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Produce Show Daily 4 5 Thursday, October 19, 2017 Lacerta: 'Let's Create a Custom Package for You!' When it comes to custom packaging, it is easy to get overwhelmed, but Lacerta is here to help guide you through it all. Lacerta is a plastic packaging company, specializing in custom packaging. From concept to prototyping, mold-making and production, Lacerta is a turnkey manu- facturer. Whether you need a snack pack, deli cup, party platter or tamper evident container, Lacerta can create the perfect package for you! Getting started with a custom pack- age is simple. Lacerta starts by listening to your needs and determining what is most important to accomplish with the packaging. Lacerta helps you choose the best design and substrate for the project. Its experts can walk you through your material options, if you need added barri- er to extend shelf life, freezer grade materials, what is best for high pressure processing, what is most cost effective and much more. Lacerta can help you select what your product needs. Lacerta has a full design team in- house that starts with a design concept to develop and prototype. The skilled engi- neers always aim to design with a few principles in mind: maintain food integri- ty, extend shelf life, maximize merchan- dising appeal and be a cost effective product. A design is done within a few days; if any adjustments need to be made, they are done to your liking and then it is off to prototyping. You receive prototype samples within a week and can physical- ly see your design come to life. Test it in your machine, bring them on sales meetings, make any adjustments or go straight to a production mold. Lacerta is able to get your product to market faster by building all of its molds in-house, on one of its nine CNC machines. The molds are very competi- tive, getting you in the market at a low capital investment. Speed to market is what sets Lacerta apart. Lacerta under- stands that time is critical and work to get you on the shelf from concept to produc- tion in two months. Lacerta also has printing capabilities in-house and can design a custom printed lid for your container. Printing is a great way to gain an edge in the market, increase brand awareness and establish product recognition on the shelves. Another option with custom packaging is embossing the package with your logo. There are simple and an unlimited amount of ways Lacerta can cre- ate the best custom package for you, so get started with Lacerta! About Lacerta Group, Inc. Lacerta is a family-owned manufacturer of plastic food packaging. Lacerta offers a variety of stock packaging, including produce and party trays, herb clamshells, cups and more. With the Fresh n' Sealed tamper evident line, you get a refreshing- ly simple and streamlined design ranging from 1.5 to 120 ounces, and has expand- ed to include parfaits, leafy green con- tainers and square bowls, to name a few. For more information, stop by booth #5610, visit www.lacerta.com or call 508.339.3312. Image Plastics & Packaging Covers All Packaging Needs of the Food Industry Image Plastics & Packaging (IPP) is an industry leader with the knowledge and expertise to address all of your packaging needs. Both a distributor and manufactur- er, it can provide any type of standard and custom packaging including flat bags, stand up pouches – MAP and plain, labels, stretch film, RPC lids and more. IPP knows how important it is for packaging to represent a company's brand, so it works hand-in-hand with each client to understand their needs and create a quality packaging solution. Its domestic and overseas manufacturing allows IPP to provide the best quality product at a price that fits your budget without compromising quality. IPP has been supplying packaging to a wide variety of industries across the U.S., Mexico and Canada since 2002, with a very strong presence in the pro- duce industry. For seven years, IPP proudly was the only U.S. manufacturer of the "Stretch-Vent" RPC lids. IPP developed its RPC film specifically with Kroger in mind at a time when only over- seas lids with low quality and high field waste were available. IPP worked dili- gently to create a film that could stretch yet not tear, and would have memory in the elasticity to return to the original shape after placement on a container. And it succeeded! Because of competi- tiveness in pricing from competitors in Asia, IPP expanded its production to its overseas manufacturing plant and today, offers the same innovative, reliable product at a lower cost. The quality of its Stretch-Vent RPC lids are out- standing and yield little to no field waste. IPP also features a complete line of high clarity zipper and slider stand up pouches, both MAP and vented for the fresh produce and food industries. IPP offers a reinforced header pouch that can be used with a slider closure; a large freezer pouch line – either in stand up or flat with zipper or plain; barrier pouches, cooking-baking bags and microwave, steam and soup pouch bags. All of these products are made with FDA-certified polyethylene, ensuring no plastic taste or smell after cooking. Packaging can be laminated or single layer and has a 10- color print capability, providing you with a high quality end product to meet your branding needs. Better yet, by partnering with an overseas manufac- turer, IPP's packaging is priced at a much lower cost than domes- tic manufacturing, yet offers the same quality that you and your clients expect. IPP also offers an extensive line of thermal transfer, direct thermal, color/specialty labels as well as thermal transfer ribbons. With FDA regulations becoming more stringent, it's important to have a reliable source that can deliver the labels and ribbon you need at a com- petitive price. Last but not least, IPP knows how important stretch film is for shipping. It has a full line of machine and hand stretch film available in all sizes and gauges. For more information, go to www.image plastics.com or stop by booth #4309. Bella Sun Luci, 'the Original Sun Dried Tomato' For more than 20 years, Mooney Farms has been producing Bella Sun Luci, the "premium brand" of sun dried tomato products from an authentic family recipe handed down over the generations. Family owned and operated and located in Chico, California, Mooney Farms has invested in its company's tech- nology and packaging capabilities, so all of its orders are packed fresh. This allows for the longest shelf life in the industry. Mooney Farms does not rely on a co-packer, and every bag and jar of sun dried tomatoes are produced at Mooney Farms under the strictest guidelines. With retail, foodservice, pri- vate label and industrial divisions, Mooney Farms is the largest packer and shipper of sun dried tomatoes in the U.S. With strict attention to tradition, Bella Sun Luci sun dried tomatoes are only packed in 100 percent pure olive oil. Unlike many brands that are co-packed, Mooney Farms is vertically integrated, allowing for a lower cost, which it can pass on to the consumer. Since Mooney Farms focuses on one core item, its econ- omy of scale allows it to use higher qual- ity ingredients, including olive oil. Mooney Farms never uses any low end oils like canola or sunflower seed oil in its jars. Staying with this tradi- tion, Mooney Farms believes the most interest- ing food trend has been the rediscovery of the Mediterranean diet. The "Med Mark" enables the consumer to identify foods that are part of a healthy Mediterranean lifestyle. The products bear the Med Mark and repre- sent one of these core foods. Sun dried tomatoes are also lycopene rich, a proven antioxidant. Today, the average consumer is looking for more nutrition on a budget. The new NuVal Nutritional Scoring System is a unique food labeling system which ranks all foods between 1 and 100; the higher the score, the higher the food's overall nutrition. Bella Sun Luci Sun Dried Tomatoes in Olive Oil & Herbs is the highest scorer in the sun dried tomato catego- ry with a score of 56! Mooney Farms offers the better value – not just in price – but in nutrition as well. The Mooney Farms family pio- neered the sun dried tomato industry over 20 years ago and continues to create new items which fit today's trend of healthy eating. Its loyal and new customers are part of Mooney Farms' success, and it focuses on their ever changing needs. There is only one original California sun dried tomato brand, and that is Bella Sun Luci – always fresh, always premium – the Mooney Farms' family guarantees it. For more information, stop by booth #2822 or go to www.bellasunluci.com. Albertsons Companies Appoints Kevin Turner Vice Chairman, Senior Advisor Albertsons Companies, LLC is bringing in Kevin Turner, former Chief Operating Officer at Microsoft, to be Vice Chairman of the board of managers of AB Acquisition LLC., its direct parent, and Senior Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Miller. Turner brings decades of retail and technology experience to his new role with the company, including roles at Walmart and Microsoft. His tenure at Walmart began as a cashier in 1985 and culminated in his appointment to Chief Executive Officer and President of SAM's Club and Executive Vice President of Walmart Stores, Inc., a posi- tion he served in from 2002 to 2005. During his time at Microsoft, from 2005 to 2016, Turner led a number of teams including worldwide sales and marketing at its retail stores division, corporate information technology and operations. Key accomplishments include his leader- ship of the company's cloud services adoption as well as the sales and market- ing efforts behind Office 365. "Albertsons Companies is building out its digital marketing and information technology teams to ensure we are best positioned to capitalize on the dynamic changes occurring in our marketplace," Miller said. "The skill and experience of our operations team is unparalleled. Kevin's retail acumen, commitment to innovation and leadership skills comple- ments our team's expertise and enhances our ability to serve our customers for many years to come."