Packaging plays a “huge role” when a producer makes the decision to begin selling it retail, says Andrew Abendshein, president of Houston-based Acre in a Box, a grower of hydroponic lettuce.
When most people think of the grocery store produce department, they likely picture consumers sniffing and squeezing (maybe tasting) individual fruits and vegetables before putting them in their baskets.
Food packaging leader Placon was the winner of three packaging design awards at the annual Society of Plastics Engineers conference in Milwaukee Sept. 9-11.