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).https://www.packworld.com/trends/logistics-supply-chain/article/22971183/rfid-supply-chain-pilot-walmart-hanes-achieve-100-trackingPackaging Worlden2026-07-23T21:06:18.000ZPilot from Walmart, Hanes/Gildan Teaches Cartons to Talk via RFID, 2Dhttps://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/img-1164.RvfyvSKY8p.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Auburn University's Soundarya Korlapati (center) and GS1's Jon Gregory demo Project Brilliance live at GS1 Connect 2026, scanning a pilot carton to check its contents against what the brand owner packed.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-32229-pm.2t0tig1D3h.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The concept in one slide: a web address encoded in the logistic unit's tag lets a carton "phone home" to the sender's EPCIS repository at every step, from manufacturer to retail store.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-32454-pm.DwlUCHfRo2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Verification, not discovery: the reader pulls a carton's expected contents from the tag and checks them off in real time, returning a simple "verified" result without opening the box.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-32713-pm.bsEn5yQSjl.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The pilot captured read events at four stages, brand-owner DC, 3PL cross-dock, retailer RDC (inbound and outbound), and store, with each event posted to a shared EPCIS repository.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-32858-pm.KeAdTXC4gL.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70A single pilot carton, 28 Hanes socks packed March 17, becomes the demo: scanning the SSCC++ tag turns each expected item from yellow to green as the handheld confirms it.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-33048-pm.X7XX6T5ZYG.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The value case cuts both ways: suppliers gain early exception detection and chargeback defense, while retailers gain trusted receiving and better inventory accuracy, with no carton isolation required.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-33204-pm.BSlaEslv9U.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70A perfect packing-validation match to expected GTINs, 100% detection across redundant downstream reads, easy data access across multiple solution providers, and no need to isolate cartons to validate contents.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-33249-pm.EpKgtegEf5.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Walmart reads the cartons again at the 3PL dock door, RDC inbound and outbound, and the store stockroom and sales floor, so a read missed at one stage is caught at the next.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-33214-pm.7yXhsKFiQC.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70An RFID tunnel captures and validates each carton's EPC contents and encodes the SSCC++ label in a single pass, so nothing slows the line. Note the 2D barcode already on the Hanes sock package, and the DSDC pick-and-pack label routed to a specific Walmart store.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-33229-pm.lOKjeu1jUx.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Cartons are confirmed to their pallet, then confirmed again outbound, with each event posted to the EPCIS repository before the truck leaves the Hanesbrands DC.https://img.packworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/screenshot-2026-07-24-at-12851-pm.NnMhTgzKEp.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The tag is read at every node and reports back to one shared EPCIS repository, replacing a tangle of bilateral data-sharing deals with open, real-time visibility from manufacturer to store shelf.