The range, which includes skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk, is being launched to offer shoppers a convenient alternative or supplement to chilled milk that can help them to reduce food waste. Tetra Pak said the milk is packed in its 1 ...
Tags: Long Life Milk, Tetra Pak Cartons
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has introduced its first range of long life skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk, produced in the UK by Crediton Dairy. The range is being launched as a convenient alternative or supplement to chilled milk which ...
Tags: Marks and Spencer, Long Life Milk
Environmental Protection Agency acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (shown) on June 4 to announce the launch of a challenge that asks farmers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, EPA, USDA
UK retail sales for May underline the growing importance of online sales, which “saved retailers’ bacon”, last month, according to consultancy firm KPMG. Online sales 'saved retailers' bacon' in May, said KPMG ...
Tags: British Retail Consortium Sales Monitor, Online sales, KPMG
Dansensor, a worldwide supplier of high-quality gas instrumentation and quality control equipment for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) technology, will give special recognition this year to food producers, packaging machinery ...
Food waste will be sent to anaerobic digesters which will convert the waste into energy. The Co-operative, which has one of the largest and most diverse food retail estates across the UK, is extending its waste back-haul initiative to ...
It sounds like the latest instalment of a Hollywood franchise. The signs are that the third phase of the Wrap-led Courtauld Commitment to cut waste has been given high marks from the industry’s critics. And why? It appears to be ...
Tags: Philip Chadwick, Packaging
Cash-strapped consumers are becoming increasingly savvy about how to minimise bills by hunting out the best grocery deals, revealed a new survey by grocery think-tank IGD. Savvy shoppers are upping their use of money saving websites and ...
Tags: Food, Savvy Shoppers
I had great expectations when we launched the Courtauld Commitment back in 2005 to reduce waste from the world of food and drink. ?And we have come further than many thought possible - to date preventing 2.3 million tonnes of waste, the ...
Wrap launched the latest commitment this week and aims to reduce household food and drink waste by 5% and reduce packaging waste in the supply chain by 3%. A total of 45 signatories, including all major grocery retailers, have joined the ...
Tags: Packaging, packaging waste
Own-label food manufacturers need to raise the image and quality of products supplied to ‘symbol’ stores if they are to convince shoppers that they are as good as those offered by multiple supermarket chains. Symbol stores ...
Tags: Symbol Store, Food Quality, Food
In 2011, China revealed plans to put in place a “complete and advanced” recycling infrastructure that will recycle 70% of its major waste products by 2015.It also said it will adhere to a European standard of quality of paper, ...
Tags: Packaging, packaging event
Trade association for the UK Plastic Industry, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) has stressed on the resource efficiency and benefits of rigid plastics packaging while responding to the UK Government’s Consultation on the Waste ...
Tags: Packaging Efficiency, Packaging
South African packaging companies Astrapak and Afripack have announced a new joint venture (JV) in a bid to address the increased demand for food packaging solutions using Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP). The announcement was made at ...
Packs of own-brand large vine tomatoes (400g) will be the first product to use the new market-leading packaging technology, which will be rolled out to Co-operative stores from next month. The tomato packaging features smaller perforation ...