Coca-Cola Great Britain is introducing a new slimline 250ml can across Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero. This new pack is being introduced in addition to the standard 330ml can and reflects the company’s commitment to offering consumers a greater choice of refreshing products to suit all lifestyles. The 250ml can will be widely available […]
Beer brand Skol, with the help of Brazilian ad agency F/Nzaca Saatchi & Saatchi, has designed multi-functional aluminum beer bottles that can be transformed into various household objects. Available in different sets, they allow design-minded customers to turn the bottles into clocks, lamps, oil and vinegar kits, candleholders and vases, after the beverage has been […]
Owner of Spanish bakery Triticum, Xevi Remón, pays a lot of attention to his bread. So much so that he designed special packaging for the different types of bread he bakes. The custom packaging is designed to fit each type of bread perfectly, reducing bulk and material wastage. Remón’s clever design also includes holes for […]
Wikifoods, the company that developed edible food packaging, has opened a bar in Paris. Called ‘Wikibar’, it will sell products enclosed in edible skins such as yoghurt, ice cream, cheese—and possibly cocktails. Created by Harvard professor David Edwards, the edible skins can be made into various forms and sizes, and can contain liquids, emulsions, foams, […]
Chopped meat product Spam is being made available in plastic tubs for the first time in the brand’s 75-year history. The new easy-to-open tubs have been created by consultancy Sphere, and will be available from next month. Spam brand owner Hormel Foods says the move is a bid to ‘attract both new and lapsed users […]
A consistent ‘traffic light’ system for providing nutritional food labelling is finally rolling out, following several years of development. The system will combine red, amber and green colour-coding and nutritional information to show how much fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar and calories are in foods. The system is based on ‘traffic light’ designs that […]
A twist-off, resealable wine cork, which doesn’t need a corkscrew, is set to be brought to market. The Helix twistable cork has been developed by Portuguese cork stopper producer Amorim, which has worked with US wine packaging company O-I for four years on the project. The Helix design features a twistable cork stopper, which fits […]
From now on, vinyl enthusiasts might have to start drinking Beck’s beer simply as a matter of principle. The German brewery, celebrating its 140th birthday this year, has long been lauded for its pale lager. But the company recently decided to pay homage to a different kind of tradition after noticing the similarities between the […]
Bud Light Platinum is launching a new 11.5 oz. reclosable aluminum bottle in Las Vegas that will be available at nightclubs and pools throughout the city. Bud Light Platinum is the first beer to be made available in Anheuser-Busch’s new reclosable aluminum bottle. “We hand-picked Bud Light Platinum to launch our company’s first reclosable aluminum […]
Coca-Cola has launched a fun ad campaign in Cartagena, Columbia that brings home the point that the famous soda is best served ice-cold. The ad shows samples of Coca-Cola being handed out to sweating beach-goers on a hot day—the scene appears commonplace, except for the fact that the gassy beverage is served in an intriguing […]