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…
Read More
Tag: foodservice packaging
Packaging first…okay, maybe second
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…
Read More
More bans?
Well here we go again. More politicians have decided they are experts on food packaging. This time it’s New York state (Genpak’s home state by the way). State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly member Brian Kavanagh have teamed with others in an attempt to ban the use of foamed polystyrene food service products in governmental offices and public schools. They kicked off…
Read More
NRA Show
Every time I tell someone who is not in the food service business, that we are displaying at the NRA show, I have to tell them, no we don’t make rifles, we make plates. NRA stands for National Restaurant Association, and their show is the biggest of its kind. The show, as usual, is in Chicago…
Read More
Packaging in the Crosshairs
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of bad press regarding packaging, especially food service packaging. There have been venomous articles written ranging from packaging filling up landfills to packaging that causes erectile dysfunction (no lie, just saw that one yesterday). Some writings do have valid points, but never really tell the whole story. Take the landfill debate for instance. It is…
Read More
Taking the dog for a walk
The other evening I was taking a stroll with my wife and we passed a guy who was taking his dog for a walk. It was a beautiful scene really. The sun was low in the Upstate New York sky, casting a light shade of red on the horizon with the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains silhouetted…
Read More