Sustainability. Convenience. Marketing. Food Safety. Supply Chain Efficiency.

These are some of the many ways packaging can make an impact. Great packaging can capture customer attention, drives sales and efficiencies and help a product stand apart from the competition.

The PMA Impact Award: Recognizing Innovation and Excellence in Packaging, is a global program recognizing companies throughout the supply chain who are maximizing the numerous opportunities to sell more fresh produce and floral through innovative packaging.

2011 Impact Award Winners Announced

During PMA's 2011 Fresh Summit International Convention & Exposition, five companies were named as the produce industry’s best packaging innovators, receiving the association’s fifth annual PMA Impact Award: Excellence in Packaging. The packaging entries were judged on a set of five criteria with 28 finalists selected for final judging. Submissions earned points for excellence were marketing, food safety, supply chain efficiency/functionality, sustainability and, new this year, consumer convenience. The 2011 Impact Award winners were:

• Apio & Clear Lam Packaging for their joint submission, “New Peel/Reseal Apio Squash Package”

  

• Hollandia Produce, for their “Live Gourmet Living Lettuce Squircle Clamshell & Shipping Container”

  

• Monterey Mushrooms, for their “Sustainable Mushroom Packaging”

  

• Naturipe Farms, for their “Berry Quick Snacks”

  

• Ocean Mist Farms, for their “Season & Steam Microwavable Artichoke Pack”