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SNI Speaker with Venturepark Labs: Packaging Strategies

23

Nov

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Uncategorizedbusiness growth, business strategy, canadian entrepreneurs, Consumer Packaging, CPG specialists, Marcel Fisette, market support, Marketing, packaging, packaging strategies, product commercialization, venturepark labs

SNI Speaker with Venturepark Labs: Packaging Strategies

Venturepark Labs is a community of business, brand, culture, and CPG specialists. They can help all aspects of business—from funding some companies, to marketing others. They can help with scaling, reinventing, and strategizing to drive business growth. They are a true Innovation Hub. Here at SNI, we pride ourselves in the firm…

Have Your Food… and Eat the Wrapper Too?

01

Nov

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Uncategorizedbioplastic, Canada, creative products, eco friendly, packaging, reduce, reuse, zero waste

Have Your Food… and Eat the Wrapper Too?

With billions of tons of plastic waste filling landfills each year, consumers are becoming increasingly conscious of their impact on the environment, from reusing grocery bags to eating more sustainably. With the demand for eco-friendly products and packaging on the rise, many companies are making different attempts to replace excess…

Are you ready for the U.S labelling changes?

30

Sep

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Uncategorizedcompliance, FDA, food, food labelling, labelling, nutrition, packaging, Updates, USA

Are you ready for the U.S labelling changes?

We mentioned in July that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given manufacturers a deadline to implement Nutrition labelling changes, and we wanted to remind you that it is fast approaching. For most manufacturers, January 1, 2020 is the date for compliance to the new Nutrition facts label.…

25

Jul

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UncategorizedCanada, food trends, packaging, plastic pollution, plastic straws, plastic waste, Recycling, single-use plastics, sustainability

Steps Towards Sustainability

Imagine a garbage truck filled with plastic waste. Now imagine all that plastic waste entering the ocean. Now imagine that happening every minute. It’s no secret we have a plastic pollution problem. Last month, Canada announced their plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. There’s no specific products…

27

Jun

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UncategorizedCanada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, food labelling, labelling, packaging, Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, Temporary Market Authorization, TMA

TMA’s

What does TMA stand for? Too many acronyms? Take my advice? Test Market Authorization! With the coming into force of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), test market provisions now apply to ALL foods. Test Market Authorizations (TMAs) are granted to test market a food exempting them from certain requirements for…

12

Mar

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UncategorizedAdvertising, Consumer behaviour, Displays, Marketing, packaging, Point-of-Purchase, Retail marketing

Point-of-Purchase Marketing Solutions

Some would call Point-of-Purchasing (POP) marketing one of the most underrated retail sales techniques. It refers to an advertising display or any kind of marketing material that is placed next to the merchandise it’s promoting. It definitely plays a critical role in driving customer purchase choices. In fact, approximately 70%…

14

Feb

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Uncategorizedcannabis, Design, packaging, regulations, trends

Cannabis Packaging Trends

With Canada legalizing cannabis in October of 2018, there have been strict regulations put in place for cannabis packaging that have left many hoping for changes in the near future. The plain label packaging requirement has made it hard for the legal industry to differentiate their brand from competitors, including…

07

Dec

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UncategorizedBilingual Packaging Design, Canada, Canada Package Compliance, graphic design, Inside Source, packaging

INSIDE SOURCE: Meet our New Designers

It was Abram L. Urban who said: “The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.” Source is embracing change and growth and we’ve recently added two new team members to our Graphics team! We wanted to take an opportunity to introduce them to you…

04

Dec

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Uncategorizedfood, food trends, graphic design, labelling, natural health products, packaging

New Year, New Packaging Design Trends

Can you believe it? 2018 is almost behind us. Our team always likes to view the new year as a new opportunity for growth–and our in-house design team is no exception. Source designers are excited for this new year as an excuse to reflect on packaging design trends for the…

Packaging Science: Tactile Expiry Labels

03

Apr

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Uncategorizedfood safety, innovation, Mimica, Mimica Touch, packaging, Science, Solveiga Pakštaitė, Technology

Packaging Science: Tactile Expiry Labels

We’ve written previously on Understanding Food Labels: the Difference Between Best Before and Expiry Dates. But what if understanding when the food was safe to consume was even easier to understand? In a UK supported Wrap initiative to redefine standards around use-by date labelling, and an attempt to reduce food…