Flexibles

Chicken multipacks take wing at FMI

As seen at the Food Marketing Institute 2006 show, a line of multipacked, individually wrapped chicken breasts from Coleman Natural Foods, Golden, CO, is taking flight nationally starting this month, following test marketing in the northeast.

May 31, 2006

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Flexibles

Higher-tech packaging makes competitive sense

There once was a time when colorful graphics provided shelf differentiation. Now packagers are using packaging to appeal to all five human senses to sell their products in the ever-competitive retail environment.

April 30, 2006

Dairy

Costco resizes Kirkland ice cream

A repackaging of Kirkland Signature ice cream from Costco is done with consumers—and their freezers—in mind.

April 30, 2006

Dairy

Gateway to Mexico and Central America

Some 30ꯠ visitors are expected to descend upon Mexico City’s Centro Banamex for the June 27-June 30 Expo Pack Mexico.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

Turkey strips stand out in market debut

When Carolina Turkey Co., Mt. Olive, NC, was planning the launch of its new “Just Perfect” premium brand frozen cooked turkey strips, the company wanted distinctive, consumer-convenient packaging to complement the distinctive product.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

Gourmet seafoods launch in microwave trays

Raw Seafoods, Inc., New Bedford, MA, has introduced a line of gourmet-quality frozen seafood entrées in 400-g (single-serve) and 900-g (double-serve) microwaveable “MicroRite” trays supplied by Graphic Packaging International (www.graphicpkg.com).

April 30, 2006

Dairy

More on the use of CO

Those suggesting that the use of carbon monoxide in fresh meat packaging is unsafe or inappropriate have been answered by a number of industry observers.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

The future of resealable packaging

Robert Hogan is director of international sales and marketing at Zip-Pak, a global leader in zipper technology for packaging. Bryan Muskat is president of Triangle Package Machinery, a leading supplier of zipper-compatible VFFS packaging machinery. Presented here are their views on the whys and wherefores of incorporating resealable packaging features.

April 30, 2006

Flexibles

Water debuts in shapely SUPs

Wasatch IceWater Co., Park City, UT, has introduced its natural artesian spring water in 16-oz (473-mL) stand-up flexible pouches supplied by Ampac Flexibles, unit of Ampac Packaging LLC.

March 31, 2006

Labels

Case-ready seafood in leak-proof packs

Sea Star Seafood, Marlborough, MA, is riding a trend of case-ready seafood with a line of Beacon Light Refresh frozen products launched in early 2006 in leak-proof packaging.

March 31, 2006

Recycling

The shrinking shelf space dilemma

Rethinking the role of package structure can assure your brand a place on shelf if you think innovatively about consumer usage occasions and adaptability with the retailer.

February 28, 2006

Flexibles

Pouch-perfecting improvements

Unilever dry mixes switch to metallized BOPP to improve barrier, aesthetics, and production.

February 28, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Meat packer doubles production capacity

Compact rollstock thermoform/seal and dual-chamber vacuum machines tighten packaging efficiencies at Ruprecht.

February 28, 2006