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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Sustainable PackagingAssuming the format is the same as or very similar to previous commercial rollouts, it's functionally bag-in-box. In this case, the “box” portion begins as a die-cut and geometrically creased blank of printed paperboard. Apr 17, 2025Target is the first major U.S. supermarket retailer to commission a range of wines bottled in what it says are lower-carbon paper bottles.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Sustainable PackagingRecyclingApr 17, 2025Target is the first major U.S. supermarket retailer to commission a range of wines that use sustainable growing and production practices in what it says are lower-carbon paper bottles. Stakeholders claim that the move will save the equivalent of nearly 100 tons of carbon dioxide.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
DNO Produce, a Columbus, Ohio-based distributor of fresh-cut and bulk produce, unveiled a new compostable cup and lid offering with supplier Eco-Products. The cup is specifically designed for K-12 school nutrition programs. The product combination features a 4-ounce molded fiber cup made with renewable resources, which is sealed with plant-based lidding film once food,typically cut fruit or vegetables, has been placed inside.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Gone is the gold rush era of e-commerce and direct-to-consumer (D2C), when customer acquisition was cheap, the channel was new, and only a few pioneering seller platforms existed. The channel today is maturing, accelerated by the pandemic, and now consists of a complex ecosystem of carriers, seller platforms, 3PLs, drop-shippers, and packaging designers and materials suppliers.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
As frequently as the term “digitalization” is trotted out these days, it’s a notoriously difficult concept for brands and CPGs to get their arms around. Some of that’s due to the volume of disparate strategies, tactics, and technologies the term seeks to contain.
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1 week ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
“At its core, the new package is what unlocks a lot of the new merchandising experience,” he adds. “[The new pack] is significantly more space efficient, allowing us to simplify the number of facings for shoppers but still maintain the appropriate inventory/holding power to maintain sales. They have flat bottoms which allow for them to be merchandised on the roller mat/pusher solutions always keeping the packages front faced.
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3 weeks ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
FlexiblesWrappingRiverside Natural Foods, a certified organic snack producer, announced today that it is launching its MadeGood Trail Mix bars in AmFiber paper-based packaging from Amcor. Yet another data point in a global trend, the move, they say, is a category first. Apr 3, 2025Compared to traditional bar wrap, the package reduces the amount of virgin plastic by 77% and has been certified by Western Michigan University to meet repulpability standards necessary for the recycling process.
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1 month ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
TrendsDigital TransformationTech-spotting at PACK EXPO Southeast: The confectionery icon can now query & interrogate its live packaging line OEE data via common language prompts within OEE software by OFS. Also by OFS, the new Mavyn AI layer interprets the data & suggests actions. Mar 11, 2025To the left, OFS-generated packaging line OEE data is displayed in a dashboard, representing all of Tootsie Roll's production facilities.
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1 month ago | 
profoodworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Confectionery icon Tootsie Roll Industries recently modernized its formerly paper-based production and packaging tracking systems with the inclusion of OFS (Operations Feedback Systems) OEE monitoring software. That was about two years ago. But even more recently--and as we heard today at PACK EXPO Southeast, even more impressive--an all-new AI layer called Mayvn AI, also by OFS, is making even bigger impacts in time savings.
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1 month ago | 
packworld.com | Matt Reynolds
Conveying & accumulationAt the inaugural PACK EXPO Southeast, we heard from Dayton, Ohio-based Matt Tye, post production manager of Killer Brownie on why he made the trip and what packaging equipment he's looking as his company prepares to expand into a new facility. Mar 11, 2025 TranscriptMatt Tye: Hi, my name is Matt. I'm the director of manufacturing at the Killer Brownie Company. We are a family-owned company that started in Dayton, Ohio, in 1988.
