Dairy

With restage, brand's distribution widens

How can a regional brand of honey spread gain national distribution?

November 30, 2005

Fruits/Vegetables: Page 16

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Higher frequency of RFID ahead (sidebar)

Tech trend: RFID sensors

November 30, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

How to achieve product differentiation? Don't stop there!

Most consumers’ shopping patterns are hardly rational. Engage them with package designs that use a consumer-focused mind-set rather than a product-oriented one.

October 31, 2005

Reusable/Returnable

RFID growth at T&A

Tanimura & Antle vice president of information technology Tom Casas debriefs us with an update to the produce packer’s RFID program that was highlighted in an online article published in April 2005, T&A takes RFID into the field (see packworld.com/go/c152).

October 31, 2005

Sustainability

Wal-Mart switches to corn-based plastic packaging

Starting Nov. 1, 2005, Wal-Mart will begin to substitute 114 million clear petroleum-based plastic clamshell containers with corn-based plastic packaging for cut fruit, herbs, strawberries, and Brussels sprouts.

September 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Further RFID growth at T&A

Tanimura & Antle continues to expand its RFID program, adding retailers and other varieties of produce.

September 30, 2005

Recycling

Five tactics for retaining equity in extensions

Brand extensions represent a way to leverage a brand’s assets and equity to market new products or services.

August 31, 2005

Flexibles

Dashboard dining gets a new player

Add grapes to the growing list of fresh-cut produce showing up in high-impact, graphically appealing, consumer-friendly, convenience-oriented packages found at the local supermarket.

August 31, 2005

Fruits/Vegetables

Packaging conveys dietary guidelines

Produce packaging will likely take on a higher profile since the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new food pyramid came out this spring emphasizing that Americans should increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables.

August 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The truly nickel tag

Why silicon is too pricy and why printed electronics make sense for the nickel RFID tag solution.

July 31, 2005

Closures

Onions jump on the fresh-cut bandwagon

A recent addition to the growing ranks of fresh-cut produce in branded packaging sold at retail are green onions from Boskovich Farms of Oxnard, CA.

July 31, 2005

Dairy

Convenience, portability power packages

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) spokesman Todd Hultquist offered the following packaging trends and insights based on his observations from the recent FMI show in Chicago:

July 31, 2005

Flexibles

Analyst expounds on food packaging trends

Esther Palevsky, an analyst for the Freedonia Group, listed the following as key food packaging trends:

July 31, 2005