Category — Packaging

Plain Packaging

The government is considering plans to strip all branding from cigarette packs sold in England in a bid to make smoking appear less attractive.

April 17, 2012 Comments

Queen of Pop Bottle

Diet Coke unveils Madonna-Inspired Bottle.

April 16, 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

NFL & Nike

NFL unveils new uniforms for all 32 teams.

April 4, 2012 Comments

Pouch Packagers

More packaged-food makers turn to pouches.

March 21, 2012 Comments

Pocket Coke

Coke launches first new bottle size in almost 20 years.

March 20, 2012 Comments

Mushroom Packing

NY company growing mushrooms as packing material.

March 8, 2012 Comments

Green War

Green drive makes Coca-Cola & Pepsi see red once again; new bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-based.

February 24, 2012 Comments

Canned Craft

Craft-beer brewers reach for cans.

February 20, 2012 Comments

Pumped Packaging

Packaging may pump-up kids’ sunscreen use.

January 23, 2012 Comments

Quirky Designs

It took a village – or in Internet terms, an online community – to make one special bag.

January 9, 2012 Comments

Tobacco Fumes

Tobacco firms fuming over Australia’s “plain package” law.

November 14, 2011 Comments

Toucan Sam

Government pulls back on junk food marketing proposal.

October 18, 2011 Comments

Four Loko

New Four Loko label: as much alcohol as 4-5 beers.

October 5, 2011 Comments

P&G’s Soap

Procter & Gamble’s oldest brand is getting a makeover — kind of.

October 5, 2011 Comments

Graphic Labels

Canada unveils larger, graphic anti-smoking labels.

September 30, 2011 Comments

Handy Heinz

New breed of Heinz ketchup packets now on store shelves.

September 20, 2011 Comments

Confusing Dates

The UK throws away about £12bn of edible food each year and critics say confusing packaging is partly to blame.

September 20, 2011 Comments

Cereal Nagging

Cartoons on food boxes create nagging children.

August 17, 2011 Comments

New Bud

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

August 5, 2011 Comments

Light Ban

Banning “light” on cigarette packs does little.

June 28, 2011 Comments

Pack Tactics

Dead body, cancerous lungs will appear on U.S. cigarette packs next year.

June 21, 2011 Comments

Package Protest

Greenpeace stages protest at Mattel office over Barbie packaging.

June 9, 2011 Comments

Mouthwash Suit

P&G sues store-brand maker over mouthwash bottle.

June 6, 2011 Comments

Coke Cost

Sizing up how Coke’s containers fit your wallet.

June 1, 2011 Comments

Dope Alert

Caution: That warning label on your cup of coffee isn’t necessarily for your benefit.

April 20, 2011 Comments

Branded Cigarettes

Plain cigarette packaging highlights warnings.

April 12, 2011 Comments

Nestle & Rio

Nestle launches augmented reality cereal boxes.

April 11, 2011 Comments

Mushroom Packaging

Dell packaging and Ford car parts to be made of mushrooms.

April 11, 2011 Comments