Tag: food packaging
The Impact of Customer Savings on their Purchasing Behaviour
With the UK economy in recession and unemployment rates rising, many consumers are more aware of their money and how they spend it. Financial uncertainty surrounding the pandemic has had an impact on buyers’ purchasing decisions, prompting them to be more frugal. A recent NMG Consulting – the Bank of England found that household savings ...
4 Reasons for Reseal-it – Reason 1: It keeps food fresh
Resealable packaging solutions have a wide range of benefits and are known for ensuring product safety and keeping food fresher for longer. As resealable packaging grows within the food sector, we explore the various benefits it can provide: Food Safety Concerns A recent study by IDG research has forecasted the food-to-go market in the UK to ...
Millennials driving demand for on-the-go and sustainable packaging
Millennials have been a motivating force for retailers to become environmentally sustainable with their products and packaging. Millennials believe packaging to be an influential consideration when purchasing products. Sustainability throughout the whole supply chain is a decisive factor and even packaging material is seen as part of the brand ...
3 Reasons Why Half of Britons Skip Breakfast: Can Resealable Packaging Help?
People can’t find time for breakfast due to hectic morning schedules - a 150% increase from 2012. According to , half of all adults in Britain skip their breakfast. This is the biggest age group of breakfast skippers are 16-24 years old (66%). Similarly, 58% of those aged 25-34 also choose to miss their breakfast. Is breakfast ...
Resealable food packs: Why customers love them!
Did you know packaging can affect the way customers determine how fresh your products are? According to Mintel’s Food Packaging Trends: Spotlight on Food Labelling report, 64% of grocery customers in the USA pick food based on the fact that it is fresh and often judge product freshness by the quality of its packaging.* is one of the ...
Don’t let hard-to-open packaging undermine your brand reputation
All of us can probably think of at least one example of packaging that we found hard to open. Struggling to access the contents of the pack is not only extremely frustrating, but it can also be dangerous when items such as knives, scissors and keys are used. Research shows that two-thirds of British customers have claimed to injure ...
Fighting food waste – How Reseal-it® can help
British households throw away 7.3m tonnes of food and drink each year, which represents 71% of the total food waste produced in the UK. Most of it is preventable. Avoidable food waste costs an average British family £700 a year or almost £60 a month – money that could be better spent elsewhere. Much of the food and drink that we throw ...
Healthy snacking with resealable technology
Leading a busy lifestyle can make it difficult to stick to the traditional three meal a day routine. Irregular working hours, after-work activities and travel all encourage nibbling between meals. A recent report from Mintel* revealed that as many as 95% of UK adults snacked in December 2015, down just by two percentage-points from 2014. Over ...
5 packaging trends for 2017
Based on a recent report by Mintel Group Ltd., we look at 5 key packaging trends for 2017. 1. Unique packaging design Traditionally, the main function of packaging is to protect products, but growing customer demands and new developments in the industry have led a path to fresh challenges and opportunities. Packaging can have an impact on ...
