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Hot food packaging sales up 36%
09.01.18
From November 2016 to October 2017, we saw sales of our eco food packaging products increase by a fifth (20.76%) when compared to the previous 12 months as growing numbers of food providers look to strengthen their brand and highlight their eco stance. Likewise our catering label sales rose too by 5.7% with custom designed labelling increasing nearly three times that (16.5%) of stock label products as more and more providers moved over to bespoke labelling. The most significant increase however, has been amongst our hot food packaging products (such as our kraft noodle boxes, clamshell boxes, takeaway tray and chip cone) where sales have grown more than a third (36%) as the grab and go market has further diversified into hot food offerings.
To support the ever changing grab and go market, Planglow has developed a number of versatile packaging items that allow providers to create a full to-go offering without having to buy or store large volumes of products. For example, our grease resistant deli papers may be used to wrap sandwiches, burgers and baked goods as well as to line trays or as an additional presentational element. These are some of our most popular products and in the last 12 months alone we have sold more than 2.3million sheets of our best-selling Gastro branded version. Our fully compostable windowed multi bags are another immensely in demand item with sales for the Gastro branded bags reaching 4.3million over the past year.
Our fully compostable bio pots are another popular multi-purpose product, suitable for noodle offerings, pasta dishes, soups, stews, curries, deli items – such as olives – and desserts, our pots are available with fully compostable bio lids too.
Meanwhile we’ve recently added five new compostable products to our multi-award winning Street Food range: a takeaway tray (for fish and chips, paella, pie and mash etc.) two sizes of noodle box style cartons (barbecue, curries, jacket potatoes, noodles, pasta, and more), a recycled napkin and dispenser kit and a smaller burger sized Street Box which is little brother to our award winning larger pack and was developed to package a wide variety of hot takeaway products. The Street Food range also includes a deli paper and chip cone which may be paired with dressed pasta, noodles, falafel and other fried bites. It’s worth noting, while originally intended for sandwiches, our bloomer boxes have seen a 20% increase in sales over the past year – these square cut (as opposed to wedge shaped) packs are being used with cakes, scones and other baked goods, large wraps and even sushi, as well as sandwiches”.
