Flying Food Group soars into HMRs.(Pickles, Pretzels, Polyols & Prepared Fresh Foods)(home meal replacements)

Food Engineering, September, 1999 by Morris, Charles E.

Airline caterer Flying Food Group (FFG) started-up a new, USDA-inspected 45,000 sq.-ft, plant adjacent to Chicago's Midway Airport in May 1998, to supply both airline meals and private-label fresh refrigerated home meal replacements (HMRs) to Chicago food retailers.

Founded in 1983, FFG operates nine commissaries - eight in the U.S. and one in Shanghai - supplying international airlines such as Air France, British Airways and Malaysian Airways, as well as domestic airlines which operate from Midway. The new Chicago plant, designed jointly by FFG and Facilities Design (Columbia, PA), operates seven days per week with 150 employees on two shifts producing 75 to 100 SKUs for airlines and about 200 retail locations including chain and independent supermarkets,...

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