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Snack and bakery packaging materials offer better sustainability and extended shelf life

Snack and bakery packaging materials offer better sustainability and extended shelf life

Innovations help to extend shelf life and add convenience.
Neal Lorenzi
September 21, 2020
Advances in packaging materials continue to extend shelf life, while adding convenience and freshness to bakery and snack goods. Innovations in modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP), microbial-inhibiting film, and the use of cellulose nanocrystals are helping to push the envelope.
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: Advances in snack and bakery packaging safety

Advances in snack and bakery packaging safety

Research and product development are moving at a rapid pace
Neal Lorenzi
April 15, 2020
Manufacturers and researchers worldwide are striving to develop new ways to keep snack and bakery products safe and fresh over the course of their intended shelf life.
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Building snack and bakery brands with retail-ready packaging

Building snack and bakery brands with retail-ready packaging

Neal Lorenzi
August 17, 2017

Value-added packaging formats like retail-ready or shelf-ready packaging make it easy for retailers to quickly shelve products. It also builds an additional layer of branding to help snack producers and bakery companies deliver a strong message to shoppers.


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Retail-ready packaging brings branding and convenience

Retail-ready packaging brings branding and convenience

Neal Lorenzi
August 17, 2016

Retail-ready packaging (RRP) solutions range from large corrugated boxes with loose packages to smaller, notched paperboard holders for stand-up display of carded packages. Retailers benefit from RRP because it gives them shelf-ready inventory in seconds, cutting the time it takes to check in and stock shelves.


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Stackers and loaders rise to manufacturers' challenges

Neal Lorenzi
March 5, 2015

New stackers and loaders not only handle a wide range of product shapes and sizes, they also offer more loading flexibility, compact footprints and easy operation.


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Stacking the deck on loaders, stackers

Neal Lorenzi
March 11, 2014

Automation boosts stacking and loading capabilities to facilitate packaging tasks, reduce labor and speed up production. Equipment must be flexible, in order run a variety of package sizes, shapes and materials.


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Product handling for shelf-ready retailing

Neal Lorenzi
February 12, 2014

More bakery products and snacks must be packaged to be shelf-ready for retailers, so product-handling equipment must offer flexibility for the changing marketplace. To meet this need, equipment manufacturers are developing more systems incorporating advanced robotics and sophisticated transport systems. Even plastic pallets are now multifunctional.


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The other side of the lightweighting

November 25, 2013
Lightweighting and the trend toward shelf-ready packaging can be made more sustainable, but also exposes delicate products such as biscuits to damage, so any savings may be outweighed by extra pallet and shrink-wrapping costs.
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New Packaging Equipment: April 2020

Manufacturers and researchers worldwide are striving to develop new ways to keep snack and bakery products safe and fresh over the course of their intended shelf life.

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