From Plan to Plate: Food Packaging Fundamentals

Thu, Apr 30 2026
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Virtual

adults business small business

Packaging plays a central role in food and beverage production.

In this webinar we will talk about the many things small producers need to know about packaging. It’s difficult to find solutions that satisfy all of the key criteria listed below, so creative thinking is essential.  
 
Key Points:
  • Safety is the highest priority.
  • Cost-effective solutions, which must take into account shipping, are crucial. 
  • The marketing potential of packaging should be leveraged fully.  
  • Sustainability, or reducing environmental harm, is a key goal but still very much a work in progress.  

BPL’s Business & Career Center is generously supported by Dime Community Bank, Lead Funder of the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition, Dr. Beverly S. Jacobs, Ridgewood Savings Bank, and Data Axle Reference Solutions.

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