https://www.packworld.com/trends/controls-machine-components/article/22971487/plant-vitality-score-boosts-automation-roi-beyond-paybackPackaging Worlden2026-07-30T20:00:00.000ZAdding a Plant Vitality Score Could Strengthen Automation ROIhttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/roi-1.62ACTju0A3.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Christine Bush of Schneider Electric proposed pairing traditional ROI calculations with a Plant Vitality Index that measures line condition, flexibility, workforce readiness, sustainability, and other strategic priorities.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/roi-2.LswcXd0Krv.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Bush’s proposed dual-lens approach evaluates automation projects through both financial return and their contribution to plant modernization, business growth, and other corporate priorities.https://www.packworld.com/coding-printing-labeling/package-printing/article/22971512/zavida-coffee-roasters-bets-on-digitally-printed-corrugatedPackaging Worlden2026-07-30T17:04:45.000ZZavida Coffee Roasters Bets On Digitally Printed Corrugatedhttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/zavida3.4BG7aYufBd.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The 2-lb resealable stand-up pouch is where Zavida Coffee Roasters' Organica brand story started — and what the new box for coffee pods had to translate.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/zavida1.JyTHjS1cwW.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The shipper box represents Zavida Coffee Roasters' first entry into Keurig-compatible pods at Costco.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/zavida-pac-award.r3sACXsp7u.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Adi Montas, marketing commercialization manager at Zavida Coffee Roasters (left), accepts the Best in Class PAC Global Award in the Technical category for package innovation design at the 2026 PAC Global Awards.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/zavida-box-printing.Llw34HTCoH.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The top panel of the Organic shipper case showcases the rich color, fine detail, and tonal depth Zavida and Atlantic achieved on an uncoated surface through digital printing.https://www.packworld.com/trends/logistics-supply-chain/article/22971379/walmart-fsma-204-compliance-should-be-the-floor-not-the-ceilingPackaging Worlden2026-07-29T14:20:00.000ZWalmart: FSMA 204 Compliance as the Floor, Not the Ceilinghttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/1-overview.yqtMNgAeCg.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/2-ecosystem.Fi93T6hHG2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Bonin's "living ecosystem": growers tune harvest practices to downstream feedback, carriers and DCs gain thermal-compliance and receiving efficiencies, stores cut markdowns, and consumers get transparency, with GS1 standards as the interoperable language connecting every node. Slide courtesy of Walmart.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/3-connected-consumer.cnHOA9VLkn.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70A shopper scans a clamshell of Salinas Valley strawberries and sees where and when it was harvested, a suggested storage temperature, and a pairing idea. In Bonin's framing, the 2D barcode is where the supply chain's operational intelligence finally reaches the person in the aisle.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-28-at-123737-pm.qRkCE4ODkW.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Ed Bonin, director of enterprise traceability and compliance at Walmarthttps://www.packworld.com/sustainable-packaging/recycling/article/22971377/smallformat-packaging-recycling-challenge-solutionsPackaging Worlden2026-07-28T17:06:42.000ZThe Billion-Package Problem: Small-Format Recycling Solutions Emergehttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/small-format-3.QxkPhBfN6u.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Estée Lauder has shifted some product samples from small plastic packets to paper-based formats, including this Aveda shampoo packet, to improve compatibility with the paper recycling stream.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/small-format-2.ms82P5J5ma.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The Small Format Packaging Infrastructure Coalition is bringing brands, recyclers, processors, and end markets together to improve small-format package recovery, increase cullet quality, reduce material sent to landfill, and generate data for EPR programs.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/small-format-1.RagAoTzhfE.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Small-format packaging can fall through MRF screens with broken glass and travel to a glass processing facility, where it may be removed and sent to landfill. The diagram identifies possible points for recovering the material before disposal.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/small-format-beauty.Nk0TfMZkcg.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70(from l. to r.) Moderator Matt Reynolds, Packaging World; Sarah Pamplona Santos, Closed Loop Partners; Scott DeFife, Glass Packaging Institute; and Kenneth Laverdure, Estée Lauder Companies.https://www.packworld.com/trends/package-design/article/22971316/thepackhub-heinz-reintroduces-glass-ketchup-bottle-tequila-trombas-largeformat-bottle-and-ecopak-introduces-cubebased-packs-for-producePackaging Worlden2026-07-26T06:00:00.000ZHeinz Reintroduces Glass Ketchup Bottle, Tequila Tromba's Large-format Bottle, and Ecopak Introduces Cube-based Packs for Producehttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/heinz.Wewu0pLPkT.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The company is leveraging a historic pack format that remains strongly associated with its brand identity.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/tromba.dH14N2GJ6u.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The format decreases the number of individual bottles entering recycling or waste streams.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/ecopak.DpgG9BrPSA.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Q-Bic's 114 mm (4.5 in) cube arrangement doubles the polystyrene box's capacity from 90 to 180 trays of 125 g (4.4 oz) arils—raising product volume from 11.25 kg (24.8 lb) to 22.5 kg (49.6 lb).