Tag: packaging
Markon debuts sustainable strawberry packaging
- General News
MONTEREY, CA – Markon Cooperative Inc., Salinas, CA, showed its new 100 percent recyclable cardboard clamshell for its strawberries at the Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Expo July 27.
GreenFruit Avocados to introduce shelf-life extending boxes at PMA Foodservice
- General NewsPRESS RELEASE Newport Beach, CA (July 23, 2019) — Fully-integrated grower and shipper GreenFruit Avocados BB …
Organic produce, packaging and plastic
- Featured
I don’t think I’ve heard the word plastic mentioned so many times in the space of two days, before I attended the Organic Produce Summit July 10-11.
Yerecic wins World Label Award
- General News
Seventy-two entries were submitted in 21 classes with Yerecic winning in Class 21 for Booklet Labels
When plastic isn’t the enemy
- Featured
Have you ever bought a seedless cucumber WITHOUT the plastic wrap?
Plastic in the produce department – when does it make sense?
- Retail
In Episode 2 of Ideas Ripe for the Picking, we discuss grocers ditching plastic packaging, and the business case for packaged produce.
Morrisons to introduce plastic-free fruit and veg areas
- Retail
Morrisons is to become the first British supermarket to roll-out plastic free fruit and veg areas in many of its stores. Customers will be able to choose from up to 127 varieties of fruit and veg - and buy them loose or put them in recyclable paper bags.
Whole Foods reduces plastic with smaller produce bags, straw removal
- Retail
The company is the first U.S. retailer to remove plastic straws chain-wide.
Fyffes introduces new compostable banana band
- General News
As a ‘significant step’ towards reducing its packaging imprint, banana importers Fyffes has introduced new, sustainable and fully recyclable paper banding for use in wrapping its Organic Fairtrade bananas in selected markets.
South Texas packaging evolves
- Produce BlueprintsPackaging trends are keeping up with the times, not only for convenience to shoppers, but to …