NOVEMBER 2023 • SPECIAL SHOW ISSUE
PRIVATE 2023 Sunco & Frenchie Focused on Providing Delicious, Healthy Food Options
Hispanic Cheese Makers – Nuestro Queso Showcases New Booth Design BOOTH #F6510
An interview with Ugur Altuntas, Chief Executive Officer, Sunco & Frenchie. GN: What is Sunco & Frenchie’s primary focus, and how does it differentiate itself from competitors? UA: Our primary focus is to provide our customers with high-quality dried fruits, nuts and seeds, and granola. We believe in using natural and nonGMO and organic ingredients in our products, which sets us apart from competitors. We’re dedicated to offering delicious and healthy food options that cater to various dietary preferences. GN: Can you share more about your commitment to using natural and non-GMO ingredients in your products? UA: Absolutely! At Sunco & Frenchie, we take great pride in sourcing only the finest natural and non-GMO ingredients for our products. We firmly believe that food
An interview with Arturo Nava, Senior Marketing Director, Hispanic Cheese Makers – Nuestro Queso, LLC. GN: What do you have in store for this year’s show? AN: We are excited to showcase our new professionally made booth at this year’s show. The booth design is inspired by the traditional Mexican queserias (cheese factories), where authentic Mexican cheeses are made in small towns in Mexico. The booth’s beautiful ranch-style queseria design portrays the same authenticity, tradition and quality with which we make our Mexican, Caribbean and Central American cheeses and creams. If you are attending PLMA, visit us at booth #F6510 to taste our cheeses and creams, learn about our company and have beer on us!
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Fresh Del Monte Recognized for Sustainability Efforts
Kraft Heinz to Reduce Use of Virgin Plastic by 20% by 2030
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is being recognized for its work in sustainability by two leading sustainability organizations that honor companies doing good for the planet. The company was awarded a 2023 SEAL Business Sustainability Award in the Environmental Initiative category and has been shortlisted for a World Sustainability Award in the New Launch category for the Del Monte Zero pineapple. Del Monte received the SEAL Business Sustainability Award for its reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across its agricultural value chain. The company has reduced its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 22.64% (according to data from 2021, the most recent data available) in part by upgrading its ocean fleet with six new fuel-efficient vessels and installing solar and wind energy in facilities in California and Costa Rica, respectively. This reduction means the company is 80% of the way toward its climate action goal to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 27.5% by 2025, compared with a 2019 baseline. Additionally, the use of the six fuel-efficient vessels allowed the company to exceed its scope 1 vessel shipping reduction goal. In 2021, Del Monte received the SEAL Award for its approach to farming while conserving biodiversity.
The Kraft Heinz Company plans to reduce the use of virgin plastic in its global packaging portfolio by 20% by 2030 – a critical step in decreasing its use of fossil fuels and finding more sustainable product packaging options. This change is estimated to reduce the use of approximately 100 million pounds of virgin plastic, the equivalent of nearly five Eiffel Towers in weight. This goal builds on the existing investments the company has made across its portfolio to reduce plastic use and meet its broader packaging goals, including aiming to make 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025, and aiming to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while halving emissions by 2030. “To achieve our ESG goals, including to reach net-zero GHG emissions, we can’t continue to do things as we have in the past,” said Rashida La Lande, Executive Vice President, global general counsel and chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer. “We are investing in innovative technologies and partnerships that are critical to helping us redesign packaging,
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