Sustainability

RTD vodka drink four-packs

When Jenn's Cocktail Co., Danville, CA, prepared to roll out its ready-to-drink (RTD) premium flavored vodka beverages in 100-ml glass bottles, the company wanted a four-pack design that would capture consumer attention, especially among young adult women.

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Sustainability

Wal-Mart launches sustainable packaging initiative

How do you answer the CEO of the largest retail organization on earth when he lays down an environmental challenge?

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Sustainable Packaging

Emphasizing value, from design through to package disposal

Winning strategies will focus on the needs of retailers and the consumer as both shopper and product user. Co-packers will play a bigger role in the value equation.

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Flexible packaging

Look what's coming down the packaging pike

From sustainability to high-pressure sterilization to nanotechnology, developments in food and beverage packaging hold tremendous promise.

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Sustainability

Club stores consider sustainable packaging

Environmentally friendly developments gain momentum at Sam's Club and other club stores.

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Sustainable Packaging

How to achieve product differentiation? Don't stop there!

Most consumers’ shopping patterns are hardly rational. Engage them with package designs that use a consumer-focused mind-set rather than a product-oriented one.

October 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

California AG sues over acrylamide

The State’s attorney general filed suit under Proposition 65 against some of the biggest food companies, including McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Frito-Lay, to force them to put warning labels on all French fries and potato chips sold in California because they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Re-emergence of paper

All of a sudden in early fall, I’ve had a whole bunch of conversations about paper packaging, whether it’s for frozen foods packaging or loose-fill or for highly graphic consumer goods containers.

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Flexibles

Packaging made from renewable resources gains traction

As petroleum-based materials edge upward in cost, packaging made from renewable resources grows more appealing. Says one water bottler, 'It’s the right thing.'

October 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola pours packaging into environmental efforts

The interest and significance of “environmentally friendly” packaging seems to continually ebb and flow.

September 30, 2005

Sustainability

Wal-Mart switches to corn-based plastic packaging

Starting Nov. 1, 2005, Wal-Mart will begin to substitute 114 million clear petroleum-based plastic clamshell containers with corn-based plastic packaging for cut fruit, herbs, strawberries, and Brussels sprouts.

September 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Top 10 smart label tips

The following tips are offered to help companies optimize the printing and encoding of RFID "smart" labels.

September 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

How should you choose the right vendors for your RFID project?

Choosing the right set of vendors in a project is often the best way to help guarantee a successful implementation.

September 30, 2005