Articles Tagged with ''sustainability''

Tetra Pak Cartons

Aseptic cartons, pouches, bag-in-box appeal to clean-label trends

Multi-serve pouches, BIB gain footing in on-premise channel
Amanda Del Buono
October 14, 2016
In its March report titled “Pouches,” Cleveland-based The Freedonia Group indicates that the U.S. pouch market will grow 4.4 percent a year through 2020 to $10.1 billion, primarily driven by the introduction of pouches in new markets and the integration of high-value features, such as re-sealable closures and spouts, in more mature markets.
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Try-It Flame Truck

Beverage Industry unveils Best Fleet Graphics winners

Distributors use graphics to support marketing messages
Tom Kelley
October 14, 2016
As the product mix handled by most distributors continues to grow, so, too, have the market niches for which a distributor needs to create a diverse range of marketing messages and effective methods to deliver those messages. Vehicle graphics continue to deliver locally targeted messages to a large and diverse audience.
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Market Insights - Beverage Industry

Water brands embrace carton packaging

Companies’ name sustainability among reasons for using cartons
Derric Brown
October 14, 2016
Savvy marketers have known for years that packaging can play an important role in communicating a product’s proposition and influencing purchasing decisions. As consumers demand high-quality and healthy products, they also are becoming increasingly interested in the environmental impact of the product’s packaging.
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1% for the Planet champions environmental causes

Beverage companies team up with environmental nonprofit
Barbara Harfmann
September 15, 2016
With myriad issues impacting the planet, including climate change, dwindling rainforests and food waste, the nonprofit organization 1% for the Planet, in partnership with more than 1,200 member organizations and thousands of nonprofit partners in 40 countries, has been championing environmental change since 2002.
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MillerCoors releases 2016 Sustainability Report

Report reviews company's 2015 sustainability efforts
August 15, 2016
Chicago-based MillerCoors, the joint-venture between London-based SAB Miller plc and Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Co., released its 2016 Sustainability Report, providing a comprehensive review of the company's 2015 efforts in the areas of alcohol responsibility, environmental stewardship and community investment.
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Study says aluminum cans carry a lower carbon footprint

Report combines greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, refrigeration of beverage in calculations
August 3, 2016

According to a new study conducted by the ICF International, Fairfax, Va., for the Aluminum Association, Alexandria, Va., the combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the transportation and refrigeration of beverages in aluminum cans are lower than those associated with beverages in glass or plastic bottles under the same conditions.


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Nespresso to bring Cuban coffee to US

Limited-edition variety to hit store shelves this fall
June 21, 2016

Nespresso, a brand of Nestlé Nespresso SA, Lausanne, Switzerland, announced that it will be bringing back Cuban coffee to the United States for the first time in more than 50 years. 


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Starbucks, Augusta, GA

New facility planning focuses on sustainability, automation

Energy efficiency drives use of alternative solutions
Amanda Del Buono
June 15, 2016

Whether planning an expansion or a new facility, the ever-evolving beverage industry necessitates that those involved evolve with it. With trends like SKU proliferation and sustainability impacting the overall beverage industry, a slew of decisions need to be made when planning construction.


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