Co-Packing
Challenges of Co-Packing Food Product Design R&D Management By: Christine M. Homsey, Contributing Editor April 1999 This article fleshes out the trials and tribulations for marketer and manufacturer, offering some advice on choosing an arrangement. “Many factors need to be considered when signing a contract with a co-packer. For example, projected product volumes will influence how good a match a marketer and manufacturer will be. If a marketer has very low volumes or a single product to sell, many manufacturers will not want to bother. On rare occasions, co-packers turn away large volumes that would cause them to exceed their capacity or make them too dependent on one customer.” Making Your Business Their Business Is Contract Packaging The Right Fit For You? By Mel Duvall PMT: Packaging Machinery Technology Onecle Sample Business Contracts Here is a sample contract for a co-packing agreement: Packaging Agreement between Hansen Beverage Company and U.S. Continental Packaging, Inc.