Retailers are pushing a move towards the use of plastic to maintain aisle movement and prevent costly downtime due to breakages. Plastic jars are also popular as weight is a continuing issue in supply chain logistics with petrol and diesel prices remaining high.
Duerr’s has produced peanut butter for the retail label market for 25 years, and less than two years ago invested £2 million in a specialist plant in Manchester – producing 100,000 jars a day.
Sainsbury’s switched its own brand peanut butter jars from glass to plastic in 2011, in a move to reduce carbon emissions by more than 150 tonnes a year. Packaging was cut by 83% – or 882,000 kilos – as a result, with the lighter jars requiring less fuel to transport. As a quick update, according to Sainsbury’s head of packaging Jane Skelton, in 2012/13 a further 3.6% of packaging was removed from Sainsbury’s own brand products which means a total 26.1% reduction compared to 2005. Sainsbury’s has cut packaging levels by 12 million kilos over the past year, with around 7% of packaging removed from Sainsbury’s own-label products.
Esterform produces preforms for a full range of 63mm neck jars in PET, from 214 ml to 710 ml in size. These are suitable for plastic or metal closures. The company also make and blow preforms for 28mm neck bottles for condiments and savoury sauces. 38mm neck jars and bottles in PET are offered in sizes from 190ml to 500ml. Top down squeezy bottles are included in the range.
Innovative customised bottle and jar shapes can be individually designed for individual customers. And options for UV and O2 barrier technology are available.
Source: Esterform
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