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Editor’s Note

The Meat & Poultry Crisis

June 12, 2020

In order to keep lost sales at a minimum, meat and poultry processors recently have turned to online sales as well as selling directly to consumers. Will this work for the long haul, depending on how long the supply chain will be chinked?

Fruit Snacks Rise Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

May 26, 2020

With schools closed and many adults working from home, there has been an increase in demand for snack foods. Sales of sweet and savory snacks like cookies, potato chips and popcorn have soared but many consumers are looking for a healthier way to treat themselves.

Spotlight 2

Consumers Raise the Social Engagement Bar

Kristen Kazarian

May 6, 2020

Social engagement with alcohol brands has risen far more than other sectors during the coronavirus pandemic — an astounding 326.51% year over year. And consumers are interested in engaging with brands that are donating money or resources to coronavirus relief efforts.

Meeting the Increased Demand for Takeout and Delivery with Sustainable Packaging

Ian Lifshitz

April 27, 2020

As Americans isolate in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a definitive surge in the demand for food delivery. Apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub have seen a significant uptake in orders placed and have become a lifeline for struggling restaurants.

How Covid-19 Is Affecting Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Businesses

Giedrius Daujotas

March 27, 2020

Income elasticity analysis reveals that adidas, Nike, LVMH and Groupe Danone have higher Coronavirus (COVID-19) risk exposure among select FMCG companies, while Kraft Heinz and Kimberly-Clark, which are less dependent on discretionary spending, appear to be less exposed.

Editor’s Note

A Pit in the Stomach

March 18, 2020

It seems that the U.S-China trade war is slowing. According to National Public Radio, the president agreed to relax some of the tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports. In exchange, Beijing has agreed to buy more American products and make other changes.

Brand Packaging: Cannabis

The Future of Cannabis Packaging

Evelio Mattos

February 14, 2020

To find out what’s in store for cannabis packaging by 2025, I delved into the subject with a group of packaging experts. Why 2025 you ask? It’s the year many brands such as Nestlé, Aldi and even Pepsi are targeting for their packaging to be 100% recyclable or reusable, so it’ll be a milestone year for packaging.

Mastercard Lays Out Top 5 Trends Affecting CPGs

Mastercard Lays Out Top 5 CPG Trends

February 3, 2020

In the next year, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape will drastically change as brands evolve their strategies around digital channels, sustainability, collaboration and loyalty. Cutting across each of these initiatives is a need to innovate smarter and faster.

Automation

Giving the Human-Machine Interface a More Human Touch

There are more opportunities for machinery to respond directly to input from human operators.

Clark Kromenaker

January 16, 2020

As automation technologies progress, there are more opportunities for machinery to respond directly to input from human operators. This is why a good human-machine interface (HMI) is extremely important.

Brand Packaging: Packaging Design Trends

5 Packaging Design Trends That Will Dominate 2020

Pamela Webber

January 16, 2020

Packaging has always been a means of communicating a brand’s value proposition — who your product is for and why it’s better and different than anything else on the market today. But in today’s increasingly competitive consumer product landscape, the critical need to stand out is inspiring marketers to push the boundaries of design in new and unexpected ways. Based on what we’re seeing from design projects on our global platform, here are five new trends that will dominate packaging design in 2020 and beyond.