Diners are increasingly looking for menu alternatives. According to Technomic’s 2015 Center of the Plate: Poultry Consumer Trend Report, 61% agree that turkey (vs. only 59% for chicken) is healthier than beef or pork.

Representing the largest number of products to date in the awards’ five-year history, the 28 winners represent today’s leading food trends

In this third annual report compiled by Technomic and HAVI Global Solutions (HGS), chains report a broader range of supply-chain capabilities with higher levels of supply-chain maturity than previously.

Arby's is shaking things up with a delicious twist on their classic Reuben by introducing the new Rachel sandwich.

Three-fifths (62 percent) of general-population consumers say they consume meals without beef, pork, chicken or turkey at least once a week.

The company's new frozen lobster meat products and scallop products, which provide increased consistency of quality, versatility of use and labour savings, will be introduced at the world's largest seafood show, Seafood Expo Global (SEG), in Brussels, Belgium, on April 21-23.

King & Prince Seafood’s new Small Plates/Bar Bites product line features Jambalaya Fritters, Crispy Southern Flounder and Lobster & Seafood Pups.

Editor’s note: Prepared Foods talks with Jeff Wirtz, corporate executive chef at Blount Fine Foods, a Fall River, Mass., processor of fresh and frozen soups, sides, sauces and entrees.

Industry growth and sales in 2014 has led the foodservice packaging industry to forecast even greater optimism for 2015 than last year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI).