Package Design

Red Bull, Chick-fil-A, and Jong Introduce Packaging Designed for User Engagement

See a few examples of packaging designed to enhance the user experience from Red Bull, Chick-fil-A, and Jong from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

January 10, 2025

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 46

Packaging line integration

How Technology is Assisting Employees in the Snack Foods Market

Technological tools including virtual reality headsets, sensors, and instructional materials are helping to train snack food producer employees.

January 10, 2025

Recycling

What Circularity Entails for CPGs

CPGCs need not feel that circularity is sending them in circles.

January 10, 2025

Recycling

Community Poll: U.S. Recycling Challenges

What's holding back U.S. recycling rates?

January 9, 2025

Workforce

One-Minute Survey: Workforce Challenges

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January 8, 2025

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Dropps Packaging Goes Omnichannel, Returns to Retail

Laundry and dish pod trailblazer Dropps doesn't need to get up on a soap box about sustainable packaging. Its new omnichannel carton range, rolled out in June 2024, sends that message on its own, both via e-comm channels and in the retail detergent aisle.

January 8, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #1: Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project

The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react?

January 5, 2025

Package Design

Top Articles of 2024, #2: 7 Trends Reshaping Gen Z Packaging Design

The #2 most clicked article of 2024: Packaging design is transforming to fit Gen Z tastes. From vibrant explosions of color to embracing imperfections, these seven trends capture the essence of Gen Z's unique aesthetic preferences and values.

January 4, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #3: Sprite Gets Naked, for Now

The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.

January 3, 2025

Package Design

Top Articles of 2024, #4: Pack Defect Causes 8.2 million-Bag P&G Recall

The #4 most clicked article of 2024: A defect in child-resistant packaging led Procter & Gamble to recall more than 8 million bags of Tide, Gain, Ace, and Ariel laundry detergent packets in the U.S. and Canada.

January 2, 2025

Package Design

Top Articles of 2024, #5: Pantone's 2024 Color of the Year

The #5 most clicked article of 2024: At a time of turmoil in the world, Pantone selects ‘a compassionate and nurturing shade conveying a heartfelt kindness’ as its 2024 Color of the Year, the 25th in the program’s history.

January 1, 2025

Package Design

Top Articles of 2024, #6: Mattel Packaging Error Leads to Recall

The #6 most clicked article of 2024: The company was forced to recall the entire "Wicked" dolls line just before the Holiday season. A printing mistake led consumers to an adult website rather than providing more information on the upcoming film release.

December 31, 2024

Package Design

Top Articles of 2024, #7: Hershey's Faces Class Action Suit Over Reese's Packaging

The #7 most clicked article of 2024: The legal challenge is spurred by consumers who claim the packaging doesn’t match the product.

December 30, 2024