Labels

OFF THE SHELF: Spice bottle gets extended-text treatment

Anne Marie Mohan describes a PET container of Club House brand seasonings from McCormick Canada that uses clever pressure-sensitive labeling to bring consumers recipes in both English and French.

June 18, 2010

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Converting equipment

Middle East, Africa sees new product boom...

May 18, 2010

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

OFF THE SHELF: McCormick tries unit-dose spices

The well-known spice marketer McCormick & Co. offers consumers pre-measured spices in individual portions cleverly combined in a single card. Senior editor Anne Marie Mohan demonstrates this convenient new idea.

April 23, 2010

Beverage

French vintner aims to take wine in new directions

Boisset Family Estates is getting away from the traditional glass bottle and going with a plastic bottle and a Tetra Pak container. Aluminum containers might be next.

April 22, 2010

Flexibles

Refillable packaging: What's in it for the consumer?

An ASDA supermarket trial in the U.K. offers consumers an in-store opportunity to refill private-label fabric softener in a plastic pouch.

April 22, 2010

Containers

Dogboned pairs of Pace PET packs

Better functionality was the main driver behind Campbell Soup Co.’s recent redesign of the container it uses for Pace salsa sold through Club Store channels.

March 31, 2010

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Heinz pack is dual-functioning

March 7, 2010

Recycling

New compostable soda cups and lids launch at Burgerville

Sustainable-focused QSR moves closer to its goal of 85% diversion of waste from landfills with its use of a new compostable beverage cup and lid.

March 4, 2010

Containers

Portable "Sushi Popper" ultimate convenience food?

Uses for tubes have grown in the past few years, but this package may smell a little fishy!

February 26, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-accuracy labeler hugs honey bears

Golden Heritage Foods, LLC, Van Wert, OH, produces honey products and packages them in bear-shaped PET containers supplied by custom blowmolder Container Services, Inc..

February 5, 2010

Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Heinz lets consumers choose to dip or squeeze

New condiment package first innovation in food service packaging in 42 years for this major brand owner.

February 5, 2010

Sustainability

Packaging's curse--bad press blues

{easycomments}Website, The Daily Green, wails on wasteful food packaging, no mention of single households demographics or convenience.

January 28, 2010

Containers

European tube suppliers report relatively stable 2009

The tube’s versatility, and a strong presence in cosmetics and pharma, helped this package weather the economic storm across Europe.

January 18, 2010