Hormel Foods Chilli New Packaging Line

Hormel Foods, one of the largest food packaging concerns in the US, has introduced a new packaging system for their two main brands of heat and serve chilli. These two popular brands, previously available in cans, are Hormel Chilli and Stagg Chilli. The packaging system is based on Tetra Pak's Tetra Recart packaging system which is a square, paperboard, laminated, easy-to-open carton.

Hormel Foods, one of the largest food packaging concerns in the US, has introduced a new packaging system for their two main brands of heat and serve chilli. These two popular brands, previously available in cans, are Hormel Chilli and Stagg Chilli. The packaging system is based on Tetra Pak's Tetra Recart packaging system which is a square, paperboard, laminated, easy-to-open carton. The term 'Recart' was coined from retortable carton. The system is to be adopted at five other Hormel The new packaging system confers a variety of advantages to both consumers and retailers, including the ability to package wet products containing particles of varying sizes for shelf lives in excess of 24 months. The rectangular-shaped cartons are also more easily and efficiently transportable and stackable on supermarket shelves (offering efficiency gains throughout the distribution chain as up to 50% more packages can be placed on a standard pallet). The consumer is more attracted to the brand because of the package's easy opening, portability and larger eye-catching graphics on the shelves.