Food & Drink

Find out the latest food and drink news from the packaging industry

Food producer snaps up third YPS shrink wrapping line

FOLLOWING a period of expansion, Zafron Foods has taken delivery of a third side feed shrink wrapping line from Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS). The move...

1kg packs of Mini Eggs go viral on TikTok

WAITROSE has revealed that sales of a 1kg sharing bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs are up 95% compared to this time last year. The retailer...

Jimmy’s Iced Coffee switches to packs made from crop waste

JIMMY'S Iced Coffee has announced the completion of trials for utilising zero tree packaging cartons, which have now been integrated into the firm's entire...

New Ishida weigher makes instant impression for cheese processor

ISHIDA has revealed that the improvements in throughput and efficiencies delivered by a trial of the firm's newly launched CCW-AS multihead weigher at Prima...

Molson Coors adds support to Every Can Counts recycling programme

EVERY Can Counts, a programme deigned to encourage people to recycle their empty drink cans, has announced its latest brand partnership with Molson Coors...

Ice-cream manufacturer snaps up second YPS shrink wrapping line

UK ice-cream manufacturer Tubzee has snapped up a second shrink wrapping line from Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS). Prior to working with YPS, the firm's original...

TopClip system brings tangible benefits for craft brewer

SMURFIT Kappa has provided a Belgian craft brewer with the TopClip packaging system, a paper-based replacement for shrink wrap that bundles beverage multi-packs. BeerSelect has...

Recyclable packaging offers sweet solution for chocolatier

Chocolates Valor, a Spanish family business chocolatier, has converted the packaging for a portion of its cocoa products to Sonoco’s recyclable GREENCAN solution. Founded in...

Design update to help differentiate Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola variations

THE packaging design of Jack Daniel's and Coca Cola Zero Sugar has been updated to help clearly differentiate it from the Coca-Cola Original Taste...

Coalition hails results of compostable packaging consumer trial

THE Compostable Coalition UK has reported a five-fold increase in the disposal of compostable packaging in food waste bins, in a 'first-of-its-kind' consumer behaviour...