard Healthy Balance, Old Orchard Organics and Old
Orchard Mixers. For more information: 616-456-0750
The Produce for Better Health Foundation recently
held Marvel’s "Fantastic Four" super heroes
5 A Day Program at over 1,700 Wal-Mart Supercenters and neighborhood
markets in conjunction with the much-anticipated release of
the Fantastic Four’s first movie. Super hero-sized signage
and other eye-catching graphics featuring the Fantastic Four
will draw children and their parents to the produce department,
where they can sample products from participating sponsors
and learn how to achieve at least 5 servings of fruits and
vegetables a day from a variety of color groups, for better
health. For more information: www.5aday.org
SYSCO Corporation recently announced they
have acquired Facciola Meat Company, a specialty meat and
seafood distributor located in Fremont, California. Founded
in 1971, Facciola Meat Company is an independent distributor
in Northern California. For more information: http://www.sysco.com
Keep the industry updated about news and staff
promotions at your company. NFRA will publish your company
highlights monthly in the NFRA Update. Send your company
news to us at info@nfraweb.org;
via fax to 717- 657-9862; or via mail to NFRA, 4755 Linglestown
Rd., Suite 300, Harrisburg, PA 17112.
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