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eCommerce boom requires food packaging rethink


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 growth in the market size of the Online Food Ordering & Delivery Platforms industry in


the UK, which has on average grown nearly 40% per year between 2016 and 2021. With growing demand for food deliveries and online grocery shopping,   requirements is required to safeguard food quality and product integrity.


With this in mind, Ed Williams, Sales Director at ULMA Packaging UK, is encouraging brands across the food sector that are exploring new delivery ventures to carefully consider how they preserve the safety of food products.  need for grocery suppliers to rethink the  growth in e-commerce makes food packs more vulnerable to a number of threats  occurs when goods with strong aroma or fragrance are stored or transported alongside other goods. As such, packaging requires careful consideration to ensure


 the case of taint, vacuum and protective atmosphere, packaging can provide a necessary barrier, to shield products from contaminants during transit, for example.”  impact on the rise in food deliveries, with online grocery sales jumping 12.4% in October 2021 – up from 12.2% in


 of a wider trend, best demonstrated in the four weeks leading to 14 June 2020, when UK online grocery sales grew by 91%.  convenience. Home food delivery, such as services provided by Deliveroo and  be heated in the microwave and used as  for online supermarket orders, which involves reducing air transport, adapting volumes to the secondary packaging of every distributor and providing labelling solutions that facilitate management with consumers,” said Williams.


 hotel and restaurant businesses work, with many re-orientating their businesses  trend that will require packaging solutions  packing,” he added.


CONTACT: ULMA packaged nuggets automationmagazine.co.uk


ULMA Packaging UK www.ulmapackaging.co.uk


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