A Driscoll's blueberry clamshell carrying two QR codes — one pre-printed on the brand label, one applied at the farm. Together they're central to a serialization program that has given more than a billion packages a unique, traceable identity.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Live at GS1 Connect: Driscoll's Gives a Billion Clamshells Unique IDs
The fresh berry juggernaut had more than two million consumer survey responses, but no way to act on any of them. Changing that now is item-level serialization via one unique QR code per clamshell, across four thousand growers and a billion packages.
June 11, 2026

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Package Design
Bob's Red Mill Refreshes Packaging to Sharpen Shelf Navigation
The 200-SKU redesign leans on a custom typeface, color families, and clearer dietary callouts while preserving the heritage cues longtime fans recognize.
June 11, 2026
The updated packaging (right) features a simpler and bolder logo, a custom typeface, and an updated color palette.
Logistics/Supply Chain
GS1 Connect: P&G, Ken's Foods, Walmart, EPR, Data Cleanliness, & 2D Barcodes
Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging editors report from Las Vegas, where Sunrise 2027 adoption, a new GS1 EPR playbook, and a warning about retiring institutional knowledge dominated day two at GS1 Connect 2026.
June 10, 2026
Matt Reynolds, editor of Packaging World, and Liz Cuneo, editor-in-chief of Healthcare Packaging, report from the show floor at GS1 Connect 2026 in Las Vegas.
Contract Packaging
Portland Co-packer Doubles Production With Single Data Platform
Portland Bottling Company replaces disconnected, paper-based plant operations with a single connected platform, reaching 99% inventory accuracy and 100% shipping accuracy while doubling production volume.
June 9, 2026
PBC’s consolidation of its technology landscape into one connected platform gave every department access to the same real-time operational data.
Workforce
Ossid Welcomes Ryan Stockton as Associate Sales Representative
Ossid, a ProMach brand
Stockton aims to support growth and customer relationships in the Mid-Atlantic region while promoting Ossid's portfolio of tray packaging, thermoforming, and labeling solutions.
June 8, 2026
Ryan Stockton
PMMI News
Largest EXPO PACK MĂ©xico in History Reinforces Event's Position as Latin America's Premier Packaging and Processing Show
PMMI
Record exhibit space, international participation, and industry-wide engagement brought manufacturing leaders to Mexico City to explore innovations, build partnerships, and discover solutions shaping the future of packaging and processing.
June 8, 2026
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Workforce
ProMach’s Flexible Packaging Group Welcomes Sam Kelly as New Regional Sales Manager
ProMach
Kelly is named regional sales manager for the Midwest, where he will support customers in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska with customized vertical and horizontal packaging solutions.
June 8, 2026
Sam Kelly
Package Design
Loyd Grossman brand, Edmunds Cocktails, and Vibra Energia Launch Innovative Packaging Updates
ThePackHub
See a few examples of packaging that is driving innovation and sustainability from Loyd Grossman brand, Edmunds Cocktails, and Vibra Energia from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
June 8, 2026
A tamper-evident vertical seal runs from the lid down to the jar body, ensuring product integrity.
Workforce
EDGE Team Packs Nearly 10,000 Meals for Children in One Hour at A Child's Hope International
EDGE Industrial Technologies
Over two dozen EDGE employees volunteered with Cincinnati nonprofit A Child's Hope International to support children and families facing food insecurity.
June 5, 2026
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Flexible packaging
KinderFarms Debuts Brand Overhaul to Go Back to the Basics
The brand focus is on a “less is more” mentality through simplified packaging.
June 4, 2026
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Workforce
FPA Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA)
The Foodservice Packaging Association appoints Ellen Daniels as its first CEO, bringing extensive trade association and policy leadership experience to guide the industry through evolving sustainability and regulatory challenges.
June 2, 2026
Ellen Daniels
Logistics/Supply Chain
SupplyOne Acquires Compass Packaging Solutions to Continue New England Expansion
SupplyOne, Inc.
The Massachusetts-based supplier’s range of protective packaging solutions, along with warehouse and fulfillment services, supports SupplyOne’s strategic growth initiatives.
June 1, 2026
Supplyone Acquires Compass
Digital Transformation
Interpack Wrap: Packaging Forced to be All Things to All People
At interpack 2026, one theme stood out: packaging’s growing challenge of balancing sustainability, traceability, intelligence, compliance, and efficiency in a single package.
June 1, 2026
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