Retail performance
Albert Heijn adopts Avantium PEF for own-brand juice bottles
Avantium is supplying its plant-based PEF material to Refresco for use in Albert Heijn’s fruit juice bottles, with
Miwa Technologies dispenses dry foods into reusable, returnable containers at REWE stores
German retail chain REWE is selling pasta, rice, cereal, and other foods in reusable and returnable containers using Miwa Technologies’
Greiner Packaging uses rPET from yellow bag in tray-to-tray recycling for bottle display
Greiner Packaging is implementing post-consumer rPET from the yellow bag into trays to transport and display beverage bottles, with
Nestlé displays KOFILA chocolates on reusable wire stands in Czech stores
Nestlé Česko, PENNY, and POSpooling are piloting point-of-sale (POS) stands made of wire, which are said to perform
Owner of Lidl and Kaufland pledges to use 30% less plastic by 2025
Schwarz Group, the multinational retail group operating Lidl and Kaufland, has set a new target to use 30% less plastic
Sainsbury’s shifts to paper packaging for toilet paper and kitchen towels
Sainsbury’s expects to save 55 million pieces of plastic every year by implementing recyclable paper packaging across its own-
‘CO2-neutral’ machine-glazed kraft paper revealed by LC Paper
LC Paper is launching its machine-glazed K-Zero kraft paper range – reportedly manufactured in a CO2-neutral process – for
Amazon’s checkout-free shopping solution incorporates RFID technology for clothing purchases
Amazon and Avery Dennison have expanded the checkout-free, computer vision shopping solution Just Walk Out with RFID technology to
Walmart right-sizes delivery packs with automated solution from KNAPP and Packsize
Walmart has adopted technologies from KNAPP and Packsize to right-size cartons at its distribution facilities – a move thought to
Tesco transitions into clear milk caps with sights set on home recyclability
Tesco is sealing its own brand milk with clear caps to design the whole pack for home recycling and re-
New Xact machines tape loose produce and glue cartonboard punnets in retailers’ plastic reduction efforts
Xact has produced a closing machine for winged cartonboard punnets and an automatic taping machine for bunching loose products in
Co-op trials ‘dummy’ anti-theft packaging for high-value products on its shelves
Co-op seeks to tackle bulk shoplifting in its stores by extending its trial of anti-theft ‘dummy display packaging’