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🚀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲!🌭 At Velec Systems, we understand the unique challenges of packaging meat products. From maintaining freshness to ensuring safety and visual appeal, this article covers key insights that can help you optimize your packaging processes. 🔗 Read the full article below: Sausage Packaging: The Ultimate Guide 👇 Stay ahead in the industry with insights and tips from our experts. Let's package success together! ✨ #FoodPackaging #SausagePackaging #VelecSystems #Innovation #FoodSafety #PackagingSolutions

In today’s fast-paced food supply industry, efficiency is not just a benefit—it's a necessity for success. At Farm To Plate, we’ve perfected the art of "Supply Chain Optimization" by ensuring that each stage, from production to delivery, is fine-tuned for maximum performance. Key Areas of Impact: 1. End-to-End Visibility: We offers real-time visibility into every step of the #supplychain. This includes tracking produce from the farm, through processing, to #retail shelves, ensuring a seamless flow of information. Full #traceability reduces risks, minimizes delays, and provides immediate solutions for any disruptions. 2. Data-Driven Decision Making: Our platform leverages #dataanalytics to optimize routes, inventory levels, and production schedules. With insights into #demandforecasting and #inventorymanagement, businesses can cut down on waste, avoid overproduction, and maintain optimal stock levels, driving both #cost efficiency and #sustainability. 3. Compliance and Quality Control: Meeting regulatory standards is non-negotiable in the food industry. Farm To Plate ensures that every lot or batch of product is tracked in accordance with GS1 US standards and food safety regulations. This minimizes risks of recalls, ensures accountability, and enhances overall product quality. 4. Seamless Collaboration: By integrating supplier and distributor networks, Farm To Plate facilitates better #communication and #collaboration across the supply chain. This fosters strong #supplier relationships, improves procurement processes, and ensures that customer demand is met with minimal disruption. By mastering #supplychainoptimization, we empower businesses to deliver high-quality products, reduce operational costs, and improve sustainability. Whether you're managing a local farm or a global distribution network, Farm To Plate can elevate your supply chain’s performance to meet the demands of today’s fast-moving food industry. For More info DM Sasi Buddha for a Quick Demo!! #supplychain #trackandtrace #optimization #farm Paramount Software Solutions, Inc Google IBM #sustainability #traceability Red Hat #reduceoperational #costefficiency

Did you know over 80% of shoppers are buying less meat in stores right now?📉 Between higher costs, consistent inflation, and a lack of time, grocery store goers have had to cut back on meat purchases. This shocking stat comes from the "Power of Meat" study released annually by our friends at the Meat Institute, and it really got us thinking... How can we help alleviate this burden from the consumer with packaging?🤔 In response to these economic pressures, innovative case-ready packaging for premium ground meats – including beef, bison, venison, wagyu, and more – is emerging as a key player. The shift towards formats like thermoformed brick packaging is prompting both producers and consumers to re-evaluate their product and packaging choices, prioritizing maximum savings, minimized material waste, and optimal product quality and freshness. If you're curious about how thermoformed brick packs are changing the game, be sure to check out our recent article, "Brick by Brick: Building Meat Packaging’s Future on Sustainability & Savings". This article delves into the state of meat packaging today, and offers a new perspective. Thermoforming for Meat shows great promise - it reduces film waste, enables longer shelf lives, and so much more! Read the full article below for the full picture: https://hubs.la/Q02Ct_2T0 One article not enough for you? Not to worry, We did a whole webinar about it! We brought together some incredible industry leaders including Harpak-ULMA's Case Ready Specialist, G Jay Siers, alongside experts Rick Getman from Perdue Farms and Paul Kean of Risco. Watch the full recording here! https://hubs.la/Q02CtYJ80 #MeatPackaging #CaseReadyMeat #SustainablePackaging #PackagingExcellence

In the ever-evolving landscape of food technology, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Teinnovations' technology team brings over 30 years of expertise in food technology, product development, processing, and safety. We're not just packaging experts - we're your partners in innovation. Whether you're looking to optimize your processing methods or ensure the highest standards of food safety, our team has the knowledge and experience to guide you. From concept to commercialization, we're here to help you navigate the complexities of food technology and bring your vision to life. Ready to push the boundaries of what's possible in food packaging and processing? Let's innovate together. #Teinnovations #PackagingDesign #PackagingStrategy #PackagingSolutions #FoodTechnology

Sustainable, edible packaging? 🌱 Continuous production? 🌭 Yes, please! 🙌 With the new Handtmann ConProSachet System, you can change how your business views production of gels, beverages, sauces, and so much more! 🥫 🥤 🍬 Please reach out to our team to learn more about this game-changing technology. 📞   #TheHandtmannWay #Handtmann #IdeasfortheFuture #foodtech #foodinnovation

The balancing act between delivering ready-to-consume produce while ensuring freshness can seem like an improbable task. Produce Business Magazine walks us through the some of the best practices in this delicate process: https://brnw.ch/21wLmD5 #FreshProduce #ConsumerInsights #Technology

Advanced Food Packaging: Collaborative Innovations for the Future In the dynamic field of food packaging, the collaboration between material suppliers like Veritiv and machinery experts, such as myself, Lyle Rogalla, is crucial for fostering innovation and enhancing operational efficiency. My career in machinery design and technical sales focuses on improving consumer experiences and production efficiencies. A notable project from the 1980s involved reengineering the French fry production process at Pillsbury, inspired by futuristic technology akin to the replicators seen in Star Trek. My role was essential in translating conceptual innovations into practical designs, including initial drawings that illustrated a novel method for preparing fries. This process started with applying long-wave, pulse-modulated, high-power infrared (IR) energy to heat the interior of each fry. The fries were then launched through an electrostatic field where charged disks spinning at 60,000 rpm and 600,000 volts of DC atomized oil into a micro-droplet cloud, ensuring uniform coating. The fries were crisped by beam-formed microwave energy, blast frozen, and automatically loaded into serving carton stock pockets, individually fin sealed and flow wrapped. In collaboration with a colleague from U.S. Military systems projects, we developed a microwave susceptor coating for these French fry containers. This coating, a composite of Dupont Ultem with carbon black, biochar, activated carbon, silicon carbide, and metal particles, was applied to the carton stock fry pockets. This innovation aimed to replace traditional fryers with microwaves in restaurants, significantly enhancing safety and reducing costs while maintaining consistent quality—fries were never stale, over or undercooked, or incorrectly salted. This experience, coupled with Veritiv's expertise in advanced packaging materials, sets the stage for transformative innovations. Our collaborative efforts can tackle today's market demands and the future challenges of food consumption in extreme environments like space. Looking ahead to collaborations with entities like SpaceX, NASA, and Blue Origin, the need for innovative packaging that maintains food safety and freshness in space is critical. Post-consumption, this packaging should convert into energy or other useful materials, maximizing resource efficiency and sustainability for long-term extraterrestrial missions. Let's push the boundaries of food packaging innovation together, making every meal an example of quality and ingenuity.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Cropster, the leading software platform for the coffee industry. Together, we aim to expand Cropster’s software offering and drive its international growth, solidifying its position as the coffee industry’s operating system. This collaboration will help stakeholders produce and trade coffee with consistent quality, reduce waste, and transition into a fairer industry. Dominik Schwarz, Partner at Verdane, commented: “Andreas, Norbert and Martin as well as the entire Cropster team have demonstrated how to develop a successful software tool for the benefit of their customers and how to adapt it to the needs of more and more market participants along the value chain in the coffee market. From day one, we have been impressed by the customer love, loyalty and community Cropster has built in the global roaster and coffee ecosystem as well as the strong value driven culture within the company.” Ralph Karg, Director at Verdane, added: “We look forward to working with the team, contributing our in-house functional specialists, ecosystem, and expertise to build on Cropster’s achievements evidenced by its sustainable market-leading position, and to jointly write the next chapter of this remarkable growth story.” Andreas Idl, CEO and co-founder at Cropster, said: “Verdane outshines the market. We are extremely happy to have found a new partner that shares our same values and who will join us as we take Cropster to the next level. We are confident of their expertise in software and their ability to work in international markets, as demonstrated by their excellent buy-and-build track record. Also, they fell in love with coffee really quickly.” As B-Corp certified businesses, both Cropster and Verdane are united in driving the coffee industry’s transition into a more socially fair, economically sustainable, and environmentally responsible model. Here’s to building a better future for the coffee industry! Click the link to read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/dhXjwVPA Learn more: www.cropster.com | www.verdane.com #coffee #privateequity #software #saas #growth #technology Norbert Niederhauser, Martin Wiesinger Gregor Leshel Jonas Vondenhoff James Cook Lukas Strömberg Kristoffer Cedfors Anna Thostrup Adarsh Ankush Cristina-Tamara Grigorie Daniel Vadet Hansen Ellen Katharina Köhler Henrik Berg Joe Burns Nicolai Stang Hagen Nicola Mann

🥁 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 Midsona AB 🥁 We are beyond happy to kick off the month of September with bringing more product transparency to DAVERT's assortment of nut butters. This includes the jars of the new nut butter varieties "Vanillekipferl" and "Zimtschnecke". Consumers will be able to embark on an interactive journey to the origin of the ingredients. 🌾 🌎 💡 🤳 By scanning a QR code, shoppers can access batch-specific sustainability data for the cashews, almonds, and peanuts that reflect the exact glass in their hands. 🎥 Watch the video with Ana Selina Haberbosch to learn more about the project "Exploring the Origin" 👇 #SupplyChain #Transparency #Traceability #FromSeedToShelf #Sustainability #FoodIndustry #Retail #Data

Forager, founded in 2015 by David Stone, is revolutionizing the way we source food by making locally grown options more readily available. The Portland, Maine-based startup has developed a digital procurement platform that connects wholesale and retail buyers with independent farmers, ranchers, and artisanal food producers. By streamlining the local food sourcing process from procurement to payment. Forager aims to build the largest local food network, simplifying the complexities of the fresh food supply chain. Forager's platform addresses significant pain points in the local food movement, which were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many farmers struggled to find buyers for their produce, while consumers faced empty supermarket shelves. Forager's technology enables grocers and other buyers to save up to 20 hours a week in peak season by automating the discovery, purchase, and payment processes. This not only makes it easier for local producers to get their products online but also expands their business opportunities by introducing them to new buyers. The key lesson from Forager's journey is the importance of leveraging technology to solve complex supply chain issues, thereby supporting local economies and promoting sustainable food sourcing.