SAICA Pack, the corrugated packaging division of Saica, has been awarded a contract to supply corrugated packaging to fresh produce firm Pauleys. As part of the new three year contract, Saica has installed four box-making machines in ...
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Global fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced a decrease in global comparable sales of 1.7 per cent in February 2015, continuing a downward trend. In the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased by ...
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Melbourne-based cafe network Degani has launched its first retail product line, a range of fruit syrups, available to consumers from March 2015. Comprising seven 750ml syrup flavours, three fruit frappe products and four 250ml retail ...
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The age-old parental advice to “eat your fruits and vegetables” has taken hold. From 2003 to 2013, global consumption of fresh foods — fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs — grew by 20 per cent to ...
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Canyon Creek Food Company has launched a new refrigerated, soup under a co-packing arrangement. The product is a hearty Moroccan style vegetable soup with sweet potatoes, chickpeas, kale and coconut milk. The soup is dairy and gluten ...
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Recent suggestions from the Australian Federal Government that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) be applied to the sale of fresh food has sparked concern from both farmers’ groups and the Federal Opposition. Liberal backbencher, Dan ...
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Pre-packaged sushi provider Fuji Food Products will open a new production plant in South Elgin, Illinois, as well as expand its presence in Midwestern US. The new 40,000ft2 plant is expected to become fully operational in December ...
This was part of a Cartesian pick and place robot solution for handling packs of fresh food. Referred to by UPM as ‘SYSCON’ conveyors, the simplistic ‘groove’ design with side channels made from high molecular, ...
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This was part of a Cartesian pick and place robot solution for handling packs of fresh food. Referred to by UPM as ‘SYSCON’ conveyors, the simplistic ‘groove’ design with side channels made from high molecular, ...
Tags: fresh food packs, Packaging, Conveyor
Country of origin matters to consumers. Recent research carried out by Perception Research Services found that the perceptions of a country in consumers’ eyes can have a significant influence on consumer behaviour towards a product ...
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Scotland-based intelligent packaging company Insignia Technologies has launched the Stock Rotation smart label, designed to help reduce food waste and improve food safety at every stage of the food supply chain. The label can be stuck to ...
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Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has released a report which it said gives a “unique insight into the future of supermarket shopping. Woolworths said its Future of Fresh report has built a picture of how Australia will be ...
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International chain of convenience stores 7-Eleven has added new kolaches, a savory breakfast offering, to its fresh foods menu. Available at 450 7-Eleven stores in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio areas, the new ...
Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
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7-Eleven is expanding to Western Australia Convenience store group 7-Eleven has announced it will be expanding into Western Australia in 2014, marking the first time the company has entered a new market in 32 years. With Western ...
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