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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

New compostable snack bags are easier on the ears

Look out Frito-Lay! Boulder, CO-based snack food manufacturer Boulder Canyon Natural Foods may have cracked the compostable snack chip-package challenge.

March 7, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EPI Labelers celebrates 30th Anniversary on March 15, 2011

To celebrate 30 years of designing and building labeling equipment for the packaging industry, EPI Labelers will be offering 30th Anniversary prizes to Facebook fans (http://facebook.com/epilabelers) and Twitter followers (@epilabelers).

March 7, 2011

Bakery/Snack

Snack bags' single graphic message signals cholesterol reduction

Heart icon, mouth-watering photography, and effective use of white space keep the focus on the good-for-you and taste messages for Corazonas chips and oatmeal squares.

March 6, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

SunChips relaunched in quieter compostable bag

‘Rubber-like adhesive’ said to reduce the bag’s crinkling sound by 15 decibals.

February 28, 2011

Bakery/Snack

Fighting counterfeit drugs in Africa

Free consumer text messaging service targets counterfeit pharmaceutical market that causes at least 700,000 deaths per year globally.

February 25, 2011

Bakery/Snack

OFF THE SHELF: Safeway scores with own-brand salty snacks

Jim George shows a good example of an increasingly frequent development: a private-label package that out-innovates the national brands.

February 17, 2011

Sustainability

Smaller slider clip meets bacon brand's convenience, sustainability goals

In the crowded bacon aisle, Plumrose Foods found a way to add value to its 24-oz Plumrose Hearty Country Style Thicked-Sliced Bacon through packaging, while also meeting a senior management directive to reduce energy and package material usage.

February 8, 2011

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Olives packed as snacks

Mario Camacho Foods puts olives into snack-sized stand-up pouches. Anne Marie Mohan describes the idea behind "Olives packed loose without the juice!"

February 4, 2011

Bakery/Snack

The sixth sense

Packaging that appeals to the consumer's five senses is a competitive advantage, but a marketer would do well to develop a sixth sense, too.

February 1, 2011

Beverage

Word for word

When it comes to deciding on copy for a package, a word to the wise brand-owner is sufficient.

January 26, 2011

Flexibles

Band sealer expands lifeline for Haitian kids

Nonprofit Meds & Food for Kids in Haiti installs new packaging equipment that doubles its output of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for the country’s starving children.

January 14, 2011

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Display unit and the right message increase cereal sales

A test display fixture bearing a healthful product message for General Mills cereals lifted brand sales 17%, category sales 1%—and reduced shopper decision-making time.

January 12, 2011