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Food Packaging

Natural paper for protective packaging

March 11, 2022

Protective packaging specialist Storopack debuted an eco-friendly substitute for traditional bubble cushioning in its range. Storopack’s PAPERbubble uses paper in combination with air.

Plant Openings

Mount Franklin Foods announces major expansion of its manufacturing facility to meet capacity demand

Heavy investment in confectionery business ups capacity—more than doubling its original size of 220,000 sq.-ft.

March 10, 2022

Mount Franklin Foods is more than doubling the size of its San Jeronimo, Mexico plant to a total of 500,000 sq.-ft.

Nuts & Bolts

Inflation and the demand for breakfast cereal; packaging’s effect on demand

March 10, 2022

According to “Pricing the Cereal Aisle—Understanding how consumers react to inflation,” a study by consumer insights platform Veylinx, the impact of price increases on demand for the two most popular U.S. cereal brands, Cheerios and Frosted Flakes,

Metsa Board's Prinz von Hessen wine packaging

Food Packaging

Combination Gift and Transport Packaging for Wine

March 9, 2022

Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fiber paperboards, has developed new wine packaging that doubles as both a gift and a transport box. Metsä Board’s packaging design team designed the robust and eye-catching packaging solution at its Excellence Center in Äänekoski, Finland.

Production To Fork Cultured Meat Manufacturing Facility

Editor's Note

What’s in a Name?

Michael Costa

March 9, 2022

The cultivated meat industry is still in its infancy, and like many other burgeoning technologies—food or otherwise—the actual agreed-upon name for what the finished product will be called is being debated by those who make it.

Food Companies

GSF Opelika honored with Golden State Foods’ highest company honor

Chairman’s Challenge Award recognized Opelika, Alabama Protein Products Team As Golden State Foods’ leading global facility of 2021

March 8, 2022

Golden State Foods announced its 22nd Annual Chairman’s Challenge Award.

Mergers & Acquisitions

AM FRESH Group to acquire IFG and merge it with SNFL

SNFL’s and IFG’s combined innovation platforms will accelerate the growth of flavorful, sustainable and healthier table grape and cherry varieties

March 8, 2022

AM FRESH Group and Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL) announced a definitive agreement under which AM FRESH is acquiring International Fruit Genetics (IFG) and merging it with SNFL.

Alternative Proteins

Cell-by date: The state of cultivated meat

Where the industry stands today and what barriers still exist for commercial-scale production.

Michael Costa

March 8, 2022

A snapshot of where cultivated meat stands in 2022, along with equipment and facilities needed to meet anticipated demand, and when initial products could finally reach the marketplace.

Hostess Brands snack foods include Donettes, Twinkies, CupCakes and Ding Dongs, as well as Voortman cookies and wafers

Plant Openings

Hostess Brands to open state-of-the-art bakery in Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Operational in 2023, the facility will bring 150 new jobs to the community

March 7, 2022

Hostess Brands Inc., a sweet snacks company, will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, into a state-of-the-art bakery. The bakery is expected to be operational in the second half of 2023 and bring approximately 150 new jobs to the community over the next three years.