canned food
Tata Steel takes to the stage at RWM with TV chef
Tata Steel will be taking to the stage as part of Resource Waste Management (RWM) Expo at NEC Birmingham in the UK, from 13-14 September, to champion the steel can, its infinite recyclable nature and the ‘can-venience’ of cooking with canned food.
Boosting Portuguese canned food
Reporting from Lisbon, Andreia Nogueira explores how tourism and the economic crisis have helped to advance the status of food cans in Portugal
Toyo Ink Group to wholly acquire Thai Eurocoat
Toyo Ink SC Holdings and its consolidated subsidiary Toyo Ink (Thailand) Co Ltd, have concluded a share purchase agreement to wholly acquire Thai Eurocoat, manufacturer of external coatings for non-printed cans in the Thai canned food market.
MPMA renews collaboration with TV chef for canned food campaign
The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has renewed its collaboration with TV chef, Theo Michaels, for a new Canned Food UK campaign entitled ‘Eat Like a King’.
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.