Download - PKG - Freshness in Packaging
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- 1. How can you sellshoppers on the idea that your product is fresh?
- 2. Here are ourfive favorite strategies.
- 3. Retailers and CPG companies areusing visual cues of the farmersmarket or farmstand to evokefeelings of freshness and nostalgia.
- 4. Fresh-pickedon a vine or with leaves
- 5. Woodgrain, wicker or basket weave
- 6. Products within a farm/orchard container
- 7. Touched by Hand
- 8. One step removed from the source.Its as if the farmer/baker/butcherpulled up to the storefront andunloaded goods for immediate sale.
- 9. Handwritten chalk type on a black slate surface
- 10. Thin, script-y handwriting quickly dashed off with a pencil
- 11. Illustrations are loosely sketched
- 12. Labels are slightly askewor stamped to evoke hand-application
- 13. The most common freshnessstory on food packaging is throughappetite appea l. ooh chocolate!
- 14. Trying to appeal to a shoppersbase sense o hun er leads foodcompanies to develop bigger andbetter appetite appeal. before before
- 15. Trying to appeal to a shoppersbase sense o hun er leads foodcompanies to develop bigger andbetter appetite appeal. a f ter a f ter
- 16. Appetite is tricky. Its easy for thelook to be a letdown if packagingprinters arent held to strictstandards. yum! gross
- 17. The marketplace is overwhelmed by pictures of food.
- 18. You need tobe unique tostand out.
- 19. Colorful
- 20. It is difficult to use only color as ameans of conveying freshness, butcombined with other visual cues ithelps a brand stand out on shelf.
- 21. Bold, vibrant natural colors
- 22. Colors found in fresh produce
- 23. Be mindful of color cues that shoppers associate with categories Green = Blue = healthy seafood
- 24. Transparency
- 25. Todays consumerswant to know theorigin of theirpurchase. Wheredoes it come from?Who made it?
- 26. With productreviews a quickGoogle searchaway, a brand storyshould be honestand transparent.
- 27. Any on-packtransparency storyshould answer atleast one of thefollowing questions:
- 28. Who made it? Jaime
- 29. Who made it? How is it made? Fair Trade Beans!
- 30. Who made it? How is it made? What is it made of? Real Whole Coffee Beans!
- 31. Who made it? How is it made? What is it made of? Where did it come from? Thats in South America
- 32. Freshness sellswhen its transparentand authentic.Choose a story andstic with it.
- 33. If you want to improve your freshness story, get in touch with Liz. Liz Schwartz Vice President - PKG [email protected]