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The global ready meals market is expected to grow due to increasing advancement in the packaging industry. Demand for food that is additive-free, minimally processed and with extended shelf life is expected to drive the market. 

Ever since Frank Yiannas of Walmart's Food Safety Leadership published his insightful book "Food Safety Culture" in 2008, the food and beverage industry has embraced the reality that having a strong food safety culture is essential for success.

A whopping one third – 1.3 billion tons – of the food produced for human consumption worldwide is lost every year. Americans throw out about 40% of the food they produce annually, the equivalent of $165 billion.

Eco Pack Systems is rolling out a new low-weight container solution, which enables fully customizable point of purchase branding, dramatically reduces transportation costs and is made from food-grade material. It maximizes food safety, reduces product spoilage and damage with maximum airflow control and is sustainable.

Delivery and e-commerce are two major new factors influencing the findings in this year’s Trends Report from the Foodservice Packaging Institute. Today’s consumers are experiencing what the report calls “nearly limitless” food delivery options, such as meal kits and delivery programs, prepared food couriered by third-party vendors, and take-out and delivery options from traditional dine-in foodservice establishments. These delivery options impact how foodservice packaging must perform. Consumers want meals to arrive hot, fresh and safe, along with being represented by the foodservice brand.

Inside the proceedings of PACK EXPO Las Vegas, including a survey of new packaging equipment, materials, technology and more.

SIG's new technology ensures traceability, management of all production steps and enables the creation of customized digital promotions.

The meat, poultry and seafood industry is experiencing a global boom according to the "2017 Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry and Seafood Market Segment" report.

StandUpPouches.net, a leading supplier of flexible retail packaging, released a new industry report that examines consumer preference toward baby food packaging.