Streamlining Your Supply Chain: How a Reliable Food Packaging Partner Can Help
If you’re an Operations Manager or Procurement Manager, you understand how important a well-oiled supply chain is. From procurement to production to delivery, every step in the supply chain needs to work seamlessly together to ensure a successful and efficient operation. This is even more true in the food industry, where the quality and safety […]
The Role of Food Packaging in Branding Your Products
The food industry is rife with competition. When customers have so much choice, how can you stand out and get the attention you deserve on the shelf? Branding is key differentiator when it comes to grabbing attention and building customer loyalty. It’s becoming more important than ever for food brands to make a strong impression […]
Food Packaging Clarity: The Evidence is Clear
When you’re considering what kind of food packaging is best for your food business, it can be hard to know what to look out for. What matters to consumers? What are the factors that can drive the decision to purchase your product above your competition’s? Packaging clarity might not spring to mind straightaway, but research […]
The Future of Packaging: Four Key Trends in The Coming Decade
The packaging industry has grown by more than $60 billion in the last few years, keeping a steady annual growth rate of about 2.0%. Currently, packaging plays a crucial role in product positioning, increased customer retention, brand recognition, and getting more sales. However, what about the future? A Smither’s report on the future of packaging […]
What is PET? – All your questions answered!
PET is a lightweight, transparent, strong, and durable plastic commonly found in the packaging of soft drinks and soda bottles. PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate and is also known by other abbreviations like PETE, PETP, PET-P, PETG, or APET. It was first created in North America, in the mid-1940s, in a fibre form branded as […]
Oxo-degradable plastics – why is Woolworths banning them?
Woolworths is currently phasing out oxo-degradable plastic packaging material from their products across their entire network. Last month, they announced the release of an updated preferred packaging materials list that classified all oxo-degradable material as red. Woolworths trade partner network members must now disclose and replace any products or packaging that contain oxo-degradable additives. What […]
Better Fruit Packaging = Fresher Produce!
Working with fruit? Fruit growers, delivery companies and produce retailers know that “fresh is best!” is more than a catchy slogan – it’s essential to keeping your customers satisfied and coming back, and key to a fruit grower’s reputation. There’s a lot that can go wrong in the process of getting fresh produce from the […]
What food businesses need to know about the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation
So much is changing in the world of plastic packaging nowadays. We’re often hearing from food production businesses that they want to do the right thing from a sustainability perspective, and even be at the forefront of change; but that they’re not sure about what realistic sustainability goals should look like, or how to achieve […]
Bioplastics aren’t ready to close the loop on the circular economy
Climate change and sustainability are at the forefront of the news cycle, Aussie boardroom agendas, and dining table conversations alike. Australians are also becoming more conscious of our plastic waste, particularly with a growing awareness that what goes in our recycling bins will mostly not be recycled – not even once. Fortunately, the way we […]
What food businesses need to know about the supermarket plastics revolution
With the recent release of the National Plastics Plan and its ambitious yet mission-critical 2025 National Packaging Targets, some seriously transformative changes are coming to a supermarket near you (and around Australia, for that matter). The gap between where Australia is now and where we’ve committed to be four years down the track is quite […]
