Sandstrom Partners given Communication Arts’ Award of Excellence for Aviation Gin package design
September 16, 2013
The award, which will be featured in this month’s CA Design Annual 54, was for Sandstrom’s brand and package design for Aviation Gin, the flagship product of Portland-based distillery House Spirits.
Campbell’s Fresh-Brewed Soup Offers A Tasty, Convenient Snack and Expands Keurig Products Beyond Beverages
September 5, 2013
Campbell Soup Company and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. announce an agreement that will bring together Campbell’s, the number one soup brand in the United States, and Keurig®, the number one coffee brewer brand in the United States by dollar sales.
Multisorb will be showcasing this award winning oxygen absorber as well as other active packaging solutions during the Polagra Food’s International Trade Fair for Food,
Packaging solutions specialist Payne has extended its range of promotional banner tapes with the launch of a resealable version, which enables a pack to be reclosed following initial opening.
The Original Egg Company works with Sirane to create unique snack egg pack
September 3, 2013
Eat eggs in the office at lunchtime and the chances are you won’t be too popular. The Original Egg Company, a new niche brand under the Stonegate family, last month launched the Snack Egg – a single portion shelled hard-boiled egg convenient for people who want to eat ‘on the go’ - with Waitrose the first to put it on their shelves.
Tricorbraun licenses IoPP’S Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course
August 30, 2013
TricorBraun becomes the latest organization to license IoPP’s online Fundamentals, joining companies including Kraft Foods, General Mills, Clorox, Ecolab, SGS International, Berlin Packaging and most recently, packaging students in Kenya, through a special training arrangement sponsored by IPACK-IMA and the Staples Foundation.
Food and beverage packaging gets healthy for school lunches
August 21, 2013
Twinkies may be back on store shelves, but they are not the best thing to put in kids' lunchboxes. If your child's lunchbox needs a makeover, follow the Five Cs for tasty and healthy school meals.
First chopped tomatoes from the United States will debut in shelf stable carton packs
August 20, 2013
Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms, the family-owned and operated company who produces the Dei Fratelli brand, announces the addition of Dei Fratelli Truly Tomatoes to its extensive line of tomato products. The three product varieties include: Petite Cut Tomatoes in a Light Puree; Finely Chopped Tomatoes in a Light Puree with Onion, Carrot and Celery; and Rustic Cut Tomatoes in a Light Puree
Barton Group, Inc. announces Squeezy Straw for licensing
August 19, 2013
Barton Group, Inc. has announced the development of Squeezy Straw™ – a new single-serve dispensing pouch with its own built-in, integral sipping straw.
Researchers discover when see-through packaging makes consumers eat more or less
August 14, 2013
You don't have to consume a lot of business news to see transparency as an issue in the food industry. Whether the topic is pink slime in McDonald's burgers, Whole Foods promising to label products with genetically modified ingredients, or IKEA recalling horsemeat-tainted meatballs, the bottom line is that people want to know what they're eating, and they want to be able to see it.