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Rise of food e-commerce driving food, beverage packaging innovations

As e-grocers explore high-tech solutions such as delivery drones and cashierless stores to entice consumers, food and beverage brands are looking to packaging to enhance consumer convenience and confidence in the online grocery orders they ultimately receive.

August 5, 2019

Analysis from Packaged Facts, New York, anticipates intense near-term growth supported in part by packaging innovations that make online grocery shopping a more attractive option for retailers and consumers alike.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2019

How to select the right packaging for your cannabis product

Sharon Spielman

July 1, 2019

The market for legal cannabis edibles has grown increasingly sophisticated—and that includes the packaging options used for retail and medicinal products.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2019

Sensi Chew

July 1, 2019

Sensi Products is rolling out new California-compliant packaging that is pharmaceutical grade, child-resistant and includes an informational insert to improve the user experience for Sensi Chews, the company's cannabis-infused chocolate caramels.

Hershey supplier helps with standup pouches

Innovation

Hershey’s honors Rovema for help introducing standup candy pouches

Company provided vertical packaging machines for Doy-style bags

Rose Shilling

June 26, 2019

The Hershey Company gave Rovema North America an innovation award for supporting its introduction of Doy-type standup pouches for candy.

Food Packaging

Cannabis gummies switch to plastic pouch

Rose Shilling

June 21, 2019

If cannabis edibles follow the rest of the food industry, flexible packages are likely to become more popular.

Food Packaging

Flexible pouches offer touchable finishes, child-resistance

Rose Shilling

June 17, 2019

Premium finishes for plastic pouches are going strong, and flexible packaging maker ProAmpac has a new line of coatings that give the bags different feels to try to get shoppers' attention.

Packaging

How it's made: recycled fiber in Starbucks cups

Rose Shilling

March 20, 2019

Figuring out how to recycle paper into a reusable fiber that is FDA approved to touch food wasn't easy.

Packaging

Reusable containers for pet food, mayo and ice cream

Rose Shilling

March 20, 2019

Are shoppers ready to order cereal, cookies and other dry goods in reusable stainless steel tins, instead of cardboard boxes?

Packaging

Recyclable stand-up pouch offers EVOH barrier

Rose Shilling

March 20, 2019

TC Transcontinental Packaging introduced a 100 percent recyclable, multilayer barrier stand-up pouch.

Packaging

Child-resistant zipper on plastic package

Rose Shilling

March 20, 2019

Following its child-resistant slider closure released last year, Zip-Pak has added a less expensive press-to-close zipper to the Safety-Lok line for flexible plastic packages.