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Covid-Driven Consumer Preference For Packaged Produce
- Oct. 30, 2020
- Articles
Consumers’ health and safety concerns have turned up the dial on demand for packaging.
Article Highlights:
“More customers are looking to move from loose product to flexible packaging during this unprecedented time since plastic packaging is a barrier from contamination and germs that produce could otherwise be exposed to in a bulk setting,”
“Many people shop less often now, like once a week rather than a couple of times a week, and they buy more at a time. This makes packaging that can help extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables even more important,”
Article by Carol M. Bareuther, Produce Business