Casey Flanagan

3 weeks ago | profoodworld.com | Casey Flanagan

Casey Flanagan: I'm Casey Flanagan with ProFood World. I'm here in Decatur, Illinois. It's June 4, kind of a drizzly day. I'm here at Tillamook's new production facility. It's their first production facility outside of Oregon, and it is an ice cream production facility. Just to start, on opening day, they're going to be creating 50 new jobs in the area. And they say that once production scales, they expect to produce about 15.5 million gallons of ice cream here. So we're going to take a tour today.

3 weeks ago | packworld.com | Casey Flanagan

TrendsWorkforceAbout 80% of CPGs are looking to hire packaging line operators and struggling to do so, according to a survey conducted Packaging World's Annual Outlook Report. Watch the below video to learn what CPGs say is a contributing factor, and read the full article to learn more. Jun 3, 2025Read the full Annual Outlook Report workforce article free at Packaging World for more insights.    TranscriptMatt Reynolds: All right, Casey, welcome to the podcast.

1 month ago | profoodworld.com | Casey Flanagan

To meet retailer expectations for quality, consistency, and shelf life, meat producer Best Choice Meats has upgraded its packaging line with new overwrapping and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) systems, according to equipment supplier Ossid. The Chicagoland-based meat producer is humming along with over four decades of meat manufacturing and distribution behind it, with a track record of finding market niches.

1 month ago | healthcarepackaging.com | Casey Flanagan

Facing date coding trouble on a line of supplements for its CM/CP customer Olly, contract manufacturer MSI needed a solution to set the containers at the right place and time. The contract nutraceutical manufacturer and packager had encountered a challenge of consistently applying date codes to the underside of full and capped Olly plastic containers, according to equipment supplier Morrison Container Handling Solutions.

1 month ago | packworld.com | Casey Flanagan

Coding, Printing & LabelingCoding & MarkingTo fix inconsistent date coding for Olly supplements, co-man MSI turned to a Morrison CHS metering system for accurate container placement. May 19, 2025A timing screw squares Olly containers over the date coder before releasing them down the conveyor 8.25 inches apart.