It used to be if a household cleaner smelled "strong," consumers knew it would clean their kitchen counters, bathrooms and more. Nowadays, these same consumers are seeking experiential scents, as well as looking for buzz words on labels like “clean, green, natural, sustainable.

Started in early 2010, Perfect Fit Meals (PFM) is one of the first vendors of premium, ready to eat meals with an extended shelf life. PFM strives to deliver high-quality, non-frozen meals that offer a healthy alternative to other products in the category.

Jackie's Java is one of the first roasters in the country to sell single-serve pods with packaging that is recyclable, in its efforts to become one of the most environmentally conscious roasters. 

Burt’s Bees Paw & Nose Lotion introduces its new tube packaging featuring a layer of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material inside the tube, manufactured by Berry Plastics. This tube adds to Burt's Bees' already extensive portfolio of packaging containing recycled material.

The new Single-Use Shaving Cream Minis deliver shaving cream in a packet that dissolves with water in your palm to provide a moisturizing lather. 

“Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at the start of the 19th century. And already 3,000 years before this, a great deal of time and care was devoted to external appearance. 

At PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference in Miami mid-March, I got to hear from David Strauss, Nestlé USA’s head of packaging. He discussed some of the current trends impacting consumer packaging and the machines that create them. 

More than half of this waste occurs in households and poorly-designed packaging is one of the primary culprits. 

Danone and Nestlé Waters have joined forces with Origin Materials, a startup based in Sacramento, CA, to form the NaturALL Bottle Alliance, and together, the three aim to develop and launch at commercial scale a PET bottle made from bio-based material.