Food companies, A/E and design-build firms, suppliers or others qualified to provide a detailed rationale for a particular company or facility.
July 11, 2018
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods is now accepting nominations for our 2018 Frozen Foods Processor of the Year. This award honors a frozen foods processor for its year-over-year growth and leadership in packaging, food safety, new product development, plant expansions, etc.
The rise in M&A comes as big fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies respond to challenges of driving growth, as well as pressure from activist investors to increase margins.
July 9, 2018
The number of mergers and acquisition deals among the Top 50 consumer goods giants reached a 15-year high in 2017, a 45% increase from the previous year, according to the annual Global 50 report released by OC&C Strategy Consultants, New York.
Packaging will play an important role in response to the trends that are shaping the growth of online grocery, says the report.
July 2, 2018
Smart packaging technologies based on unique digital codes will take both online and offline grocery in new directions during the next few years, according to the Tetra Pak Index 2018, released by Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill.
Yili launched the breakthrough product in Tetra Top 200ml with large resealable screw caps.
June 28, 2018
Yili, a China-based dairy manufacturer, turned to Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., to rejuvenate the packaging for what is said to be the world’s first ambient drinking yogurt that contains large fruit and cereal pieces.
Butterball is said to be the first turkey processor to invest in the new packaging equipment.
June 27, 2018
Butterball Foodservice, Garner, N.C., introduced new packaging technology from the Cryovac division of Sealed Air Corp, Charlotte, N.C., for its 5- and 10-pound sizes of ground turkey.