Legislative Updates – Busy Start for 2020

2020 is an unprecedented year for the foodservice packaging industry. To-date, we have seen more regulations, ordinances, and legislation aimed at foodservice packaging than we have in any year before. These new proposals range from taxes on bags to complex extended producer responsibility schemes. Additionally, we are seeing these proposals at all levels of government, […]

Meet the FPI Staff

Happy New Year! We have a lot to be excited about here at FPI. The new decade kicks off with FPI adding a new face, so we thought it would be the perfect opportunity for you to get to know more about our team as we begin another year together. I’ll start with a little […]

Auld Lang Syne

I can’t believe the new year is almost here. In some regards, it feels like we’ve already been speaking about and working on 2020 for months — waiting to see what the legislative and regulatory landscape will look like, building the presentations we’ll give to various audiences around North America, planning our own upcoming FPI […]

Unpacking the 2019 Packaging Awards

We recently returned from our fall conference in Louisville where we had a great time meeting with members, watching and engaging with dynamic presentations, and crowning the winners of the 2019 Packaging Awards. This competition is known for its Package of the Year award, the highly coveted award chosen from the winners of each of […]

Trending Up and Down

Another year, another enticing Trends Report. And what a rollercoaster ride this year has been! If you are a member of FPI, or have been following along over the years, you’ll know that every year we collect opinions from companies throughout the foodservice packaging supply chain, including raw material and machinery suppliers, packaging manufacturers, distributors […]