Food & Drink

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QR codes to help solve Fanta’s latest mystery flavour

COCA-COLA European Partners (CCEP) has continued its #WhatTheFanta initiative with a new mystery flavour of the soft drink. The new bright blue Fanta variant is...

Reusable food containers are cause for Celebration

CELEBRATION Packaging has announced it is now offering customised and reusable microwavable hinged-lid food containers for back of house/kitchen food prep applications. The containers are...

New group vows to reinforce standards for paper straws

A number of stakeholders from across the paper straw supply chain have founded a new charter of trust for compliance standards relating to all...

Nestlé ‘significantly’ reduces packaging with narrower share bags

NESTLÉ has announced that the packaging of its confectionary sharing bags have 'significantly' less packaging thanks to a redesign. From April, the likes of Milkybar,...

Plastic straws to be removed from Sainsbury’s own brand juice cartons

SAINSBURY'S is to remove plastic straws from its own brand range of lunchbox juice cartons in place of paper straws. The supermarket said that the...

Supermarkets to trial easier to recycle Uncle Ben’s packs

SUPERMARKETS are set to pilot a new easier to recycle Uncle Ben's rice pouch created through a partnership between Amcor and Mars Food. Mars Food...

Nairn’s unveils new packaging designed to appeal to younger consumers

NAIRN'S has unveiled new packaging across its full range of products as it looks to position itself in the health and wellbeing sector. The company,...

Walkers unveils new packaging for its core range of crisps

WALKERS has revealed a brand-new look across its core range of crisps as part of its new When life gives you potatoes, make crisps campaign. The crisp...

Asda to scrap plastic fruit bags after 30,000 reusable bags sold each week during...

ASDA has announced it is to remove 101 million pieces of single use plastic from its store each year by switching to reusable fruit...

Corona to pilot new beer packs made using barley

CORONA is introducing a new circular form of packaging for six-packs which harnesses surplus barley straw to create a sustainable paper solution. The drinks giant...