packaging

With Eyes on Coffee, Pouches.com Makes Global Launch

A new flexible packaging company from Germany called Pouches.com just launched with global aspirations and a focus on the coffee industry. Promising start-to-finish online design and ordering for plastic pouches...

2024.11.15

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Westrock Coffee Opens Massive Beverage Factory in Arkansas

Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee unveiled a massive coffee roasting and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage factory and development lab last week. Representing a $315 million investment in manufacturing, according to the company, the...

2024.06.18

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Design Details: Modern Times Goes for the Gold

San Diego’s Modern Times Beer + Coffee has a whole new shine in its coffee packaging, led by reflective gold on white. Made from 100% LDPE plastic (plastic #4), which...

2024.03.27

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Hawaiian Legislators Introduce Bills for Stricter Coffee Labeling

Legislators representing the Kona district of Hawaii have introduced a series of bills that would require more strict labeling requirements for single-origin coffees and blends containing Hawaiian-grown coffees. Some Kona...

2024.01.31

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Olympia Coffee Co-Founder Launches High-End Oliver’s Custom Coffee

A longtime leader of Washington State roasting company Olympia Coffee has launched a new venture called Oliver’s Custom Coffee, focused on high-end coffees, experimental post-harvest processing and a novel approach...

2024.01.18

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Design Details: Wraparound Illustration at Olympia Coffee

DCN’s ongoing “Design Details” series highlights specific details in coffee shop/roastery interior design or coffee-related packaging and branding. Share your project for consideration here. Late last year, Washington state-based Olympia Cof...

2024.01.04

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Study: These Types of Single-Serve Coffee Capsules Are Worst for the Environment

After conducting a sustainability assessment of three different types of single-use coffee capsules by material type, researchers in The Netherlands concluded that conventional plastic is the worst for the environment...

2023.11.17

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UK Retailer M&S Rolls Introduces Plastics-Free To-Go Cups and Lids

UK-based retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is introducing plastic-free and recyclable to-go coffee cups and lids for hot drinks, a first for a major coffee chain. The company is introducing...

2023.10.20

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Nespresso and Peet’s Agree to Settle Capsule Trademark Suit

Lawyers on behalf of Nestlé-owned Nespresso and California-based Peet’s Coffee say they have come to a settlement agreement in a 19-month copyright infringement case regarding coffee pods. In a joint...

2023.10.19

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New Chicagoland Roaster Angora Coffee Keeps it Clean

A Chicagoland startup roastery called Angora Coffee has opened its doors to the public, sharing a passion for high-quality, single-origin coffees and offering tightly packaged fresh bags to-go. In the...

2023.09.18

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