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

Prepared Foods: Page 7

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

Prepared Foods

Tony Roma BBQ meats retail in smoker-shaped trays with cook-in convenience

Rupari’s smoker-shaped CPET packs for 1-lb pulled pork and chicken and an aluminum tray for ribs deliver shelf appeal and consumer convenience by easing preparation time.

April 15, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Meal delivery service adopts compostable packaging

Los Angeles-based meal and cleanse delivery service uses compostable containers made from sugarcane and corn, recyclable glass bottles, and reusable bags and ice packs.

March 31, 2016

Prepared Foods

Smoker-shaped tray markets Tony Roma-brand meats

Innovative new packaging provides shelf appeal and eases preparation for time-crunched consumers.

March 31, 2016

Cartons and boxes

Fresher, more appealing look for Nutrisystem

Nutrisystem updates the graphics for its hundreds of food SKUs to reflect improved recipes, adding an easy-to-understand nutritional label and meal occasion color coding.

March 16, 2016

Cartons and boxes

VR comes to Happy Meal box

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Happy Meal in Sweden, McDonald's Sweden has developed Happy Goggles made from the Happy Meal box.

March 3, 2016