Press Releases

Food Foundry, an accelerator program built by Relish Works and Gordon Food Service for early-stage startups disrupting the food and foodservice industry, announces the five startups that will join their fifth cohort starting in January 2023. "For 125 years, Gordon Food Service has encouraged our teams to impact the future of foodservice," said Rich Wolowski, President & CEO of Gordon Food Service. "We're excited to continue that legacy by supporting our fifth

SkinnyDipped of Seattle, WA is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of SkinnyDipped Dark Chocolate Cocoa Almond 3.5oz and SkinnyDipped Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cashew 3.5oz due to an undeclared peanut allergen in an ingredient from a raw material supplier. People who have an allergy to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products. The recalled products do not declare peanuts in the ingredient statement or as a disclosed allerge

Ardagh Glass Packaging – North America a business of Ardagh Group, was awarded an ENERGY STAR plant certification for its glassmaking facility in Madera, Calif., from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.   Ardagh's Madera, Calif., facility demonstrates superior energy performance and performs within the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. The Madera facility ma

United Natural Foods, Inc. today announced plans to host approximately 4,000 customers, suppliers, vendors, and emerging brands at its Spring and Summer Show taking place Feb. 7-8 in Orlando, Fla. The show, which kicks off the first of UNFI’s four major selling shows in 2023, provides attendees the opportunity to meet with experts across natural, GM/HBC, meat, seafood, produce, and bakery and deli departments to take advantage of unique deals, view what’s trending in the New Produ

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has partnered with Noel Alimentaria, supporting them and their choice of a paper-based solution for food products that greatly reduces the use of plastic. Mondi worked closely with Noel Alimentaria to identify the best possible packaging solution for their range of plant-based and meat food. The collaboration resulted in Noel Alimentaria choosing Mondi’s PerFORMing paper-based tray to pack its rebranded range of sliced plant-based

Specialist digital label press manufacturer, Dantex Group, has had its range of Pico UV inkjet digital presses certified for label production using the Color-Logic metallic colour system. Color-logic is a colour communication software system for digital print used to deliver metallic colours onto silver substrates giving a premium feel. It works by revolutionising the way that designers work, particularly with metallic colours. Using a series of palettes and plugins, this system giv

Desert Medical Campus in Payson, Arizona, announced that it redesigned the packaging and developed exciting new formulas for its Chill Pill brand of cannabis soft gels. The Chill Pill Collection is the first and finest artisan-crafted cannabis-blend soft gel cap in Arizona. Formulated with the highest quality ingredients, the easy-to-swallow Chill Pill comes in five distinct blends: Day Caps – a sativa dominant formula that is a great way to

Recently, CDP, a non-profit environmental, social and governance rating agency, issued its updated ratings for organisations around the world for 2022. Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (AMP), a global supplier of beverage cans, was awarded a leadership rating of A- for water management and a B rating for climate change. AMP, through such third-party verification, is building from the inherent environmental advantages of infinitely recyclable beverage cans, which are a perfect example of

Uber and Visa  today announced a new program designed to support small-and medium-sized businesses in their transition to green and sustainable packaging solutions, as part of a broader year-long effort to support SMBs who use Uber Eats to grow their businesses. Together, the two companies will make $1 million accessible to qualifying Uber Eats restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Madrid to be used towards funding sustainable packaging solutions to help trans

Leading carton manufacturer, Falconer, has recently designed and produced new secondary packaging for MIRROR WATER, an independent London-based body care brand. Created to package MIRROR WATER’s four body care products, the luxurious and modern boxes fully complement the brand’s ethos and aesthetic identity. MIRROR WATER’s requirement for a packaging partner led to an initial meeting with Falconer, where the carton manufacturer was tasked with designing and creatin

The European Paper Packaging Alliance has this week welcomed a new President and Director General. At EPPA’s General Assembly on 9 January, Antonio D’Amato, CEO of Seda International Packaging Group and former president of Confindustria, the Confederation of Italian Industry, has been elected President. He took over from Eric Le Lay, President of Huhtamaki Fibre Food Service who is now Vice-President of the Alliance. EPPA also appointed Matti Rantanen, an exper

BAR-U-EAT has officially released its new Biodegradable Products Institute Certified Compostable Packaging for their individually wrapped bars. With this release, they have become the first bar company in the world to offer packaging which carries the certification for the entire package — a move that ensures that their packaging will break down properly in commercial compost systems and not contaminate the environment. It also steps leaps beyond the industry standard of single use plas

OIF has worked to advance the development of interoperable electrical interface specifications, known as CEI for over two decades, leading to the widespread adoption of industry-changing standards. At DesignCon 2023, Jan 31 – Feb 2, in Santa Clara, CA, industry experts will reveal the work OIF is doing to address electrical interfaces optimized for new electrical and optical architecture aspirations, including 224 Gbps and the co-packaging of optical and electrical interfaces with ASICs

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, is pleased to announce that it has received two nominations from the 2022 PAC Global Awards for its innovative design approach for e-commerce packaging formats. In the Package Brand Marketing category, the Scotts Miracle-Gro Rescue Outdoor Plant Potion has been nominated. In the Packaging Innovation category, Amazon’s ProActive RecyclablePaper Mailer for Ice Cream Delivery has been nominated.According to the PAC Global Award

Ardagh Glass Packaging – North America a business of Ardagh Group, announced that its Winchester, Ind., glass manufacturing facility achieved FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification. The FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification provides a framework for effectively managing an organization's food safety responsibilities. Fully recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), FSSC 22000 demonstrates that a company has a robust Food Safety Management System in p