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Published on: 8/3/2005
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"The typical club store shopper buys 18 skinless, boneless breasts but doesn't want to use all of them at one time," reports Don Smith, director of marketing for poultry at Cryovac.Noting that about 60% of fresh chicken is frozen by the consumer, Smith says, "with the saddle pack, instead of the consumer taking home a tray and tearing it apart and transferring chicken pieces to zipper bags, they can freeze portions without touching the poultry."Cryovac working on easy-open feature that can by engineering forming web for peelability, leaving one corner unsealed to serve as pull tab.Company offers breathable saddle-pack film in formable, nonformable webs in various gauges.
Follow-up: At Cryovac, Don Smith,+ 1-800-845-3456, cryovac.mkt@sealedair.com; Link: www.poultrypackaging.com; at CFS, Link: Marketing Department, +1 214-618 1100, info@cfs.com; Link: www.cfs.com.Top of Page