4 Fresh Produce Applications Where Retail-Ready Packaging Is Gaining Ground

April 28, 2021 Freedonia Group

A new Freedonia Group analysis projects retail-ready boxes to be one of the fastest growing packaging types used in the fresh produce industry through 2024, with the strongest increases anticipated in the $3.5 billion fresh vegetable and salad packaging market.

Prepackaged Fresh Produce Sales Soar Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

April 12, 2021 Freedonia Group

A new Freedonia Group analysis projects US sales of fresh produce packaging to grow 3.7% per year to nearly $7 billion in 2024, as demand continues to rise among both consumers and foodservice establishments for produce sold in some form of packaging – including pouches, bags, and rigid plastic containers.

Foodservice Single-Use Straws, Bags Boosted by COVID-Related Suspension of Bans

June 23, 2020 Freedonia Group

In the past few years, a growing number of countries, states, and localities worldwide have enacted regulations if not outright bans of various single-use products widely used in foodservice, particularly plastic stirrers, straws, and bags – which are among the biggest sources of global plastics pollution.