There’s no doubt the pandemic has changed pretty much everything, including the way people shop for food. 

For consumers of meat, poultry and seafood products, convenience still sells, and concerns about sustainability remain strong. 

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Research shows consumers are looking for environmentally friendly packaging. However, they also are used to seeing a specific type of packaging for their portioned fresh meat and poultry, says Eva Almenar, a professor in the School of Packaging at Michigan State University, in East Lansing.  

Robots and cobots may be the solution to the industry’s labor issues.

Packaging machinery shipments could reach $12.8 billion in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.2 percent.

Featuring 30 Pavilion exhibitors offering the latest reusable packaging innovations.

Microwaveable packaging helps put meals on the table quickly.  

More than 1,500 Exhibitors will fill four halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center this September.

29.4 percent of CPGs are evaluating the technology, 21.6 percent are piloting it and 23.5 percent have already implemented it.