Welcome to our annual Packages of the Year cover story. This year our list is compiled from the entries into the Best of Food and Beverage Packaging Awards tied to the Best of Food and Beverage Packaging event, held in Minneapolis at the end of the month. The event will explore market approaches and best practices that go into creating successful packaging. Winners of the awards will be announced at the event, but here is a look at the entries; we have broken them into five categories: flexible plastic, paperboard, glass, metal and rigid plastic.