According to the global polling firm Penn Schoen Berland, for the 90% of teens who reach for a snack once a day and the 73% eating more than one snack per day, Hormel Foods introduces Hormel® REV® wraps; a protein-rich snack providing sustained, real energy to keep them fueled longer. Adding to the Hormel Foods portfolio of convenient and quality products, Hormel REV wraps are made with real meat and cheese and contain 15 grams of protein or more, making them a smart alternative to empty calorie snacks.

The full-line packaging refresh features bolder colors and an updated logo, highlighting the irresistible flavors and high-quality popcorn products consumers have come to love and expect from Kernel Season’s. Whether it’s oil, air or microwave popped popcorn; Kernel Season’s offers a wide variety of shake-on seasonings and premium flavor enhancers to create endless, healthy snacking occasions.

Coca-Cola Great Britain is introducing a new slimline 250ml can across Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero. This new pack is being introduced in addition to the standard 330ml can and reflects the company’s commitment to offering consumers a greater choice of refreshing products to suit all lifestyles.

Inspired by a time reminiscent of the good life when people demonstrated an appreciation for quality, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., of Bardstown, KY, is launching its premium High Rise Vodka in limited markets in the United States. Heaven Hill Distilleries is the nation’s largest independent family-owned and operated spirits producer and marketer and the world’s second largest holder of Kentucky Bourbon.

Research has suggested that a third of consumers would pay more for the convenience of being able to reseal certain types of packs and Payne is keen to understand some of the driving forces behind purchasing decisions.

To innovate in the crowded space of consumer-packaged goods, companies spend countless hours of effort optimizing their products to make them more desirable to consumers. But what happens when they’ve made the stuff inside the package as good as can be?

How hard does your packaging have to work? When your customer is walking down the aisle, you only have two seconds to wow ’em. Not only are you fighting to grab their attention, you’re competing with all the other products on the shelf. Does your package have what it takes to stop the customer in their tracks? This series will look at all the techniques you can use to make the sale.

Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples’ lives over the last 25 years in an on-line survey hosted by DuPont. Together the two categories of invention captured 48% of the votes. The online survey was available to industry professionals from April 9 through May 10, 2013.

More than a third of the food produced in the world – 1.3 billion tons per year ¬– never finds its way into anyone’s stomach. It can rot in the field, go bad during processing, spoil at the grocery store or get tossed in the garbage by the consumer. For food producers, processors and manufacturers with the foresight and ingenuity to tackle this problem, there is more than a cautionary tale here – there is real business opportunity.

At the forthcoming edition of Packology, IMA Industries will present new solutions for packaging tea, coffee, food and cosmetic products. IMA Industries will present at the Packology event and via live webinars. IMA Industries will be located at Stan 073 – Hall A3.