Packaging & Labeling

The company is adding three converting lines to its Buffalo, N.Y.-based facility. The bags are used for food products and more for in-store and e-commerce distribution.

The corrugated packager also will build a testing facility in the UK and make all of its packaging recyclable in the next few years.

The packaging, an upgrade of an earlier version, can be used for specialty food and snack items, pet treats, nutraceuticals and other non-coffee products.

Rigid packaging company makes two appointments, one for North American operations, and taps Rodrigo Lecot to be VP, GM of Latin America.

Kate Fischer joins the private brand design agency, bringing design process management experience working at ASDA and Morrisons, as well as other agencies.

The only retailer with a TerraCycle partnership dedicated to store brands, Kroger expanded the program that started with Simple Truth products to include all of its qualifying Our Brands products.

In this in-depth feature from the April issue, see how retailers are using their store brand packaging to lead the way in sustainability.

By replacing plastic straws with paper straws on its private brand drink cartons, the retailer said it will be eliminating 70 million plastic straws from circulation.

TricorBraun Flex said the flexible polyethylene film packaging material works well with such dry, free-flowing products as specialty food, pet treats and powders. 

The company’s 10th acquisition in the last four years, the acquisition grows the packager’s presence in Canada.

In three flavors and carton counts, Smile Beverage Werks has launched sustainable coffee pods for retail store brands that are carbon neutral, compostable and replace single-serve plastic options.

Company introduced the packaging option with a patent-pending, recyclable film