Alyse Thompson

2 weeks ago | foodengineeringmag.com | Alyse Thompson

Maintenance professionals have an incredibly important job: keeping production lines and facilities running, no matter what challenges are thrown at them. But what do those challenges look like? And how can they be overcome? MaintainX aims to find out. As part of its State of Industrial Maintenance report, the maintenance and asset management platform recently surveyed 1,320 professionals across the U.S. and Canada with the goal of understanding the obstacles they face in 2025 and beyond.

1 month ago | snackandbakery.com | Alyse Thompson

Candy IndustryCandy Industry TrendsCandy Industry News The $3B investment will increase efficiency at 30 of the company's plants. By Alyse Thompson-Richards Courtesy of Kraft Heinz May 27, 2025 Kraft Heinz, parent company of Jet Puffed and other brands, plans to invest $3 billion in upgrading its U.S. manufacturing facilities, according to Reuters. The investment is the largest that the company has made for its facilities in 10 years.

1 month ago | brnw.ch | Alyse Thompson

Kraft Heinz, parent company of Jet Puffed and other brands, plans to invest $3 billion in upgrading its U.S. manufacturing facilities, according to Reuters. The investment is the largest that the company has made for its facilities in 10 years. Despite fewer sales and economic uncertainty from tariffs, the company is continuing with its investment in order to protect its market share.

1 month ago | foodengineeringmag.com | Alyse Thompson

For all the time I’ve spent covering the food industry, I never had the chance to attend the Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo – until this year. I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but while planning the agenda alongside Kelley Rodriguez, FA&M content manager and editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, I knew the attendees – including myself – would absorb a wealth of manufacturing knowledge. That proved to be true.

1 month ago | foodengineeringmag.com | Alyse Thompson

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry, including Bazooka Brands’ Ring Pop factory, Conagra Brands’ adoption of Bloom Energy fuel cells, Bauducco Foods’ Florida facility, FIFCO’s Genesee Brewery can line and Fortune Fish & Gourmet’s New Jersey fish cutting facility. Bazooka Brands Opens Ring Pop Factory in Pennsylvania The Moosic facility is set to make 400 million Ring Pops annually – or about 1.5 million Ring Pops a day.