Flexibles

Sliced apple fast-food snack packs

Packaging supplied by Printpack Inc.

February 28, 2006

Fruits/Vegetables: Page 16

Flexibles

In-pack veggie steamer

According to Bev Dixon, general manager at Sun Valley Foods, she and her colleagues took one look at Simple Steps for Produce while at a trade show last year and knew they wanted to put it to work.

February 28, 2006

Closures

Employing a 'scents' of smell

"The latest and greatest packaging innovations are packages that smell."

December 31, 2005

Fruits/Vegetables

Flexible system masters hard-to-handle product

Stretch Island Fruit expands and automates packaging operations.

December 31, 2005

Dairy

With restage, brand's distribution widens

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

November 30, 2005

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