News & Articles
A collection of the latest news from the business as well as industry commentary and advice.
Latest News
Magnavale Opens New Cat 3 Storage Facility in Lincolnshire
Magnavale Opens New Cat 3 Storage Facility in Lincolnshire We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new, dedicated Category 3 storage facility at our Magnavale Easton site in Lincolnshire, significantly expanding our capacity to support the frozen and...
How Microwave Tempering Works
How Microwave Tempering Works for Food Products Intro; Microwave tempering, or defrosting is an advanced industrial technique that allows food manufacturers to raise the temperature of frozen products rapidly and consistently to chilled temperature levels, enabling...
What is Blast Freezing?
Blast Freezing: What it is and how it works. Using Blast freezing to preserve food quality and nutritional content. Intro Blast freezing is a rapid cooling technique that has revolutionised the way food is preserved across the cold chain. By freezing products to below...
Developments
Magnavale Chesterfield Expansion Continues to Take Shape
Our expansion project at Magnavale Chesterfield continues to make excellent progress! The Chesterfield development, which broke ground in early 2023, represents a significant investment in growing our temperature-controlled storage capacity. Driven by increasing...
Magnavale Easton Approaches Finish Line
Set to open in Q3 2024, our development taking place at our Easton site is approaching the finish line. In recent weeks, we have watched the development come together piece by piece, with the installation of refrigeration pipework, cladding, roofing, and the...
Magnavale Easton Nears Completion with Installation of Monorail
As we prepare for the launch of our new 101,000-pallet cold store, Magnavale Easton, we are excited to share the installation of high-speed monorails. Installation began in July 2023, with the monorail system being one of the most technically challenging aspects of...
Service-Related Articles
Labelling Food Products
Co-Packing Services with Magnavale We provide food co-packing services using specialist, automated equipment to apply labels onto a vast range of food products. Such food products vary in formats and surface materials, including big or small boxes, flow wrapped and...
Magnavale Easton: Complete.
We are very proud to announce the official opening of Magnavale Easton. The facility has capacity for 101,000 frozen pallets spaces, making it is the largest single cold store ever built in the UK and officially opened its doors on the 24th of March 2025. Our...
Supporting Supply Chains: Magnavale Expands Chesterfield Cold Storage
25,000 Pallet Expansion - Now Complete We are thrilled to announce that the expansion of our Chesterfield temperature-controlled storage facility is officially complete and operational. Providing an additional 25,000 pallet positions and bringing the total...
Storage Solutions for Frozen Goods
Storage Solutions for Frozen Goods Our temperature-controlled storage solutions consist of ambient, frozen, and chilled warehousing, along with connected value-added services, across our network of sites. Frozen food storage has lots of benefits; from reducing...
Date Coding at Magnavale
Date Coding Date coding is one of many critical processes within food production, as prints need to be precise and legible, in order to prevent food safety issues, which could directly affect consumers. There are several types of date labels applied to food products,...