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

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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

Recycling

Millennials and Sustainable Packaging Go Hand in Hand

The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s latest trends report finds common threads throughout the industry, such as the impact and correlation between Millennials and sustainable packaging.

November 21, 2016

Filling/capping, dry

EatingWell brings VSP frozen entrées to the table

Using vacuum skin packaging, new EatingWell frozen entrées deliver preservative-free recipes and visual transparency to the fresh ingredients in the freezer section.

November 13, 2016

Flexibles

Make-your-own hummus kit is shelf-stable

Baruvi Fresh lets consumers make their own fresh hummus anywhere, anytime, with shelf-stable ingredients packed in a ‘mini bowl’ with stirrer for easy preparation.

November 12, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Case packing upgrade brings many benefits

Semi-automatic case packing was a ‘rate limiter’ that had to be addressed at this growing food manufacturer serving foodservice customers from its Ohio facility.

November 4, 2016

Plastics/resins

Kids love noodles In a Cup!

Heat-pasteurized, vacuum-packed noodles in a cup with a reclosable lid and spork make a nutritious meal or snack for kids at home or at school.

October 16, 2016

Containers

Canning plant triples production with expansion

Canned fruit and vegetable producer McCall Farms expands its plant by a quarter-million feet, adding 11 filling lines and four labeling lines, tripling its production in seven months.

October 3, 2016

Containers

Hummus and chicken launched in snack-size pack

Hummus Plus expands its line to include a 4-oz snack pack made from a bowl-shaped base and domed lid that snap together and hold the hummus and chicken components.

July 12, 2016

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packaging trailblazer is first again

The Swedish company Gooh (short for good and healthy) was the very first company to adopt the Micvac microwave pasteurization method when it launched a range of premium chilled ready meals with extended refrigerated shelf life.

April 29, 2016