Flexibles

The buzz on the bee bottle

Launched in fall 2007 by Golden Heritage Foods LLC, the Barry’s Busy Bee Pure Honey product, in a 2-oz shaped bottle with a shrink-sleeve label, brings the likeness of animated feature film Bee Movie star, Barry B. Benson, to life.

May 12, 2008

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Bakery/Snack

Kellogg films raise the bars

Around 1990, Kellogg Co.’s Rice Krispies Treats squares were transformed from a cereal-box recipe into a sweet retail option for snackers.

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Sustainability news and events

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Jordans gains expertise in biopolymers

In 2007, Jordans, a leading cereal products company in the United Kingdom, announced the development of a new biodegradable bag for its organic products—a bag that is fully compostable in garden compost bins.

May 12, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Many sources of advice on enhancing supplier reliability

Food packagers always face challenges, of course.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Robotics at Heinz-Pocatello

John Beale is project engineering manager at a Heinz frozen food plant in Pocatello, ID. Here he talks about robotic solutions that are being considered.

May 12, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Moosehead muscles in on U.S. light beer market

In April 2008, Moosehead USA, Boulder, CO, the new U.S. importing arm of Canada-based Moosehead Breweries, launched Moosehead Light premium beer into select U.S. markets—including Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Jersey, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

May 12, 2008

Recycling

NC law mandates bar/restaurant container recycling

A North Carolina state law (HB 237) went into effect Jan. 1 requiring all Alcoholic Beverage Control permit holders to recycle beverage containers sold at retail for on-premise consumption.

May 12, 2008

Closures

Toddler juice packaging engages attention

In January 2008, First Juice, Inc., Mt. Freedom, NJ, launched a line of organic fruit and vegetable juice beverages specially formulated for toddlers.

May 12, 2008

Recycling

Green-conscious brown-box wines

Boho Vineyards, San Francisco, is thinking “inside the box” by serving up vintage-dated Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Merlot wines packaged in eco-friendly 3-L bag-in-box wine casks made from unbleached, natural brown, chlorine-free kraft cardboard containing recycled paper.

May 12, 2008

Flexibles

Snack brand gets turned on its side

New Lay’s Cracker Crisps and Cheetos Cracker Trax baked snack crackers are taking the traditional Frito-Lay snack experience and turning it on its side—literally.

May 12, 2008

Closures

Resealable can energizes Burn

There’s a new option in resealability for beverage containers.

May 12, 2008

Detergents/cleaners

Downy bottle conjures cosmetic appeal

P&G uses richly designed bottles for new, perfume-scented ‘fabric enhancers.’

May 7, 2008