All Packaging articles
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Comment & OpinionEPR: can the ‘vote losing’ system be saved without starting over?
Anger over EPR’s impact – and the possibility of the issue becoming a vote loser – has persuaded ministers to step in again
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NewsM&S chief Stuart Machin slams budget as ‘a whole lot of nothing’
Stuart Machin said he had set out M&S’s hopes to the Chancellor but Healey’s budget speech last week had left him ‘not sure people really want influencing’
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NewsHola Barcelona Rosé debuts transparent can in Tesco
The cans are made from a patented see-through PET
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NewsInnocent teams up with Notpla to trial no-bottle edible juice shots
Some 78% of people who tried the pods said they would buy them if they were available today
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Comment & OpinionThe plastic tax is doing exactly what it was built to do, and that’s the problem
The UK’s overlapping packaging levies aren’t failing, they’re succeeding at being politically useful, which is why reform has to come from shoppers not Whitehall, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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NewsVeteran BRC boss describes deposit return scheme as ‘worst ever policy’
“DRS is undoubtedly the worst policy in my 21 years with the BRC,” Opie told The Grocer in an exclusive interview this week
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NewsBenecol unveils packaging and branding revamp
The initiative, backed by a ‘six-figure marketing investment’, includes national PR activity, media campaigns and in-store marketing. The business has also secured celebrity partnerships with TV personalities Alex Jones and Gok Wan
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Comment & OpinionHow food brands can resolve the industry’s trust problem
The problem isn’t always what food brands say. Sometimes it’s what the packaging, the language and the visual cues lead us to believe. Ben Martin asks whether the industry needs a clearer line between persuasion and implication.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Andy Burnham’s EU reset could mean for food and drink
Ten years on from the Brexit vote, Andy Burnham has pledged to set out ‘different options’ for the UK’s relationship with the EU. So what are these options and how will they affect food and drink businesses?
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NewsCompliance schemes slam industry’s ‘reckless gamble’ over plastic tax
The Packaging Scheme Forum said the government should concentrate on evolution, not wholesale reform
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat the food and retail industry needs from the budget
New CPI inflation figures this week prompted last-ditch food industry calls for the government to help by delivering a much-needed cost-cutting budget on 28 October
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NewsBeatbox RTDs ‘could appeal to under-18s’, Portman Group rules
Beatbox’s boozy 6.1% abv cocktails come packaged in Tetra Pak containers and are sold in Morrisons stores
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NewsAbra-ca-Debora overhauls pancake recipes to tackle category decline
Its chilled ready-made pancake range is now HFSS-compliant
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NewsM&S and John Lewis bosses set out budget demands for Chancellor
M&S chief Stuart Machin said he had written to John Healey directly ‘to set out what needs to change’
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NewsPlastic tax system in chaos as government announces new bailout
The four UK enforcement bodies have stepped in to try to tackle plastic fee chaos
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Comment & OpinionPackaging must do more than stand out, it must help people buy
As growth gets harder grocery brands are under pressure to stand out, but the better starting point for packaging is simpler: what will help people buy, says Kathryn Jubrail, partner at Mother Design
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Comment & OpinionWhen salt becomes a statement worth paying for
Basic categories like salt and butter are being bought as identity signals, not staples, but most packaging is still briefed for the shelf, not what it says about the shopper, says Sarah Knox, senior strategist at Lewis Moberly
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NewsKepak Foods bids to ‘take meat snacking mainstream’ with Kings biltong and jerky rebrand
It comes after Kepak acquired Kings’ owner New World Foods from Valeo Foods Group last year
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Comment & OpinionA year to go: what industry still needs before DRS goes live
With all the structural pieces in place, the next 12 months must deliver clarity for producers and retailers, says Andy Bagnall, director general of the British Soft Drinks Association
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NewsBoots celebrating 30 million items recycled in packaging return scheme
The Recycle at Boots scheme rewards shoppers with £5-worth of Advantage Card points when they return five eligible packaging items and spend £10 in store