Global packaging firm Sonoco has purchased a 6-color direct-to-sheet digital printing press to produce point-of-purchase displays and other promotional packaging. The press allows brand owners to respond rapidly to a dynamic retail and ...
Global packaging firm Sonoco has completed the acquisition of US firm Highland Packaging Solutions for about $150m. Highland Packaging, which is based in Plant City of Florida, provides thermoformed packaging for fresh fruits, vegetables ...
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Dole has redesigned packaging for its salad products in a bid to help consumers easily select different salad products. The US-based salad kit brand is showcasing new salad bag graphics at the PMA 2017 Fresh Summit Convention & Expo in ...
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US-based packaging firm Sonoco has completed its purchase of flexible and forming plastic packaging films manufacturer Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, operates manufacturing plants ...
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Discount retailer Lidl UK has selected IFCO's nesting trays for meat, poultry, and packaged seafood shipments. Under the five-year deal, IFCO will supply the trays 16 million trays in the first year. The company will increase the number ...
Chile became China's leading supplier of fresh fruits in 2016, overtaking Vietnam and even Thailand, local media reported on Wednesday. Chile exported 1.2 billion U.S. dollars of fresh fruit, mainly cherries, to China last year, the daily ...
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Dole Food Company and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) have formed a partnership to launch co-branded fresh produce featuring iconic Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel characters. Beginning this fall, the co-branded ...
Campbell Soup Company has appointed Ed Carolan as president for Campbell Fresh (C-Fresh). Carolan, 47, will lead the division that includes Bolthouse Farms beverages, salad dressings and carrots, Garden Fresh Gourmet salsa, hummus and ...
Netherlands-based shelf life extension technology company PerfoTec has introduced a groundbreaking packaging solution for flowers, that will make the use of water in the supply chain redundant. Explaining the technology, Bas Groeneweg, ...
Jamba Juice Company, a healthy, active lifestyle brand, has announced the return of summer with a new line of Island Getaway Smoothies. Refreshing, made with exotic real fruit, and bursting with tantalizing tropical flavors, Jamba's ...
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US Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire fresh fruit and vegetable processing company Freshway Foods for an undisclosed sum. Freshway Foods also repacks and distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to customers throughout the ...
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Food ingredients distributor Cornelius Group and US-based company Milne Fruits have entered into partnership to supply MicroDried fruit products to the European food and drink industry. Milne Fruits uses the MicroDried technique in which ...
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Field Roast Grain Meat Company has announced that Publix supermarkets will sell two of its popular sausage products: Smoked Apple Sage and Italian. With over 1,100 Publix locations, this partnership showcases the increasing interest and ...
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Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Expedition 44 crew members, including NASA's one-year astronaut Scott Kelly, are ...
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The Center for Disease Prevention (CDC), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued a warning to food companies to be more proactive in preventing food-borne diseases after a new data shows ...
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