Dairy processors ask a lot from packages. The design graphics need to communicate the brand clearly. Some dairy marketers also want environmentally friendly containers. Here is a look at some new packages, caps and lids with sustainable features.
Changing a package design can be risky. A brand manager doesn’t want to confuse or alienate long-time fans. But times change, as do attitudes. Some health issues, like gluten intolerance, were not as prominent a few years ago as they are today.
A company executive says 'we needed to curtail our diesel usage but then came the million-dollar question—how?'
February 25, 2013
Over a period of three years, Foremost Farms reduced its value for gallons of diesel per ton of milk hauled by three-tenths of a gallon. That’s $800,000 a year when diesel is at $4.00/gallon.