Packaging
RRD’s 2024 “Packaging & Labels Insight Report” notes that companies are also investing in sustainability initiatives and focusing on expanding their e-commerce operations to better meet customer demand.
Between Big Game planning, New Year healthy eating promotions and the launch of retail-ready mango bags, the company says it’s entering a busy winter with an abundance of opportunities.
The San Antonio-based greenhouse grower debuted packaging featuring the popular “Paw Patrol” rescue pups on its three-pack of grab-and-go tomatoes.
Along with a refreshed corporate logo, the company will be unveiling a new consumer brand, Bolthouse Fresh, and packaging for its consumer-facing portfolio of fresh carrots and on-the-go snacking solutions.
The Yakima, Wash.-based company says its collaboration with traceability solutions provider Trustwell will provide customers with a comprehensive suite of tools.
The packaging industry continues to come up with innovative ways to fill customers’ packaging needs, whether it’s a produce traceability solution, plastic-free bags or ways to sustainably transport liquid products.
Lucky Strike Farms, Burlingame, Calif., is working closely with Fresno, Calif.-based Fowler Packing Co., and the arrangement seems to be working out well.
HBF International LLC, Sheridan, Ore., has hired a new member for its sales team, said CEO Doug Perkins.
Suddenly the industry’s attention on continuous improvement has wavered. The COVID-19 crisis refocused operators on simply surviving. Full steam ahead on plastics, recyclable or not!
Considering the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on packaging trends, The Packer’s Tom Karst visited June 2 with Jay Singh, professor at Cal Poly and packaging program director at the school.
Hugh Branch, South Bay Fla., is in its second year partnering with Nardelli Bros. Inc., Cedarville, N.J., offering its corn for the New Jersey company’s tray-pack operation.
(CORRECTED) Naturipe Farms, Salinas, Calif., has value-added blueberry foodservice packs that promise contact-free production in the kitchen, longer shelf life and other benefits.
A number of online events are scheduled around the continuing COVID-19 crises, designed to educate and in one case, to celebrate the end of a harvest in what has been very unorthodox circumstances.
Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, is building a new warehouse and showroom in Essex, Ontario.
The USDA is now allowing companies in the newest round of contracts for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program to pack commodity-specific boxes, allowing companies to pack produce-only boxes.
Ayco Farms, Pompano Beach, Fla., has seen a “substantial increase” in demand for bagged asparagus from retail customers who are acting on changes in consumer preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Fruit Genetics (IFG) is introducing logos for 21 unique table grape varieties — from Bebop to Torch — to grab consumers’ attention at the store.
While consumer perception of safety might’ve led to more purchases of packaged produce over loose bulk in the first couple of months of the coronavirus pandemic, some say it’s the increase of online shopping.
La Dona Fruit, a Colombian grower and exporter, has launched a colorful band and packaging for avocados and limes for the U.S. and Europe.
Elgin, Minn.-Honeybear Brands has created long-term sustainability goals around pollinator health, packaging, food loss/waste and climate and energy.
Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., has hired Karl Hertel as chief financial officer.
Giro Pack Inc., Atlanta, has introduced its lightest package in its lineup of welded bags in the U.S. and Canada.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers is touting its apple and pear packaging options at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.
The rapidly evolving online grocery delivery channel will have a say in packaging styles and materials over the near and long terms, marketers say.
While packaging costs continue to rise, innovation is tamping them down, at least somewhat, produce marketers and packaging manufacturers say.
Verdant Technologies announced that the European Patent Office granted a patent to Verdant for the electrostatic printing process, or photocopy process, used in their growth regulator technology HarvestHold.
Produce suppliers are working with packaging manufacturers to limit the excess materials that wind up in the waste stream.
The packaging industry has an important teaching mission, in terms of recycling its products, marketers say.
The Reusable Packaging Association chose The Kroger Co. with reusable packaging supplier Polymer Logistics as the winner of its 2019 Excellence in Reusable Packaging award program.
With many companies using top-seal containers to cut down on plastic use to promote sustainability, ProSeal is showcasing the focus on sustainability at Pack Expo.