The poultry supply chain is not an easy one, but many suppliers are finding some relief in shipping in a reusable container instead of the traditional corrugated cardboard box. Poultry recently passed beef as the nation’s top selling protein. According to the National Chicken Council, “Americans buy more chicken than any other food at the…

Since corrugated cardboard was invented in 1894, it has barely improved as a packaging option, and continues to wreak havoc on our fragile environment and threaten supply chain sustainability. The amount of resources it takes to create corrugated cardboard packaging is only outdone by the amount of pollution created from its manufacturing process. Why Divert…

Food safety is a critically important tenet to the part packaging plays in the grocery supply chain and building a culture focused on food safety can help.  Producers need to know that the food they place in containers will be kept safe from recall, retailers need to trust that the food they receive is safe to put on shelves, and most of…

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam packaging, more commonly known to consumers by its brand name, “Styrofoam,” has long been the seafood industry’s go-to transport packaging of choice. Its insulating properties and light weight made it the seemingly ideal transport packaging for seafood. But a powerful tide has begun to turn against EPS. Polystyrene foam is undeniably…

Adopt Tosca’s system of reusable grocery totes to streamline your e-commerce business and set your organization up for success. “Stay-at-home” is the phrase of the year and that means more deliveries and curb side pickup orders than your grocery store system was ever built to handle. USA Today reports that as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, “Instacart, Amazon and Walmart grocery delivery…

Stronger, sturdier and more cost-efficient, RPCs are the superior transport packaging solution compared to corrugated cardboard boxes. When it comes to protecting perishables in your supply chain, corrugated just doesn’t measure up. Here are 8 reasons why RPCs outmatch corrugated cardboard boxes: #1: Corrugated Cardboard Boxes Crush When you stack corrugated boxes too high or…

The grocery e-commerce industry has been on a steady path of growth for some time now, and with the added impact of COVID-19, growth is set to compound significantly. In 2018, online grocery shopping sales in the US reached 23.9 billion and then grew to 28.68 billion in 2019, a 16.6% increase.  Since the start of the new year, stay-at-home orders alongside the closures of restaurants throughout the nation have increased aggregate sales projections immensely; with some experts projecting…

Shipping poultry is hard. The product itself is mostly water, there is often purge or leakers in a box, and if the cold chain is not maintained there is additional moisture created from the freeze blast. All this liquid damages corrugated packaging or even the product itself before it winds up on the grocer’s shelf.…

The Scramble to Handle Eggs Whether they’re scrambled, poached, boiled, fried, sunny side up, or simply used in baking – Americans love eggs. According to a recent study, the annual per capita of consumption of eggs in the United States is 274.2 per person. That’s a lot of eggs to handle. And a lot of opportunities for damage…

Typically, trends in consumer preferences will rise and fall, but occasionally trends persist and become a consistent aspect of consumer purchasing behavior. Consumers’ desire for quality and freshness has persisted into an undeniable requirement for grocery retailers, according to the Power of Meat report and Total Consumer Reports from Nielsen. So, how can you deliver outstanding product quality that…

Because packaging is such an integral part of the perishables supply chain, Tosca holds its food safety standards to the highest degree, proactively adopting ISO/TS 22002-4 and ISO 22000 standards to ensure food travels safely throughout the supply chain. These standards involve 564 pages of process documents that outline the requirements for ensuring food safety. …