packaging

Operations

Pressure builds to end restaurants' use of polystyrene to-go containers

More jurisdictions are prohibiting restaurants from using non-compostable or reusable packaging and utensils.

Operations

Look for big changes in to-go packaging—including the price

Reality Check: New environmental rules are coming in a flurry. Is the industry ready?

Reality Check: And—surprise, surprise—some of them are good news for an industry that’s taken its lumps.

With the holidays (and prime pie-eating season) approaching, restaurants are feeling the impact of soaring aluminum prices and shortages on their ability to source pie tins.

Only packaging designed and manufactured to withstand refilling are permissible.

The 57,000-square-foot facility in Virginia will be used to create and package dips and spreads branded under the fast-casual chain’s name to be sold in grocery stores nationwide.

The giant foodservice supplier has added SAVRpak's innovative freshness patch to its inventory.

A new type of environmental bill aims to push recycling costs back on packaging users and suppliers. A law has already been passed in Maine, and 10 other states are expected to consider similar measures.

The law takes effect in 2022, but restaurants have a grace period in which to use up their inventories.

Takeout and delivery demand has heightened the need for new and different types of containers.

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