The latest trial for mandarins was an evolution of previous grape packaging and was the result of an idea from Craig Greenhalgh, National Sales and Operations Manager for Costa’s Citrus Category, alongside the help of Gilad Sadan, creative director of NAVI Co Global.
In September, my wife and I did a half Ironman relay. While waiting for my wife to finish the swimming portion, I struck up a conversation with a cyclist who was with team Rockit™ Apple. Inevitably, the conversation eventually turned to packaging.
This positions R&R Smith as Australia’s first organic company to use fully home compostable packaging and marks another step in the company’s active efforts to reduce waste in its supply chain.
A new Freedonia Group analysis projects retail-ready boxes to be one of the fastest growing packaging types used in the fresh produce industry through 2024.