Label Insight's 2017 Shopper Trends Study reveals that 67% of consumers say it is challenging to determine whether a food product meets their needs simply by looking at the package label, and nearly half of consumers (48%) consider themselves "not informed at all" about a food product even after reading the label.
The Glass Packaging Institute is now accepting submissions for the 2017 Clear Choice Awards. This is the only awards program that recognizes the contribution glass packaging makes to the image and success of everyday products.
Prime Advantage, a leading group purchasing organization for midsized manufacturers, announces the findings of its ninth edition of the CFO Survey, revealing the financial projections and top concerns of industrial manufacturing companies. The results show that optimism in manufacturing among the group's members is at its highest levels since the annual survey’s inception.
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) announces winners of the FPA 2017 Student Flexible Design Challenge, with first place winners a team of students from University of Wisconsin – Stout.
The distilled spirits sector achieved accelerated growth in 2016 with supplier sales up 4.5% to $25.2 billion, volumes up 2.4% to 220 million cases and a seventh straight year of market share gains relative to beer, the Distilled Spirits Council announces.
ProFood Tech (April 4-6; McCormick Place, Chicago) will host Delkor Systems Inc.’s exclusive insider’s perspective from two of Walmart’s former Directors of Packaging.
Danone and Nestlé Waters have joined forces with Origin Materials, a startup based in Sacramento, CA, to form the NaturALL Bottle Alliance, and together, the three aim to develop and launch at commercial scale a PET bottle made from bio-based material.
A report by Allied Market Research, forecast that the global organic dairy market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.25% from 2016 to 2022 to reach $36,729 million by 2022.