A Driscoll's blueberry clamshell carrying two QR codes — one pre-printed on the brand label, one applied at the farm. Together they're central to a serialization program that has given more than a billion packages a unique, traceable identity.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Live at GS1 Connect: Driscoll's Gives a Billion Clamshells Unique IDs
The fresh berry juggernaut had more than two million consumer survey responses, but no way to act on any of them. Changing that now is item-level serialization via one unique QR code per clamshell, across four thousand growers and a billion packages.
June 11, 2026

Package Printing

Coding/marking
End of the Line Video Series: A Med Device Makeover, Levitating Tile Technology, and an Anti-automation Ice Cream Plant
Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.
June 8, 2026
New End Of Line
Coding/marking
Digital Printing Gives Healthcare Packagers Greater Control
Ink and printer advancements broaden healthcare applications.
June 3, 2026
A Sealed Air digital printing solution demonstrates how pharma manufacturers can produce customized, high-resolution labels on demand—reducing inventory risk and enabling advanced traceability (mock-up shown with fictional brand).
Labeling
Column: Believable Sustainability Claims
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Big Foot, and sustainability claims. One of them is not like the others (or at least, shouldn’t be).
May 4, 2026
Adobe Stock 1932300577
Recycling
Kraft Heinz Pilots UV Tags to Track Real-Time Recycling
In a U.K. pilot on Heinz Beanz and Heinz Ketchup packaging, Kraft Heinz is using Polytag UV Tag technology to gather practical product lifecycle data.
May 1, 2026
The UV Tag technology is material-agnostic, so it can be used on paper labels like those on Heinz Beanz, on plastic packaging like for Heinz Ketchup, and more materials and formats.
Bagging & Pouching
From Window to Workflow: Prospector Redesigns Pouch for Scale
As distribution expanded beyond regional retail into national grocery and hospitality channels, Prospector Popcorn replaced its windowed pouch with a metallized structure and macro photography, aligning graphics, materials, and operations for consistent shelf performance and shelf life.
April 30, 2026
Prospector Popcorn’s redesign replaces a transparent window with macro product photography, while moving the flavor name to the center of the pouch for improved shelf visibility and consistency across distribution.
Package Printing
Tostitos Gets a Packaging Refresh Signaling Craft Chips
PepsiCo updates flexible packaging graphics for its Tostitos brand, with expanded-gamut printing and matte finishes while maintaining machinability and shelf life.
April 27, 2026
The updated packaging (right) uses a cream-colored background to create visual cohesion across the Tostitos portfolio.
Package Printing
Amcor Expands Protein Packaging Capacity in One of its Largest Investments to Date
Amcor
Amcor announces a significant expansion of its North America printing, lamination, and converting capabilities for the protein market.
November 20, 2025
Amcor
Contract Packaging
Radienz Living Adopts Paperboard Carton for Laundry Pods
Radienz Living and GPI will debut an all-paper, child-resistant carton for laundry pods, aiming to cut plastic, boost pallet efficiency, and meet safety standards in club-store and perhaps e-commerce channels.
September 3, 2025
Interior view of the CleanClose carton showing the specialty fold-and-glue structure and audible “click” closure for child resistance.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Live at GS1: Wegmans On Board with 2D Barcodes; Kenvue Will be Ready
At GS1 Connect, Wegmans’ Paul Wawrzyniak revealed a supplier letter is coming on 2D barcode adoption, while Kenvue’s Prakash Christopher detailed how packaging is adapting now—signaling Sunrise 2027 is no longer distant, it’s underway.
June 12, 2025
(from left, speaking) Prakash Christopher, Kenvue; Maryann Moschides, ScanBuy; Scott Jackson, Datalogic; Paul Wawrzyniak, Wegmans; and Steven Keddie, GS1.
Package Printing
Colored by INX Can Design Contest Open for Entries
INX International Ink Co.
The sixth annual contest invites brand owners, designers, marketers, and metal decorators to showcase their creative can designs using at least one INX Color Catalog color.
February 3, 2025
Inx 2025 Colored By Inx Can Design Contest
Package Design
FDA Proposes Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels for Food/Bev
The new front-of-package nutrition labels would assist consumers in making healthier food choices by emphasizing sodium, sugar, and saturated fat levels.
January 15, 2025
FDA front of package nutrition label
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel, Returns to Retail
Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle.
January 8, 2025
The latest dishwasher pod formulation from Dropps, UltraWash Plus uses its paperboard packaging to communicate product efficacy by depicting a Pyrex-style glass baking dish, often considered to be the toughest to clean with baked-on food. The company says Ultrawash Plus is the first-to-market USDA-certified bio-based multi-chamber dishwasher detergent.
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