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Craft spirits market poised to boom

With younger drinkers increasingly making cocktails their drink of choice, now might be the time to look to craft liquor.

Debra Schug

September 27, 2017

Millennials, once again, are rapidly changing alcohol beverage trends, now exhibiting a preference for craft liquor produced by small, local distilleries.

Plant Openings

Plant Openings: September 2017

September 22, 2017

Announcements about new food and beverage plant construction projects, plant renovations and plant expansions.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS updates beef product groups

New groups designed to fix sample errors

September 20, 2017

Beef products groups have been revamped to simplify assessments.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS updates guidelines for imported veal

Netherlands is eligible to export non-intact and intact veal for non-intact use

Casey Laughman

September 20, 2017

Restrictions lifted after testing.

People & Industry News

People & Industry News: September 2017

September 18, 2017

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.

Manufacturing News

What FSMA requires for environmental monitoring

Not all food and beverage plants require the same amount of environmental monitoring

Wayne Labs

September 14, 2017

FSMA places new requirements on environmental monitoring in food and beverage plants.

Beverage packaging

New Ardagh Group finish offers cans ‘Matte & Mirror Impact’

The company’s new ink compound creates an eye-catching beverage packaging.

Crystal Lindell

September 13, 2017

The Ardagh Group’s latest beverage can finishing, named ‘Matte & Mirror Impact,’ combines the trending combination of matte and glossy surfaces.

Tetra Pak highlights need for AR, digital packaging

Tetra Pak 2017 Index shows why augmented reality, digital technology and online “super leaders” are so important to the future of packaging.

Crystal Lindell

September 13, 2017

Packaging can become a gateway to generate interaction, with the use of use of augmented reality and digital codes printed on packages improving transparency of traceability, allowing consumers to access information about the product right down to the source.

Packaging

The Amazon Effect: How eCommerce will change food and beverage packaging

Amazon, Whole Foods deal propels food and beverage eCommerce forward, and companies will need to respond.

Crystal Lindell

September 13, 2017

Amazon recently bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, and as soon as it was finalized, the eCommerce giant started including more groceries online — successfully.

Keurig's beverage pod manufacturing facility in Douglassville

Plant Rehabilitation

Planning, preparation can help make plant rehabilitation projects successful

When the time comes for a renewal project, be sure to plan ahead.

Casey Laughman

September 13, 2017

Successful plant rehabilitation projects require proper planning.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.