The other evening I was watching a little TV and noticed one of our foam hinged take out containers being used during one of the scenes. I knew it was a Genpak foam hinged container because I’ve worked here long enough to recognize our stuff at a quick glance. Drives my wife nutty when we are…
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I’m not exactly sure when some people started to consider food packaging as evil or something that was detrimental to our very fabric of life. But I’ve noticed a few blogs and articles being written that would suggest such a thing. I think many of those bloggers and stone throwers are the types of folks…
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I was asked the other day, what some of the trends are in the food packaging industry. We get these questions from time to time from our customers. Presumably to make sure their packaging choices are staying up-to-date, or perhaps they want to buck the current trend and go with packaging that may be “retro”…
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We are very pleased to announce that for another year, our line of Clear Hinged Deli Containers will be an endorsed product by the Green Restaurant Association. For those of you who don’t know them, the GRA is a non-profit organization that helps restaurant operators, manufacturers, distributors and consumers to become more environmentally aware. They offer certification programs for…
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My morning started out pretty good. Got the kid off to school, had my morning coffee and the temperature is actually reasonable (for this time of year)…then I read through some emails. Normally a fairly benign task to be sure. But in this morning’s emails were two articles regarding food service packaging. Needless to say…
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As we draw to a close for 2010 here at Genpak, I figured a top 10 list might be in order. There certainly are many topics to choose from both inside and outside our company. Who knew the food service industry could be such a hot bed of topics? From silly governmental bans to block-buster…
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I don’t know if you’ve been following this, but those in the government who believe it’s their job to save us from ourselves are at it once again. This time in San Francisco where the Board of Supervisors have decided they know how to once and for all, cure childhood obesity. Think of it. A world where our young…
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Sorry it has been so long since my last posting. I recently went to a biopolymer symposium in Denver and was going to write about that, but every time I started to type I’d get sleepy and drift off to my happy place which is a place where the beer flows like wine and beautiful…
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To all who joined us in Las Vegas, September 26th – 29th at the International Baking Industry Exposition 2010 (IBIE), THANK YOU!!! Genpak was extremely delighted to greet you at Booth 2007! To all who could not be there, we missed you!!! Our Oven Ready Trays & Lids (including examples of our custom capabilities), Deli…
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The image to the right encompasses our mission in the sustainable effort and has been designed to appear on our 100% compostable show bag debuting this month! Each new Affordable, Earth-Friendly line is Sustainable (designed to meet current needs without compromising the needs of future generations), using the 3R approach of Reduce (practice of doing…
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