Grocery delivery and sustainability

If the service can combine the two this could differentiate the leader from the back. Reusable bags. Refill water stations. Composted food. You get the picture. Should customers buy into this would make the brands that carry this out stand out. Grocery delivery is a commodity. Anyone can do it who has transportation and access

5 Predictions for 2022 in grocery and retail

The challenges faced by supermarkets and retailers were numerous. The impact of COVID-19 in the world continues to stretch and affect every fabric in society. It has affected the price of food to skyrocket and has caused supply chain issues like empty shelves Increased food prices shifted the consumer mindset to think about what they

3 Ideas for innovating food packaging

As Coca Cola experiments with paper containers for their soft drinks and Pringles neatly aligns their potato crisp chips in cylindrical shaped cans where will the new packaging ideas come from? Let’s try some out here. Potato chips in glass jars. The benefits are that you can see the chips through the glass and they

The progression of beverage containers: glass, aluminum, plastic, paper. Will digital be next?

Coca Cola announced yesterday that they are testing a paper bottle prototype for AdeZ a drink sold in Hungary. The effort is toward a goal of a “world without waste,” that will collect and recycle one bottle or can that is sold by 2030. Paper is derived from wood and vegetation so it will be interested

Technology, food waste, and wasted food

When a plastic bottle gets recycled there is no message on the bottle the recycling plant. If it is placed in the trash then it more than likely goes to stay in a landfill rather than sent to a recycling plant. As thirty perecent of food gets tossed also means that 100% of the packaging

Back to Nature updates packaging and positioning as a plant-based snack

Back to Nature has updated their packaging of plastic bags that hold a variety of nuts like the Nantucket Blend. There previous package was a light brown bag with ‘back to Nature’ at the top in the shape of a banner with the letter in a sans serif font. The letter A was in the

Real Simple productizes brand with compostable cleaning wipes

Real Simple the magazine offers ideas and suggestions for home and personal improvement. Then they got smart by creating products, — like compostable wipes. The packaging design that is made in a plastic tube and wrapped in a tall label that comes in pink and green showing vivid images of oranges and flowers. Compostable wipes

French’s Classic Yellow Mustard updates packaging container and label

French’s mustard has updated their packaging container and label. The container is still yellow but now have switched to using PETE 2 a high-density polyethylene, which is commonly used to recycle and used in milk jugs. They originally used a PETE 1 plastic container, which is also common to recycle. The label has changed too.

5 Predictions for the grocery industry in 2020

Grocery shopping continues to thrive. As retail stores close down, despite a strong economy, supermarkets continue to do well. As 2019 comes to a close I am going to make five predictions for supermarkets in 2020. As a blogger, writer and part-time supermarket employee you cannot help to observe things more closely among retailers and

Observations about mustard containers and packaging

As I was emptying my mustard containers from Gulden’s, French’s, Sir Kensington’s and Boar’s Head I noticed some things. The yellow mustards from French’s and Sir Kensington’s were in concealed yellow containers and Gulden’s and Boar’s Head spicy brown were in clear containers. Before I accuse the brands that put their yellow mustard in concealed