Environmentally friendly new potato packaging for Tesco

Amcor Flexibles has worked with UK supermarket retailer Tesco Plc and its two chosen New Potato suppliers – Greenvale AP PLC and Branston Potatoes, to change the pack format of the Tesco New Potato range in a move to a more environmentally friendly recyclable film saving nearly 500 tonnes in polystyrene packaging per annum.

The original pack format used was a HIPS (high impact polystyrene) punnet lidded with Amcor P-Plus laminate film – this has now been updated with a VFFS (vertical form fill seal) bag produced from Amcor Flexibles’ recyclable coextrusion film. The packs still utilise the Amcor P-Plus technology to maintain the excellent quality of the potatoes.

The coextrusion film produced at Amcor Flexibles Winterbourne was designed to be a high speed packing film – capable of exceeding up to 120 packs per minute on the 1Kg weight. The film is then finished at Amcor Flexibles Ledbury where flexo printing, antimist and the Amcor P-Plus technology are all applied.

The Tesco range of 1Kg New Potato packs include – Charlotte, Baby New, Miniature Baby New, Baby Bakers and Jersey Royals when in season.

Amcor Flexibles is the leading flexible packaging supplier to the Fresh Produce Market. Part of Amcor, one of the world's top 3 global packaging companies, the business operates 45 manufacturing plants in 18 countries in Europe and the Americas supplying a wide range of markets including food, healthcare and tobacco.