Another counter-example to my argument would be farm-frozen peas. They're unquestionably better in every sense, than canned peas, or dried peas, or peas which were not snap frozen at picking time. So not all food is worse for being industrialised. And as you point out now food handling methods have improved and food storage at scale through warehousing and distribution, there's every chance of quality coming back in as a price differentiator.
Interestingly I used to believe this, to the extent that I snubbed my nose at fresh peas in pods being sold in various countries I have lived in. I can't remember why, but I bought some last summer, and it was one of those moments when I realised how wrong I'd been. Frozen peas are a pale imitation of fresh peas. There is more variance - sometimes you'll get a pod with quite mealy peas, especially later in the season, but they're otherwise so good it makes up for it.
