There’s a big, shiny, light-grabbing elephant in the room. So, it’s time to talk about it. Can carton-board packaging with foiling be recycled? Yes – yes it can. via GIPHY We were wondering the question ourselves, what, with all this recent uproar about recycling. So we did a little bit of digging. One of our…
Food without gluten, dairy and (gasp) – meat, can still be delicious. There we’ve said it. So how can we make such a claim? Well, we’ve found out from our customers that it is possible as much as it is commendable to make tasty, if not tastier, free-from foods. We do quite a lot of…
Quickly following on from the flurry of soon-forgotten News Year’s resolutions (Dryanuary, Tryanuary & Veganuary anyone?) is the flood of expert predictions of what will be trending in 2018. Well, with 45 years’ experience behind us, we’re here to give our 2 cents on what we think we’ll be seeing more of in packaging this…
If you didn’t sing this blog title as you read it, then you may be suffering from a severe case of Scrooge. We put together our Christmas Checklist: Festive Feast, and now it’s time to move to gifts & gadgets. These are all products by our customers, and whether its for someone else or yourself,…
There are two types of people at Christmas: Those who have everything organised, stockpiled and ready to go from day dot, or you know, the rest of us who do a supermarket sweep on Christmas Eve wondering if 10 packets of pigs in blankets will actually be enough (it is). We’ve comprised a Christmas Checklist…
With nine out of ten customers calling for a plastic-free aisle according to a poll commissioned by campaign group A Plastic Planet (Independent.co.uk, July 2017), it is more important than ever for food producers to consider the green credentials of their packaging. As we approach Christmas, our gastronomical consumption hits astronomical heights, meaning our food…
Unravelling the mysteries of boxes and sleeves. Disclaimer: Grab a cup of tea, this might be a long one. During our Q&A session at the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards, two lovely ladies by the names of Jo and Clair from the Busy Botanist said that knowing what to ask for in their packaging…
Want to win our Halloween PPP Party Pack? We’ve teamed up with our customers RubyBlue Spirits to giveaway a bottle of Ruby Blue Potato Vodka, Ruby Blue Chilli Pepper Liqueur, and all the party pieces you could need! HOW TO WIN 1. You must be over 18 2. Like our page & RubyBlue Spirits FB…
We’ve got a case of the Blas na hEireann blues… For years, our customers have raved about Blas na hEireann. Not only because they came home with a shiny souvenir of a gold, silver or bronze award – but because for one weekend in September, Dingle in County Kerry is the place to be for…
Are your products Gluten-Free? That’s great – so is everyone else’s on the shelf. In early 2017, half of British Consumers were purchasing free-from foods in their weekly shop (Kantar, 2017), so it is no surprise that the free-from market has become increasingly lucrative, worth a predicted £561m by the end of 2017. There can…