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OFF THE SHELF: Great Lakes Cheese goes recloseable

Great Lakes Cheese of Hiram, OH, has a uniquely consumer-friendly and recloseable package concept for sliced cheese. Pat Reynolds visited their Plymouth, WI, plant recently and demonstrated how the pack opens and recloses.

Pat Reynolds
Mar 1, 2011
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