canned food
Healthy outlook
The New Year is the time when consumers typically hyper-focus on their health, so naturally brands are responding to this, as well as overall trends concerning wellbeing.
Pacific Foods introduces organic canned soups and plant-based chillis
US-based Pacific Foods is introducing 14 new canned ready-to-eat soups and plant-based chilis in infinitely recyclable non-BPA lined packaging.
Tinned goodness
UK supermarket Waitrose has advised its customers to plan at least one meal per week with tinned food, to cut down on food waste. But tinned food offers much more than just a Plan B meal reserve.
85 years of spam
This Tuesday (5 July 2022) marked 85 years since the iconic tinned Spam brand was launched by Jay Hormel and Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Corporation.
King Oscar becomes top speciality canned seafood brand in the US
King Oscar Inc, Norwegian seafood producer, has announced its rapid ascension to the largest-selling brand in the US canned speciality seafood category.
Creamy cans
Japanese company Gaku is offering consumers a unique vending machine dessert experience, with creamy products presented in cans.
Crown expands food can capacity
Crown Holdings has announced that it will expand food can production capacity by adding a new line to its Owatonna, Minnesota plant in the US.
Christmas dinner in a can
You may have recently read about Heinz which has started the festive season by launching its first ever canned Christmas Dinner Big Soup – complete with turkey, pigs in blankets, stuffing and chunky potatoes…
Smart Packaging Hub announces second online event
Smart Packaging Hub has announced a second online round table event on 27 May focussing on creating the canned food packaging line for the future of sustainable packaging.
Beanz Meanz The Who
Heinz and the band The Who have announced a new charity partnership that sees the launch of a limited edition set of Beanz Meanz The Who baked beans cans celebrating the upcoming reissue of the band’s 1967 concept album.
Comforting to know…
A recent Mintel report including research into British consumer food and drink habits during the pandemic has revealed that having been in decline for a number of years, the stockpiling of canned meat has led to a resurgence in sales.
Crown Food Europe to demonstrate gourmet experience with canned ready meals
Crown Food Europe and William Saurin are partnering with a 2-star Michelin chef to demonstrate the possibilities for canned foods in the French premium ready meals market.
Research and Markets releases latest Food & Beverage Metal Cans Market report
The report highlights that the global food and beverage metal cans market is estimated to be valued at $27.6 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach $37.0 billion by 2025, recording a CAGR of 6.1%.
The joy of food cans
One positive to come out of the pandemic has been the renaissance of the humble food can. From celebrity chefs, to food supermarket displays, food cans have been high on the agenda for consumers adjusting to the new norm we are seeing.