Beverage

GFSI Releases New Benchmarking Requirements

Global Food Safety Initiative raises the bar for food safety with Version 2020, marking the beginning of a new generation of benchmarking, recognition, and transparency

February 24, 2020

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Material handling

Dot Foods Opens New Distribution Center

Site will help nation’s largest food industry redistributor deliver products in less-than-truckload quantities to customers in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut

February 24, 2020

Cartoning

Co-Packer Dramatically Expands Wine Canning Capacity

In just two years, Free Flow Wines increases its wine-canning capabilities from one semi-automated line to three, adds a fully automated 300-can/min line, and triples its production space.

February 19, 2020

Beverage

DFA and Dean Foods Reach Purchase Agreement

DFA set to buy significant portion of Dean Foods’ assets and business, subject to a number of approvals from different parties

February 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Perrier Competition Awards Three Most Promising Sustainable Packaging Innovations

The Next Packaging Movement by PERRIER awards three innovative sustainable packaging ideas with technical and operational assistance, as well as financial support up to $1 million.

February 14, 2020

Sustainability

Is Convenience Now Trumping Sustainability?

As e-commerce continues to explode, our industry must uncover more leading-edge technologies to be simultaneously profitable and green.

February 13, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Dairy is First in South Africa to Use Bio-Based Closure

A new package for Woodland Dairy’s extended shelf-life milk is made from 80% renewable materials and uses a closure partly made from bio-based material, making it 100% recyclable.

February 12, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Food Industry and E-Commerce: 5 Year Outlook

By 2024, 70% of consumers will likely utilize online grocery shopping, up from 25% now. (FMI and Nielsen, 2018) See what food manufacturers are doing to prepare for this growth.

February 12, 2020

Beverage

Our (Engaged) People Are Our Greatest Asset

Using the OpX Workforce Engagement Framework can move the needle on employee engagement as well as productivity and morale.

February 12, 2020

Operational Excellence

OEMs Needed for $32 Billion Budding Cannabis Industry

Automated operations are the wave of the future in a growing industry that is expected to reach $32 billion globally by 2024, with a CAGR of 28%. Off the record, OEMs report cannabis companies get sticker shock!

February 10, 2020

Operational Excellence

CPGs Help Emerging Brands

Mintel

Recognizing the importance of disruptive innovation, large CPGs and business intelligence firms like Mintel are identifying and nurturing food and beverage companies

February 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Regional Coke Labels Sacrifice Branding for Recycling Education

With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET in Sweden, the beverage giant is unveiling new labels that sacrifice its iconic red and white-cursive branding for a powerful recycling message.

February 6, 2020

Sustainability

Sustainable Packaging for Beverages

Smurfit Kappa Group

Smurfit Kappa launches GreenClip, TopClip, and Nor-Grip, a portfolio of 100% recyclable, renewable, and biodegradable corrugated can holders that can be used as an alternative for plastic rings to bundle canned and bottled beverages.

February 6, 2020