The design for this first edition is an inkwell-shape bottle that can be used as a serving dish. The product is delivered with a unique wooden serving spoon handmade by Mayan artisans. The idea was to make honey as collectible as perfume or jewelry.

In an executive survey of 132 consumer packaging goods’ manufacturers and retailers, 88.6% expect their company’s sales in the warehouse club channel to increase in the next three years, according to a January 2013 report from market research company Deloitte LLP.

Hirzel Canning Company & Farms, a fourth-generation, family owned and operated company and producers of the Dei Fratellli brand, announces the addition of Truly Tomato! and Truly Veggie! Juices to its extensive line of tomato products. Consumers can find the ready-to-drink juices on their grocers’ shelves beginning spring 2013.

New York-based brand and innovation firm Beardwood&Co. has partnered with Honest Tea®, the nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company, to co-design the aluminum can graphics and outer packaging for Honest Fizz. HONEST® Fizz is a new, naturally sweetened zero calorie soda line sold in slim 12-ounce cans and 6-packs in four flavors: Lemon Limey, Orange Pop, Professor Fizz, and organic Root Beer.

MMR’s associate director of packaging and design, Stergios Bititsios, explains why brand owners shouldn’t fear the modernization of packaging as long as consumer perceptions are considered.

Drink Chia, LLC., makers of the all-natural omega-3 superfood drink, recently secured distribution deals with United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) and KeHE Food Distributors, two of the largest natural food distributors in the natural market and supermarket channels. The new agreements will immediately expand Drink Chia’s brand footprint throughout Florida, the Northeast, and the Midwest.

Store brand infant formulas are debuting a new look with innovative plastic tub packaging that makes it even more convenient to provide quality nutrition for babies.

Onion Crunch is a new condiment repurposing existing packaging for a unique impact. With growing consumer demand for foods that are fresh and less processed, Onion Crunch is answering the call by adding a roasted onion flavor to any meal as America’s first kosher, pareve, and vegan crunchy onion condiment.

Designer, Aaron Mickelson has created disappearing packaging. The Disappearing Package project features several innovative packaging ideas that eliminate or greatly reduce the amount of packaging in various products.

The glass carafe that holds New Orleans-style Garden District Bloody Mary mix is completely re-usable and recyclable with package designed for gifting.