Consumers are continually changing the way they view, interact with and discard packaging. Whether you're a manufacturer or a product marketer, you know how important it is to reflect the changing needs of the consumer in your products. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Consumer Packaging
The supermarket today became the first supermarket to publish figures on food waste and announced a raft of measures to combat the problem. Key findings in the study, which tracked 25 top-selling products on their journey from farm to ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Waste
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK's leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
The study, Checking out Food Waste, used data from three supermarkets accounting for 65% of the UK market. The research looked at weight and financial value by product category and product type. Fruit topped the list with 40% followed by ...
Tags: Fruit, Food Waste
Bakkavor, an Icelandic manufacturer of chilled prepared foods, is set to expand its Wingland Foods salad facility at Sutton Bridge, England, creating 200 new jobs. The expansion is prompted by increased business with supermarket chain ...
The projected growth of German supermarket chain ALDI in Queensland has been the catalyst for a second major distribution centre. The site at Brendale, north west of Brisbane, is situated on the site of a former brickworks. ALDI plans to ...
Brandimage and Anthem, part of SGK's brand development group, have won two awards in 2013 Pentawards worldwide packaging design competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Brandimage has won a gold Pentaward for the packaging design of Bama, ...
Tags: Packaging Design, Brandimage
Sainsbury reports second quarter trading statement for 16 weeks to 28 September 2013. Highlights: - Total sales for second quarter up 5.0 per cent (4.6 per cent excluding fuel) - Like-for-like sales for second quarter up 2.1 per cent ...
China Resources Enterprise (CRE), the state-backed supermarket chain, is reportedly looking at options for its Hong Kong meat distribution unit, Ng Fung Hong, including a possible sale. The move comes as the retailer seeks to bid for ...
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK’s leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
Tags: Hitters, Retail Success
Tesco’s pre-tax profits in the six months to 24 August were £1.39bn, with UK trading profit up 1.5% to £1.13bn. UK like-for-like sales – which strip out the impact of new stores – fell by 0.5%. ...
Tags: Tesco, fresh pork
The world of manufacturing is changing. Globalization and technological changes is modifying the order in the manufacturing world. Manufacturing industries not only help in modernizing, but also performs as the backbone of our industrial ...
Canadian establishment Freybe Gourmet Foods is voluntarily recalling Grimm's Fine Foods brand Pizza Pack as it may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The product ...
Tags: Freybe Gourmet, Pizza Pack
Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, is in talks with French food manufacturer Danone to resolve a dispute following the whey protein concentrate precautionary recall initiated in August 2013. The recall of infant milk ...
Tags: Fonterra, Agriculture
Particularly in Asia, drinksplus beverages containing natural extras such as pieces of real fruit, vegetables or cereal grains are best-sellers, and continue to offer further potential. Right now, new products containing unusual bits are ...
Tags: Beverages Packaging, Dairy