Articles by Chip Bolton

If there is an absolute truth about packaging today, it is that one size does not fit all, and there is no one solution for everyone.

The meat-processing industry’s relationship with high-pressure processing (HPP) appears to have all the ingredients for long-term success.

Recently, a more disciplined view of profit has emerged within the meat industry, brought on by the havoc of the so-called “great recession” and historically high meat costs.

When broaching the subject of interleaving and stacking, asking folks about the current state of affairs in this much ignored process there was less discussion about equipment systems and technical issues and more talk about costs — labor and packaging.

The whole idea of ovenable products seems to make so much sense.

“Sustainability is a throw-around word.” An experienced product developer told me this recently.

When hasn’t the cost of packaging materials been a primary concern to protein processors? Always has, always will be.

Weighing systems have become so sophisticated and capable that the named function of weighing seems almost secondary.

Instant access any time to information, ideas, entertainment, colleagues and friends compels us all to jam more work and personal activities into each day and embrace any convenience that puts the next task behind us so we can hustle to the one after it.