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How will Brexit impact the food industry?

New research reveals a profitable and optimistic year for the food and drinks industry.

February 21, 2017

Sixty-two percent of food and drinks manufacturers, suppliers and retailers increased their turnover in 2016, while 58% agree that the industry is in good health at the turn of the new year.

Lessons learned from a cookie dough recall

Ways to combat quality issues and avoid a recall.

Brandon Henning

January 31, 2017

Earlier this fall, several major brands voluntarily recalled products due to potential listeria concerns in cookie dough ingredients.

Sustainability initiatives continue to advance

Bolstered by consumer preference and inherent cost savings.

January 27, 2017

As sustainability issues move to the forefront of the national conversation, we reached out to Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, to find out what the future might hold for sustainability initiatives in the consumer packaged goods industry, what considerations brands must heed and what resources are available to brands looking to make a difference.

Market Trends: Consumer Behavior

Shopping trends: A transformation of purchasing power

Multi-culturals have bigger impact on shopping trends.

Jessica Jacobsen

November 14, 2016

Multi-cultural consumers are impacting not only how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies bring new products to market, but how they market, manage and merchandise existing brands.

General Mills names new president of U.S. retail division

September 9, 2016

General Mills names Jon Nudi SVP, president, U.S. Retail, replacing Jeff Harmening, who became president and COO of the company.

Packaging Strategies 2016 top 25 beverage packaging companies report

Cover Story: Top 25 Beverage Packagers

The 2016 top 25 beverage packaging companies

Single-serve beverages and some good old marketing drive sales in the growing industry

Liz Cuneo

August 15, 2016

Welcome to our annual top 25 beverage packaging companies report, where we reveal the biggest names in packaged beverages.

PMMI Corner

Setting good and great brands apart

A commitment to sustainability and wellness is an increasingly competitive tool to drive consumer preference.

Jorge Izquierdo

August 15, 2016

As brands seek to tap into sustainability and wellness trends, brand owners can make significant strides in the arena with clean labels, transparency – both figuratively and literally – and by striving to reduce their carbon footprint throughout the supply chain.

Legislation and ingredients to offer cost threats to CPG industry

June 10, 2016

Rising ingredient costs and new legislation will be the main barriers to profitability for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies between now and 2021, according to consumer insight firm Canadean.

Healthy snacks, protein-rich foods power growth in packaged food and bev sales

May 11, 2016

The U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry registered its strongest growth in four years in 2015, and some of the biggest gains were achieved by companies targeting the fast-growing market for protein-rich foods and healthy, ‘mindful’ snacks.