Consumers want to live well, live affordable, live consciously and live innovatively. Household products are answering those demands with entirely unique solutions to traditional products and packaging.

Today, it is nearly impossible to read about packaging innovations without seeing some mention of sustainability.

According to the report “Branded Refrigerated Meats and Meals: U.S. Market Trends” from Packaged Facts (packagedfacts.com), convenience, alongside health and creativity, is one of the top trends for branded refrigerated meals and meats.

PepsiCo-Lipton has launched a tea drink in Central America with a bottle design exclusively for them by Amcor Rigid Plastics (amcor.com).

Cookies, chips, snack cakes, crackers and so on no longer dominate snack time. Consumers are branching out into healthier snack, snacks as meal replacements and eating single servings of just about any food.

In January, AFA Systems (afasystemsinc.com) introduced the TR-CPP – Transrector Series Combination Case Packer Palletizer.

Chores. No one wants to do them, and no one wants them to be more complicated than they have to be. This is where the nearly $2 billion a year household products market strives to better the lives of consumers.

Flexible packaging may be offering lightweight alternatives to rigid packs, but it’s no lightweight in the packaging industry.

In a world of grab-and-go convenience, checkout lines, vending machines and c-stores aren’t the only places where consumers reach for portable packs of their favorite beverage.

Multi-Conveyor (multi-conveyor.com) recently built a stainless steel constructed plastic belt conveyor designed for accumulating flat or low in height product. This particular project was designed for raw foods but the concept can be used for many applications.