Retail containers

Retail containers protect and advertise the food for retail sale and home storage. In the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, companies have always used packaging design to communicate brand values and attract the customer’s eye on crowded shelves.

The package may be designed to enhance the product image and/or to differentiate the product from the competition. Packaging also provides information to the consumer. For example, package labeling satisfies legal requirements for product identification, nutritional value, ingredient declaration, net weight, and manufacturer information.

In retail containers, the size of the package is such that the food contents can suffice the requirement of an individual or a family. Retail container or packaging assists the preservation of the food products through the prevention of product spoilage and wastage, and by protecting products until they have performed their function. The principal roles of packaging are to contain, protect/preserve food and inform the user

It does not involve any packaging exercise at the retail store. So, there is no chance of pilferage or under-weighing at the retail store. It is convenient to carry home.

The exterior of the package is generally decorated with bright coating, diagrams, figures or write-ups with bright inks to attract the attention of consumers at the grocery shop or a food store. Examples of retail containers include metal cans, glass or plastic bottles and jars, plastic tubs, pots and trays, collapsible tube.
Retail containers

Main types of packaging materials

Packaging of food articles should be done in a way that chances of contamination, reaction with packed material, decomposition etc. is avoided. Packaging must be done in appropriate way or as per the norms recommended authority.

Packaging materials can be grouped into two main types:
*Shipping containers, which contain and protect the contents during transport and distribution but have no marketing function. Examples include sacks, corrugated fiberboard (cardboard) cartons, shrink-wrapped or stretch-wrapped containers, crates, barrels or drums.

Corrugated boxes that are widely used today were developed in the 1850s, to hold a number of smaller packages and as a shipping container.

Wooden shipping containers are still used extensively as a protective outer package for bottles and other delicate items and enjoy increasing use for single-use field crates. They remain in common use for wine, tea and beer. Wooden chests have high impact resistance and are stackable.

*Retail containers, which protect and advertise the food for retail sale and home storage. Examples include metal cans, glass or plastic bottles and jars, plastic tubs, pots and trays, collapsible tube.

Advances in food packaging have facilitated the development of modern retailformats that offer consumers the convenience of 1-stop shopping and the availability of food from around the world.

Plastic container is a retail containers or consumer units that protect, attract, contain and inform consumers in convenient quantities for retail sale and home storage and use.
Main types of packaging materials