Cartons and boxes

Bistro-inspired identity for frozen fish packaging

Creative concept for Birds Eye meals shows that the premium product provides a dining out experience at home, but without the hassle of a long, drawn-out cooking process.

December 4, 2017

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Secondary Packaging

Frozen burger giant installs robotic top-load carton equipment

Electronic vision-guided pick-and-place system significantly improves overall carton packing efficiencies.

November 1, 2017

Prepared Foods

On-Cor gets a refresh

On-Cor Frozen Foods of Aurora, IL, is rolling out a brand refresh that includes product enhancements, packaging redesign, and an innovative advertising campaign.

September 22, 2017

Containers

Refreshed label graphics conjure Mediterranean warmth

The Peloponnese brand of Greek and Mediterranean food specialties gets a new visual identity that puts its namesake—the Greek village of Peloponnese—front and center.

August 21, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

New microwave pasteurization line fuels Swedish food producer’s success

Beef producer Grön Ko expands its business to include chilled ready meals prepared by microwave pasteurization, growing from 1,000 units per week to 20,000 with a new line.

August 18, 2017

Sustainability

Hello green! Meal kit box is eco-friendly

HelloFresh introduces an insulated box for its meal kits that uses 100% recycled fiber, is 100% recyclable, and is easy for operators to assemble and for customers to disassemble and dispose of.

July 13, 2017

Sustainability

PET-coated case for fish wins WorldStar Award

The EcoFishBox replaces polystyrene with PET, making it completely recyclable.

June 14, 2017

Recycling

Packaging innovation challenges

Carlo Rotunno, Group Head of R&D – Packaging, for Nomad Foods Europe, a market-leading frozen food company based in the U.K., shares his thoughts on the role of materials, design, and innovation in packaging development as well as those trends that will change the industry in the next decade.

May 1, 2017

Cartons and boxes

Pie packaging celebrates The Beauty of Imperfection

Eclectic and eye-catching, new packaging graphics for U.K.’s Higgidy brand of handmade quiches and pies features mismatched plates that mirror the beauty of the company’s imperfect pies.

April 2, 2017

Containers

Clear retortable plastic can debuts

McCall Farms is first to commercialize this three-piece coextruded plastic can. Product visibility is the key, but it certainly helps that for the most part it’s a drop-in replacement for steel cans.

March 29, 2017

Sustainability

Libby’s labels vegetable cans as BPA-free

Seneca Foods adds a logo to its Libby’s brand canned vegetable packaging to alert consumers that the can uses BPA-free can-lining technology.

February 26, 2017

Plastics/resins

First-of-its-kind plastic retort can hits retail shelves

Canned vegetable and fruit producer McCall Farms becomes the first to use a clear, plastic retort can for a line of slow-cooked vegetables, adding excitement to a stagnant category.

January 31, 2017

Prepared Foods

Micvac adds food service business area

The patented Micvac process for in-pack cooking and pasteurization is now being used within the food service industry.

November 21, 2016