One of the highlights of my day, like many working Americans, is lunch time. It’s that perfectly timed break to relax, recharge and refill your engine. Nothing deflates my euphoria though like getting soggy fries, rubbery chicken wings and mushy burger buns. This happens when my delicious meal to go is provided in a container…
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There are different ways in which food service businesses are environmentally friendly. Some use locally grown produce. Some offer reusable containers and packaging, or allow customers to bring their own in. Some use containers that are compostable or made of recycled content. Others use eco friendly chemicals for cleaning. Some find ways to conserve water…
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There is a belief by many out there that polystyrene and foamed polystyrene can’t be recycled. Just because a local municipality chooses not to pick up products that carry a chasing arrows #6 “recycle logo”, certainly does not mean that material can’t be successfully recycled and turned into useful products that re-enter the world of…
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The American Chemistry Counsel has just published an excellent piece of literature that busts some of the crazy polystyrene myths that are floating around the internet. These myths were developed by people and groups who have a specific agenda and are designed to frighten and intimidate people into their specific narrative. Myth #1 – Foamed Polystyrene…
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Recently the Wall Street Journal posted a story on how see through packaging boosted retail sales of food items. While this article mainly talked about packaging like chip, snack and power bar films, we have seen the same trend in solid, plastic food packaging as well. The demand for our Clear Hinged Deli containers has…
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Cheers to Harris Sukita owner of Simply Ono lunch wagon and Jennifer Hino who sells specialty desserts in Hawaii, for standing up to big brother government out there. It seems that City Councilman Stanley Chang is trying to strong arm them into using one type of food packaging over another. Mr. Ono and Ms Hino both…
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I can’t tell you how many times I get calls from food service operators, confectioners and food processors looking for custom food packaging to fit their new creation or menu option. Now that by itself sounds great, and it is. The problem arises when the packaging to transport these culinary works of art are at the bottom of their to…
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The need for “greener” food packaging is increasing and will continue to do so according to many reports published recently by market research firms. Whether it’s called biodegradable packaging or compostable packaging, the reports indicate a growth rate of 18% annually over the next 5 years, with the fastest growth opportunity in the food and…
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Durable Food Service Packaging Manufacturing in the USA At Genpak, we manufacture many of the containers we sell. We have several manufacturing sites in the United States and Canada, along with our corporate headquarters in beautiful Charlotte, NC. Manufacturing our products gives our people a sense of pride, which is shown in the top-notch quality…
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The Federal Trade Commission defines recycled content materials as those that have been recovered or diverted from the solid waste stream. Recycled content can be broken into two categories. Post-consumer and pre-consumer, (which may also be referred to as post-industrial). Post-consumer content, as its name implies, are materials that have been used by consumers. Examples are clear…
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