Walmart plans to collect corrugated from the secondary packaging in its stores and recycle it into boxes for its own private-label Great Value brand pizza, reports the Dec. 15 issue
Hormel Foods, Austin, Minn., has unveiled a new round of package reductions that builds on the 40 projects that the company completed in 2008 that saved 5.2 million pounds of
Consumers are making various adjustments to their food purchasing in light of bad economic times, according to research from Digital Research and ThinkVine. Of respondents to a web-based survey, 46%
Nutrition Facts panels for food labels should literally red-flag negative nutrients and generally be easier for consumers to read, according to a new conception by the Center for Science in
Report offers ‘good-for-you’ approaches to healthier marketing Stove use down, microwave use up Kroger debuts consumer-trackable salads More traceability: IFT releases study done for FDA Jar gives good look at asparagus Bear Naked signs on with TerraCycle
A collaborative front-of-package nutrition labeling program has come under attack from nutritionists over the issue of sugar added to ready-to-eat cereal.The Smart Choices program is a collective effort by major
New solid-state heating element can be configured into a variety of shapes, and turns on with the push of a button. Entrepreneurs hope market warms to self-heat deviceA startup business
Pallets are a base for loads of goods. Now they’re the basis for a war.The decision to use wood or plastic pallets has centered mainly on logistics: whether and how
Visiting researcher Sanghyup Jeong loads samples of lettuce into a prototype X-ray device at Michigan State. As food-safety scandals continue to mount and government leaders debate how to monitor the
Packaging is still perceived as a high priority in consumer goods despite the bad economic situation, according to a recent report from Clear Seas Research, a sister company of Food
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