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Superior Fresh Unveils Brand Refresh, New Packaging

Northfield, Wisconsin-based Superior Fresh, an aquaponic farm growing USDA certified organic produce and Atlantic salmon, has announced its brand refresh and packaging update. With its consumer-friendly look, the packaging highlights its many benefits, especially being USDA certified organic. Superior Fresh is contributing to the environment through the use of repurposed water bottles in its recycled […]

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Ocean Spray Advances Sustainable Packaging Strategy With TerraCycle

Boston-based Ocean Spray Cranberries, the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, has partnered with waste management company TerraCycle to launch a free recycling program that enables consumers to recycle Ocean Spray Craisins dried cranberries flexible plastic and snack packaging for an alternative use. Through the partnership, Ocean Spray is advancing its sustainable packaging […]

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Daelmans Stroopwafels Rolls Out New, Modernized Packaging Design

Daelmans Stroopwafels, distributed by New York City-based The Brand Passport, will debut a new, contemporary packaging design across their portfolio this fall. Customers can still enjoy the No. 1 selling Stroopwafel on the market, now packaged in new graphics designed to increase visibility and impact on shelf. The new Daelmans packaging design features modernized design […]

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GVH Family Of Companies Marks 71st Anniversary With Eye To Future

by Buddy Furgerson, chairman of the board, and CEO Joe Schmidt of GVH Family of Companies This year, GVH Family of Companies celebrates 71 years in business. Our company started with Gage Van Horn answering an advertisement from Champion Gummed Tape Products to become a salesman for printed gummed paper tape and dispensers, which were used […]

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ShopRite’s Wholesome Pantry Reimagines Packaging, Products

ShopRite has announced it is expanding and rebranding its award-winning Wholesome Pantry and Wholesome Pantry Organic product lines that are available at all of its stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The products also will be available at Fresh Grocer stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ShopRite and The Fresh […]

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Patrick Manning Joins Novolex As SVP Of Corporate Development

Patrick Manning has joined Hartsville, South Carolina-based Novolex as SVP of corporate development. Novolex develops and manufactures diverse packaging and food service products. In filling this key position at the company, Manning will be responsible for business strategy and all corporate mergers and acquisitions activity. He will be part of the senior leadership team and report […]

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Sorensen: Take A Look At Closed Loop Recycling For Produce Packing And Shipping

by Cindy Sorensen/founder, The Grocery Group Consumers have a plethora of choices in the grocery store today.  Manufacturers have responded to consumer research to ideate and develop products that will meet changing consumer tastes, trends and demands.  Retailers, too, had to change their merchandising, assortment and pricing strategies to meet the demands of shoppers. The power […]

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Infiniti Looks At Upcoming Trends In North American Packaging Market

As the North American packaging industry prepares to grow and continue to be a global leader in the packaging industry, companies and investors need to ask themselves one question. What trends are going to assist the growth of this industry? The answer is crucial and is discussed in detail in Infiniti Research’s latest article. Being […]

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Crisp Food Technologies’ Fry Baby Wins Best New Product Award

After competing among a record number of entries, the Crisp Food Technologies Fry Baby was awarded the top honor of “Overall Innovation Winner” by Convenience Store News in the 2020 Best New Products contest. This container is one of the latest additions to the Crisp Food Technologies container family, a product line of Anchor Packaging already […]

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Rice Krispies Survey Helps Parents Pinpoint When Kids Need More Love

Based on the findings of a recent national survey about the school year, Rice Krispies Treats has created a limited-edition “Love in Case of” kits, giving parents a new way to show support for their children. The kits include 12 unique moments curated from the survey, as well as 12 Rice Krispies Treats featuring wrappers on which parents can […]

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ePac, RePurpose Technologies Partner To Address Plastics Waste Crisis

Austin, Texas-based ePac Flexible Packaging and RePurpose Technologies have entered into a partnership to effectively solve the crisis that leads to nine out of 10 pieces of discarded plastic waste polluting our environment. ePac is the first company created based entirely on breakthrough digital printing from HP. RPT provides engineered product solutions through purpose-driven recycling, […]

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Four Star Fruit, Delano Farms Team Up To Debut NBA Packaging

Four Star Fruit and Delano Farms Company, two of the leading growers of table grapes, have partnered again with the NBA through a unique licensing agreement to debut co-branded packaging and merchandising on all in-season varieties. The co-branded packaging will create excitement to kick-off the basketball season and will encourage NBA fans to live a […]

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Diageo Creates First 100% Plastic Free Paper-Based Spirits Bottle

Diageo, makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, says it has created the world’s first ever 100 percent plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle, made entirely from sustainably sourced wood. The bottle will debut with Johnnie Walker, the world’s No. 1 Scotch Whisky, in early 2021. It comes as Diageo announces that it has launched a new […]

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Southern Champion Tray Purchases Honeymoon Paper Products

Southern Champion Tray, a manufacturer of paperboard packaging for the bakery and foodservice industry, has acquired substantially all the assets of Honeymoon Paper Products Inc. based in Fairfield, Ohio. Honeymoon, founded in 1960, is a supermarket and retail bakery, deli, foodservice and wholesale packaging provider. SCT is integrating Honeymoon’s catalog items into the company’s offerings […]

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My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream’s Single-Serve Packaging Now Patent-Pending

My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream says its newest innovation, the single-serve and two-pack packaging designs, are now patent-pending. The patent-pending application covers single fully enclosed mochi ice cream containers and two-pack mochi ice cream containers, among others. The patent-pending packaging offers snack lovers a single or two-pack mochi ice cream ball, packaged individually for optimal quality and […]

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SourceHUB Platform Aims To Improve Packaging Procurement

SourceHUB, a provider of a collaborative technology platform for packaging procurement, is offering an enhanced version of its platform which helps global brands collaborate with distributors, manufacturers and service providers to deliver packaging solutions anywhere in the world. Packaging thinktank Smithers Pira indicates demand for the world packaging industry will reach $1.05 trillion by 2024, […]

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KDP Commits To Recycling Coalition With $10 Million Investment

Keurig Dr Pepper recently announced its founding sponsorship of The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition. The company has committed $10 million over the next five years, alongside investments from industry peers, to increase and improve the recovery and recycling of polypropylene plastic in the U.S. The recycling coalition will work to solidify polypropylene’s status as […]

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Hygiene Will Drive Long-Term Growth In Reusable Packaging Due To Virus

To say the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted consumer behavior would be an understatement. Everything about consumers’ purchase behavior, from what they buy to where they buy it, has been shaken up, and everyone is calling into question things they once took for granted as “safe.” Here’s how these new trends in consumer packaging will impact […]

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Dulcinea Produce Brand Unveils New Citrus Packaging

Dulcinea, the California-based produce brand specializing in PureHeart, Tuscan-Style and other premium melons, has unveiled new packaging for the brand’s citrus line of products, including oranges and mandarins. The new high graphic, front-of-package design will be applied to its 2-pound and 3-pound mesh bags and will use separate and distinct bold colors to help differentiate […]