2013 PMA Impact Award winners announced

Eighty-six submissions vied for five 2013 PMA Impact Awards: Excellence in Packaging. A panel of judges looked for products that lead as examples in produce and floral packaging, demonstrating originality with emphasis on connecting with consumers, safeguarding the product, sustaining the environment and improving supply chain efficiencies. Judges scored each entry in five areas: marketing, food safety, supply chain efficiency, sustainability excellence and consumer convenience excellence. 

Winners of the 2013 Impact Award announced at the Oct. 18 brunch general session were:

• Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. and Ready Pac Foods, Inc. –  Ready Pac Peel and ReSeal Lettuce Trays
• Frieda’s Inc.  –  Frieda’s Meyer Lemon & Seedless Lemon Bags
• NatureSweet –  NatureSweet Cherriots
• Sunkist Growers, Inc.  –  sk Choice Lemonade Pouch
• T. Marzetti Company  –  Marzetti Simply Dressed® Pourables