Category — Packaged Goods

Walmart TP

Walmart toilet paper cleans up in tests.

May 8, 2012 Comments

New Ketchup

Hidden Valley Foods is after your burger, fries and wings.

April 6, 2012 Comments

Recyclable Jar

Packaging company Sonoco has created a jar for Planters peanuts that weighs 84 percent less than its predecessor.

April 6, 2012 Comments

Tide Patrol

Police take on rising wave of Tide detergent theft.

March 13, 2012 Comments

Febreze Revival

How P&G brought Febreze back to life.

March 1, 2012 Comments

Tide Pods

t’s the biggest twist on the signature Tide brand since the 1984 launch of Liquid Tide, P&G says.

February 29, 2012 Comments

Designer TP

Kimberly-Clark gives toilet paper a makeover with creative covers.

January 23, 2012 Comments

Dawn Power

Two bridges were replaced within a couple of hours using hydraulic jacks, metal beams and Dawn dish soap.

January 12, 2012 Comments

Ford & Mills

Ford, General Mills team for ‘Box Tops for Education’.

October 4, 2011 Comments

New Bud

Redesign of Budweiser beer can won’t make much difference in sales.

August 5, 2011 Comments

Hi-Tech Soap

The Ariel Excel gel cleaner is dubbed “high-tech” for deep cleaning.

June 23, 2011 Comments

Pepsi Plastic

Pepsico has developed the world’s first plastic bottle made entirely from plants and other renewable resources.

March 16, 2011 Comments

Cardboard Bottles

Liquid laundry soap in a cardboard bottle?

March 10, 2011 Comments

Banana Wrappers

Del Monte has come up with individual plastic packaging for bananas.

March 4, 2011 Comments

Kraft’s Grandma

This isn’t the kind of commercial you see often: a grandmother berating her granddaughter for dressing “like a prostitute.”

March 1, 2011 Comments

Turning Tide

Procter & Gamble’s stalled shares can recover along with the U.S. economy.

February 25, 2011 Comments

Unilever Media

Unilever chief Keith Weed: ‘Measuring social media is a big issue for us.’

February 4, 2011 Comments

Manofthehouse.com

Procter & Gamble website offers advice to family men while pitching its products to fathers and husbands.

February 1, 2011 Comments

Downy & Insomnia

P&G campaign pitches Downy as sleep aid.

January 28, 2011 Comments

Goodbye, Phosphates

Struggling automatic dishwasher detergent manufacturers turn to chemical industry for help with phosphate-free formulas.

January 28, 2011 Comments

Shrinking Products

Grocery products get downsized again.

January 13, 2011 Comments

P&G Tweets

Procter & Gamble moves from soap operas to tweets.

December 10, 2010 Comments

Kraft vs. Starbucks

Kraft Foods is to launch a premium instant-coffee product under its Kenco brand.

November 29, 2010 Comments

P&G Design

Improved packaging design is a major part of aggressive sustainability plans recently announced by consumer products giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble.

November 26, 2010 Comments

Unilever vs. Procter

Keith Weed, Unilever’s top global marketer, has criticised rival Procter & Gamble for its flagship sustainability campaign.

November 18, 2010 Comments

Vendors Venting

Vending industry nuts over calorie requirements.

November 11, 2010 Comments

Futuristic Shopping

The chocolate bar in aisle six is flashing at you because it’s on special this week.

November 4, 2010 Comments

Packing Waste

Tesco, Asda, J Sainsbury and 39 more retailers and foodmakers reduced U.K. food and packaging waste by 1.2 million tons in 2005 to 2009.

September 28, 2010 Comments

Procter & Water

Procter & Gamble unveils global drinking water effort.

September 23, 2010 Comments

Compact Detergents

P&G will compact all its powder detergents in 2011.

September 7, 2010 Comments