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Consumers choose metal packaging and tinned food to support sustainability and cost-of-living
Eviosys has surveyed 2000 Europeans in the UK, France, Germany and Spain to understand the priorities for consumers during this time of economic uncertainty. The survey revealed that 72% of consumers will not trade off sustainability even as inflation worries loom. The new data shows that despite the rising cost of living, many western Europeans…
UK’s best and worst cities for recycling revealed
Newport has been named as the best city for recycling in the UK and Birmingham as the area most in need of improvement, according to new research by not-for-profit Every Can Counts. To coincide with Recycle Week (17 – 23 October), the drink can recycling not-for-profit has created a ranking of the nation’s top and bottom cities for recycling by analysing local authority recycling rates and self-reported attitudes and behaviours…
Scout Canning Raises $4M to Expand Tinned Seafood Platform
The Canadian company Scout Canning has announced the closing of $4 million in funding to fuel distribution growth and launch new products designed for a broader audience. The round was led by Puerto Rican investment firm Semillero Partners and Export Development Canada (EDC), with participation by David Barber’s Almanac Investments. Scout, which was previously funded…
Sainsbury’s implements digital reward scheme for recycling beverage packaging
In a collaboration with UK retailer Sainsbury’s, evian is set to launch its ‘Return4Reward’ digital reward scheme in partnership with re-universe, hoping to encourage customers at Sainsbury’s to recycle their empty drink containers. The scheme expects Sainsbury’s customers to bring their evian bottles and cans to be recycled in-store. Using a QR code at the designated return point…
En+ Chairman addresses ‘irresponsible’ speculation on US sanctions
Christopher Burnham, Chairman of En+, the world’s leading producer of low carbon aluminium and independent hydropower has commented on the article published by Bloomberg on 12 October. The En+ Group is a global company with more than 90,000 employees and 60 assets in 12 countries including operations in Jamaica, Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Sweden,…
Gunner Cocktails doubles sales in 12 months
Gunner Cocktails Ltd, the luxury cocktail brand founded by Burgh Island owner Giles Fuchs, has reported that sales have doubled year-on-year since the launch of its non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink Gunner Saint. The period 2021/2022 saw availability triple across the hospitality sector, including premium venues such as The Hurlingham Club, Guards Polo Club, and Royal Lymington Yacht Club,…
Cardi B’s Whipshots sells one million cans
Rapper Cardi B’s vodka-infused Whipshots has sold one million cans in just one year. The artist collaborated with consumer goods firm Starco Brands to launch Whipshots in three flavours in December 2021. The vodka-infused whipped cream is available in three 10% ABV flavours: vanilla, caramel, and mocha. According to the firm, the brand sold out…
Hoffman Neopac awarded ‘Can of the Year’ by The Canmaker Magazine
Hoffmann Neopac has won two prestigious Can of the Year awards from prominent trade publication The Canmaker. Shared with partner Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, Hoffmann Neopac’s two-category win was for the same solution: The world’s first tinplate can made from CO2-reduced Bluemint Steel. Currently in use by global lozenge giant Ricola, the tin took Gold in the Sustainability…
PATH Water secures $30M in funding
PATH, has said that its $30M Series A Funding which will fuel the company in its rapid expansion across the country and globally. The funding round is led by Altos Ventures alongside Blue Investment Group; HartBeat Ventures, Kevin Hart’s venture fund; Ryan Seacrest; Guy Fieri; and Ninja, among others. Americans purchase about 50 billion plastic water bottles per year. That means by using a…
1664 Blanc releases special edition cans illustrating a surrealist Parisian Garden
Designed in collaboration with French artist Michaël Cailloux, 1664 Blanc and its raspberry variant 1664 Rosé are now available in exquisite artist edition cans. Part of the premium wheat beer brand’s latest ‘Art with a Twist’ campaign, the partnership with the famed creative aims to transport and bring consumers on a fun adventure filled with discovery…
