Feature Article

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Improving sustainability in a thoughtful and determined way

Greater sustainability through food packaging

Sustainability isn’t just a buzzword. It’s an essential part of any food-producing business. Most companies are already thinking about crucial aspects like finding the most efficient materials, reducing spoilage, lowering fuel consumption from shipping, and looking for ways to use less energy. Want to address all of these factors? That means taking a holistic approach to sustainability, not just seeking out piecemeal solutions.

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Embracing automation in food packaging

Automation equals efficiency. At least that’s the usual headline. But for the food packaging industry, it actually has even more benefits, including reduced costs, improved sustainability, and better inventory accuracy. But first, there are several important considerations.

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How contract packaging is benefiting the food industry

Food spoilage is expensive, and it can happen throughout the supply chain. From transit to shelves to consumer homes, the right food packaging can help lower the risk of spoilage, reduce lost revenue, and ultimately increase sustainability by eliminating waste.

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How package design can help you prevent food spoilage

Food spoilage is expensive, and it can happen throughout the supply chain. From transit to shelves to consumer homes, the right food packaging can help lower the risk of spoilage, reduce lost revenue, and ultimately increase sustainability by eliminating waste.

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Designing packaging for food delivery

Food delivery packaging has plenty of challenges. Direct-to-consumer delivery has even more. From ensuring safety to selecting materials to designing visuals, there are many complex factors that affect decisions—especially considering the end consumer’s perspective.

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Evaluating flexible film options for food packaging

One major trend in food packaging has been the emergence of flexible films and all their potential. Not only do these materials create new possibilities for design, they also have the power to reduce waste and improve sustainability.

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Why do consumers love transparent labeling?

Consumer preference for transparent labeling in food packaging is a growing trend. Learn more about the benefits it offers to brands who want to showcase their food product.

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Starch-based, compostable e-comm panels maintain cold chain

The food and beverage industry has lagged other products in e-commerce adoption since the cold chain is hard to maintain and their packaging is often not sustainable. However, new cold chain packaging solutions are heating up.

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How Sonos and Veritiv raised the bar on premium, sustainable packaging

A top-of-the-line sound experience company wanted to deliver a premium unboxing experience that made no sacrifices on sustainability. Find out how Veritiv partnered with the Sonos team to develop a fully curbside recyclable package for the new Roam speaker.

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A solution to the small-item-in-a-big-box problem

The wider availability of a durable, padded, curbside-recyclable paper mailer will ease the pressure for corrugated boxes. In this feature, Dan Calderwood of Veritiv discusses availability of these newer mailers that can be included in paper recycling bins.

Forecasting the future

The missing link to a company’s design process? Trend forecasting. Read on to discover what trend forecasting is and how it changes the branding game.

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Your next bottle of liquor or beer might look a little different

Jason Mietus, International Sourcing and Logistics Manager – Rigid Packaging, spoke recently with NPR in Pittsburgh about the glass shortage and supply chain challenges.

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The importance of unboxing

The secret to long-term growth and customer capture? The unboxing journey. Read on to unpack the importance of branded packaging and how it influences every aspect of business. It turns out that sometimes you want to think inside the box…

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Finding your flow with automation

With all the current challenges businesses have, when is a good time to automate your packaging? Chris Baum discusses identifying equipment solutions to improve process efficiencies – some that weren’t thought possible…

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Aligning values throughout the rigid packaging business

“Wherever you are, you are my customer.” Daniel Caceres tells his story of adopting this sales philosophy, and applying other important business values to rigid packaging. We learn about the journey that helped shape Daniel’s perspective…

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Protecting the products that protect lives

Safety is paramount for packaging designed for the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. With Michael Parks, we discuss how to elevate traditional packaging to meet and exceed guidelines to secure the product…

 

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