Fruits/Vegetables: Page 17

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

Closures

Switch to jars invigorates veggie brand

Steel price hikes in late 2004 motivated Ole’, a leading vegetable packer headquartered in Morrinhos, Goias, Brazil, to evaluate other packaging options besides steel cans. T

June 30, 2005

Beverage

'Two-buck Chuck' maker loses CA label dispute

Bronco Wine Co., Ceres, CA, lost an appeal in California state court that would have allowed it to use the word “Napa” on wines that don’t contain grapes from Napa Valley.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Carrefour debuts microwavable vegetable tray

Conceived by Carrefour, the French hypermarket pioneer, new Conserves Pratiques vegetables are packed in retorted multilayer plastic trays.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Convenience and portability power packages

Esther Palevsky, an analyst for the Freedonia Group, says packaging that makes foods convenient, portable, and easier or faster to prepare exemplify key packaging trends.

June 30, 2005

Fruits/Vegetables

Produce packaging and the new dietary guidelines

Packaging could play an important role in helping consumers adhere to the new USDA dietary guidelines that call for increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.

May 31, 2005

Flexibles

Packaging trends from FMI

Convenience, portability, shaped bottles, and combination products were all the rage at May’s Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago.

May 31, 2005

Flexibles

Onions take to thermoforms

For both foodservice and retail channels, Gills Onions is now offering rigid packaging as an alternative to flexible film bags.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

T&A takes RFID into the field

Tanimura & Antle’s program for Wal-Mart starts with bins of lettuce that are RFID-tagged in farm fields.

March 31, 2005