We are happy to announce that the use of BOTTLEBOX® containers keep increasing, and we are saving more bottles from landfills and the ocean. In 2017, we used a total of 850 million recycled plastic bottles, which is 15% more than the year before. Since 2011, when we started measuring the amount of recycled plastic…
We are happy to announce that the use of BOTTLEBOX® containers keep increasing, and we are saving more bottles from landfills and the ocean. In 2017, we used a total of 850 million recycled plastic bottles, which is 15% more than the year before. Since 2011, when we started measuring the amount of recycled plastic…
The site Fast Casual.com just released a list of 11 menu trends going mainstream in 2018, and on top of that list is BRILLIANT COLORS. They are talking about bright colored ingredients of salads and potstickers, as well as colorful drinks. That’s something we at Direct Pack like a lot! Our colored BOTTLEBOX® take-out containers…
The site Fast Casual.com just released a list of 11 menu trends going mainstream in 2018, and on top of that list is BRILLIANT COLORS. They are talking about bright colored ingredients of salads and pot stickers, as well as colorful drinks. That’s something we at the BOTTLEBOX® like a lot! Our colored take-out containers…
Our long term partner and customer Naturipe Farms, a leading berry company, has won the Joe Nucci Award for Product Innovation at this year’s New York Produce Show and Conference for its Naturipe Snacks product line that combines fruit, cheese and nuts into one portable package – a package created and manufactured in collaboration with…
In the 2017 AIB International audit, Direct Pack’s operations in Sun Valley, CA. received the highest rating – Superior – with a score of 950 points (95%), and 10 points over last year. The auditor was impressed with the Sun Valley manufacturing operations and stated he’s seen consistent and continuous improvement over the last couple of years.…
At IHOP’s Global Franchise Conference in Florida in the end of October, Direct Pack, Inc. was honored with the 2018 IHOP Vendor Partner of the Year award. As late as in June 2017, IHOP launched their new take-out packaging, designed and manufactured by Direct Pack. We were recognized for our ideation, innovation and execution – all…
The success with our range of post-consumer recycled PET plastic containers for the foodservice, supermarket, produce and processor markets continue. Up until the third quarter of 2017 we have increased the use of recycled material by another 10%. If you would place all the bottles we have saved from landfill since 2011 end-to-end, they would…
This past weekend our Director of Corporate Sustainability Andrew Jolin participated in the annual Coastal Cleanup Day, organized by Friends of the DUNES. They spent the day in Humboldt Coastal Nature Center cleaning up the beaches and dunes by the Pacific Ocean. The organizer reported that the most common debris on the beach is PET bottles.…
Come visit us at the IDDBA show in Anaheim, CA June 4-6. IDDBA is the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association and the show is primarily geared towards supermarkets and delis. We are displaying all our BOTTLEBOX® take-out containers as well as our other Deli and Bakery products, including our elegant range of Pyrapak cake packaging and…