UK-based supermarket chain, Iceland, announces a new paper-meets-plastic pillow pouch packaging for its line of frozen chicken breast dippers. Plus, more industry news on paper-based flexible packaging.
Paper-meets-plastic packaging has been making inroads in Europe for the past two years as regulatory drivers and company initiatives have pushed food producers to add more recyclable content to their packaging.
With upgraded technology and consumer education, local material recovery facilities can handle flexible packaging and brands and converters can fully embrace sustainable packaging.
Matt Francklow, managing director of Creation Reprographics, gives his input on reprographic trends that are likely to shape how packaging and labels are designed and produced through 2022.
We ask branding expert Todd Maute to share his insights on the rise of private labels, 2021 and the year ahead.
February 14, 2022
In this podcast episode, our conversation covers the state of private brands now, the challenges and the trends he’s seeing. He also provides insight on what private brands can do to win over the next generation of shoppers, Gen Z and reveals what retail category he thinks is the toughest to get right.
Mars Petcare uses a new polypropylene-based resin from SABIC for its Sheba retort pet food package, and private labels keep leading with sustainable packaging material via UK’s supermajor, Tesco.
While the 2020 COVID pandemic — needs qualification now — presented huge challenges for internal pilot programs, many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies pushed forward with these sustainability programs.
Ron Gonen is the founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, an investment firm comprising venture capital, private equity, project-based finance and an innovation center. The mission is to help support and move the circular economy forward in many different industries.
Founded in 2014, Closed Loop Partners has been investing, supporting and promoting a range of circular economy collaborations with a range of players, including global consumer goods companies, retailers, industry experts and municipalities — to name a few.