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ON THE WEB MAY 2008 • Volume 69, No. 05 •W H AT ’ S O N T H E W E B M E N U?• www.foodprocessing.com 555 W. Pierce Road, Ste. 301, Itasca, IL 60143 Phone: (630) 467-1300 • Fax: (630) 467-1179 HOME TOPICS WHITEPAPERS ASK THE EXPERTS NEWS PRODUCTS & VENDORS CAREER CENTER EDITORIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF NEWS & TRENDS MANAGING EDITOR-DIGITAL DAVE FUSARO dfusaro@putman.net DIANE TOOPS dtoops@putman.net ERIN ERICKSON eerickson@putman.net WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS MONTH AT THE ONLINE RESOURCE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND WELLNESS FOODS MAGAZINES Do you like movies? We’re not quite Hollywood (yet) but we’ve amassed a large library of brief videos. Almost all are less than ﬁve minutes in length. Recent premieres include: • Corporate chefs discuss trends at the March Research Chefs Assn. annual meeting (11 videos in all from that event). Titles include “Is natural more important than organic?” with Master Chef Florian Webhofer of IFF, and “Turning up the heat” with Tabasco Chef Jason Gronlund. • Food Processing Editor Dave Fusaro analyzes our Annual Manufacturing Trends survey. • Grant Thornton’s Tim Schram discusses how to get local incentives if you’re building or expanding a food plant. • Investigator turned foodie Suzy Badaracco eyes food trends, including soul food and Native American foods. A busy time for shows Now that spring has arrived, food shows are blooming everywhere. Abbreviated stories will appear in these pages, sometimes weeks after the show has ended, but timely and more complete reports are on our web site. Check our home page regularly to see reports from the March Research Chefs Association annual meeting and the Natural Products Expo West; April’s Fancy Food and Organic shows and U.S. Food Export Showcase; Supply Side East; and May shows Food Marketing Institute/United Fresh Marketplace, National Restaurant Assn. and International Dairy/Deli/Bakery. TECHNICAL EDITOR MARK ANTHONY, PH.D. PLANT OPERATIONS EDITOR MIKE PEHANICH PACKAGING EDITOR KATE BERTRAND CONNOLLY REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS REGULATORY CONSUMER UNDERSTANDING DAVID JOY HOLLIS ASHMAN, JACQUELINE BECKLEY REPRINTS MARKETING CLAUDIA STACHOWIAK MANAGER FOSTER REPRINTS 4295 Ohio Street, Michigan City, IN 46360 866-879-9144, Fax: 219-561-2019 claudia@fostereprints.com EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD GERRY GOMOLKA Vice President-Process Engineering The Stellar Group Analyst, AG Edwards & Sons Inc. Vice President-Engineering Sara Lee Foods National Food & Beverage Industry Leader, Grant Thornton LLP CHRISTOPHER GROWE DAVE KRAMER For the audiophiles If you just want to listen, some of the accountants at Grant Thornton have advice on some timely topics. • Stan Babicz of the accounting ﬁrm’s R&D Tax Credit Services department points out the hidden tax credits that lie within your research and development expenditures. • Steve Lyman of Grant Thornton’s Business Advisory Services suggests some of the easiest ways food processors can manage costs in the current economic climate DEXTER MANNING News when it happens We have a nifty analysis of the Mars acquisition of Wrigley on p.11, but that same story with our unique perspective (after all, Mars is our reigning Processor of the Year) was on our web site the day the acquisition was announced. Bookmark www.FoodProcessing. com and check back daily, especially when a food industry news event occurs. WILLIAM MCCABE Vice President-Ice Cream, Smith Dairy DON NUGENT JAMES RICE DARYL THOMAS ELAINE WEDRAL, PH.D. President/CEO, Graceland Fruit Inc. VP & General Mgr.-China Operations, Tyson Foods Inc. Vice President-Marketing, Herr Foods Inc. President (retired), Nestle R&D Cente Do you blog? Our News & Trends Editor Diane Toops shares her often quirky opinions on all kinds of food industry matters with anyone who will listen … or log on. She blogs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Don’t let her get the last word: Give her a piece of your mind at www.FoodProcessing.com/toopsblog. DESIGN & PRODUCTION GROUP ART DIRECTOR ART DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER STEPHEN C. HERNER sherner@putman.net JASON VARGAS jvargas@putman.net ANNA MARIE McCANN amccann@putman.net Deeper research Our white paper library just exceeded 100 reports and it continues to grow. Whether your need is for “The health beneﬁts of green tea catechins” or “Traceability 2.0: Ensuring food safety and achieving competitive differentiation,” we have experts willing to share their deep knowledge with you for free on some very speciﬁc topics. MAY 2008 FOOD PROCESSING • 9 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF PRESIDENT AND CEO JOHN CAPPELLETTI VICE PRESIDENT JULIE CAPPELLETTI-LANGE VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT KEITH LARSON VICE PRESIDENT CIRCULATION JERRY CLARK CIRCULATION MANAGER PATRICIA DONATIU http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com/toopsblog http://www.foodprocessing.com/toopsblog http://www.foodprocessing.com

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Food Processing - May 2008 Editor’s Plate NewsBites The Trends Rollout Food Biz Kids Product Developer turned Bean Counter The top-selling new products of 2007 The open road Back to the Big Easy Managing the global plant A new column with answers to your plant-fl oor questions New Supplier Products Toops Scoops

Food Processing - May 2008

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