By Eamonn Ryan
On the Apple podcast From The Cold Corner, Michael Levitt, editor of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, spoke with Marc Gieseking of Güntner about why heat pumps are gaining traction – and what that means for processors, manufacturers and cold storage providers.
Read More »Industrial heat pumps: the cold chain’s fast-track to decarbonisation
By Eamonn Ryan
Transport refrigeration is a cornerstone of modern food distribution, yet it is also a significant source of emissions and energy consumption.
Read More »Kinetic energy recovery and electrification in cold chain transport
By Eamonn Ryan
When most people think about climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, images of power plants, vehicles and industrial smokestacks come to mind.
By Eamonn Ryan
When automation discussions dominate industry headlines, it’s easy to focus on hardware – cranes racing down aisles, autonomous robots gliding across freezer floors, sophisticated pallet handling systems operating in the dark.
Read More »Automation is not a switch: managing risk, change and organisational readiness
By Eamonn Ryan
On a recent Apple podcast on From The Cold Corner platform, host Kelley Rodriguez welcomed David Campbell and Jeremy Kynsen of Burns & McDonnell to discuss a question that’s quietly redefining the cold chain: not whether to automate, but how far to take it. This is part two of a two-part series.
Read More »Intelligence, infrastructure and the human factor (Part 2)
By Eamonn Ryan
On a recent Apple podcast on From The Cold Corner platform, host Kelley Rodriguez welcomed David Campbell and Jeremy Kynsen of Burns & McDonnell to discuss a question that’s quietly redefining the cold chain: not whether to automate, but how far to take it. This is part one of a two-part series.
Read More »Automation comes of age in the cold chain (Part 1)
By Eamonn Ryan
On a recent Apple podcast episode of From The Cold Corner, hosted by Kelley Rodriguez, editor in chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, two industry veterans challenged a long-standing convention in warehouse development. David Campbell and Jeremy Kynsen of Burns & McDonnell argued that the future of cold storage depends on flipping the traditional design model: instead of designing the building first and fitting operations inside it, successful projects must be designed from the inside out.
Read More »Rethinking the automated warehouse: why cold storage must be designed from the inside out
By Eamonn Ryan
In the final installment of their Apple podcast cross-functional discussion, Alyse Thompson-Richards of Food Engineering joined Bob Garrison of Prepared Foods and Kelley Rodriguez of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods to explore one of 2025’s most consequential shifts: the acceleration of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) across food manufacturing.
Read More »Automation, AI and engineering the food plant of 2026
In temperature-controlled logistics and food production environments, precision is everything. The cold chain depends on disciplined processes, strict compliance and uncompromising safety standards to protect product integrity and export credibility. Yet one often-overlooked risk to operational continuity is workplace alcohol testing – particularly when breathalyser results are later challenged in disciplinary or legal proceedings.
By Eamonn Ryan
In an Apple podcast cross-functional roundtable for From the Cold Corner, Alyse Thompson-Richards, editor-in-chief of Food Engineering, joined Bob Garrison of Prepared Foods and Kelley Rodriguez of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods to examine one of 2025’s most striking realities: despite economic pressure and cautious lending markets, the food industry is building – and building big.