Top 5 Food Packaging Stories of 2020

This entire year has been as unique as any as are the hundreds of food packages and packaging developments Packaging Digest has published since January 2020.

Let’s start with some intelligence on this crucial packaging category — the global food packaging market size is expected to reach $456.6 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 5.2% over the forecast period. Growing demand for convenience food products due to change in lifestyle and alternative eating habits is expected to bolster the market growth, according to a report  published March 2020 by Grand View Research. Key takeaways:

That sets the stage for the following five feature top-read articles that follow that were determined using website metrics as the features that resonated most across the breadth of the packaging community. The list begins in traditional reverse-order with a major brand’s cereal move into a breakthrough flexible packaging format.