Packer Insight — Meal kit packaging run amok?

Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider and The Packer staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss why meal kit companies might be alienating shoppers with their packaging choices.

Feel free to watch the whole conversation or jump to the parts that interest you most. 

0:54  — Pamela recounts a startling amount of trash left over from a delivered meal kit.

2:30 — How much do consumers really care about packaging and sustainability?

3:17 — A look at what is happening on a global scale related to packaging.

4:07 — How are some companies cutting out some of the unnecessary plastic from their kits?

For more meal kit coverage, check out these recent articles on produceretailer.com.

Meal kit company Purple Carrot launches recyclable packaging

 

Festival Foods touts lower-packaging meal kits

Pamela's Kitchen: Home Chef Meal Kits

 

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