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The past few years have been testing the patience of anyone involved with wholesale packaging and jan/san products. Longer lead times, staff shortages, increased freight charges and unpredictability on whether your PO’s will even be filled. It really has brought a somewhat calm market to its knees. The industry has had a typical pattern of following the price increases up

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Cleaning is hard work, that’s why buildings are not cleaned more often. Commonly required at off hours, most heavy cleaning must be done quickly and quietly. Interfering with the experience of customers, employees, or guests is not ideal. Most frequent cleaning tasks must be accomplished very quickly. Facility managers are short staffed, now more so than ever before, yet facilities

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On January 1, 2021, Packaging Resources Inc (PRI) acquired Pinnacle Sales and Marketing Inc. For the past 21 years Packaging Resources has brought unique packaging and innovation to the food industry. PRI prides itself on great service, focusing on the customer’s needs, and finding ways to add value to our customers. PRI has grown into a national organization with experienced

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Packaging Resources, Inc. 1023 W. 55th Street, Suite A, 2nd Floor Countryside, IL 60525 Phone: 888-722-9976 Email: Info@pripackaging.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Snack Bag Series – the best eco-friendly grab and go packaging on the market Countryside, Illinois, April 2018 — Packaging Resources, Inc.® announces the release of its new eco-friendly Snack Bag Series. Have you been searching for attractive,

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Millennial food choices are getting attention and for good reason. According to a recent Forbes article, there are 80 million millennials in America today (about a quarter of the population) who represent about $200 billion in buying power. This eye-catching statistic makes you take notice and corporations are starting to pay attention. In  particular, corporations are interested in millennial food choices. Just take

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We continue to keep an eye out for innovations in food packaging from around the world. The trends in design are warm graphics that look “homemade” or simple and friendly.  Wood and paper give the consumer a feeling of being green or natural.  Special people-friendly features built into packaging can give a useful dimension instead of a disposable carrier that

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Now onto the second part of our look at food packaging trends for 2015.* Hand Drawn Logos and Labeling The emergence of unique, hand drawn logos and labeling on packaged food items is a result of social media. Social media apps, such as Facebook and Twitter, more easily allow food brands to have personalities. Packaging the products in this way

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Almost every chain restaurant has procedures in place for portion control. Making sure ingredients are being measured and the correct amount of product is going out every time is very important. Without portion controls in place, restaurants can lose a great deal of money. By keeping close control over portion sizes, chain restaurants ensure healthy profit margins. But even for

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San Francisco California-based The Melt is a fast-casual restaurant that, using technology, delivers custom grilled cheese sandwiches that stay hot, and remain melted on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Their tagline reads “Grilled Cheese Happiness™” and they aim to meet this goal by using a streamlined online ordering system (an app of course) and delivering these all-natural, creative

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Packaging Resources will be exhibiting at Booth #123 at the 2014 NRA show that takes place in Chicago from Saturday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 20 at McCormick Place. Come visit us and see our complete line of food packaging for restaurants and foodseervice. Hot weather is just around the corner so for an innovative, super lightweight cooler, check out KangaBox

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