Kiwi Phil
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Maybe a year or so ago I sought advice from you blokes for ideas on how to package my product. (Herbs).
Well, I put all the suggestions in to a hat, and spent 6mths going thru them and planning, and another 6 getting them designed and made.
We now have a "one touch" box for the herbs.
When it arrives at the Supermarket, the staff take it off the pallet,run their thumbs around the perforated line, remove the top 75% of box, and bingo, they have an instant display tray to put on the gondola.
I no longer have to tape top and bottom of box. It is self folding/locking
It has hand holds cut in side, so no accidents.
Perforation is done with lazer, so the thick corregation breaks easily with thumb nails, but holds stacking strength when stacked 8 levels hig on pallet.( needs sheet of core flute every 3 layers tho).
Painted black to suit Supermarket layout, but had film of a sort of wax added to prevent cardboard collapsing should water escape from herb sleeve.
Cost:
well started out at $1.65 ea, then I said I would ask Chinese Manufacturer to submit an in-store price (remember my thread on Chinese Trade Show....well I found a Box Manufacturer).
3 days later price was adjusted ("we made an error in our quote") to $1.04............can you believe it!!!!!!!!
So went with Aussie Manufacturer.
Then they mucked up the die ($600 worth) so when I mentioned it, they knocked off 20%.
Anyway I can buy then 3 pallets at a time (Chinese were 15, and that gave me a storage problem).
All is working well, but I have to work out a system for dividers (we need to do something here....find the herbs can fall over sometimes.)
A tray like MacDonalds drink take-away-tray (but with 24 holes) is about 30c. Too much.
Dividers like in a wine box about 40c, and they can fall apart when assembling. (nightmare in the making)
3 Long strips of cardboard (continious)gives me 4 long 'slots or channels' in bottom of box, 6 herbs per long slot, but 28c.
So not sure how to handle this one.
Anyway you blokes, thanks a lot for your input. It was all valuable and I have something that works really well.
I really appreciate your assistance and suggestions
Cheers
Phillip
Well, I put all the suggestions in to a hat, and spent 6mths going thru them and planning, and another 6 getting them designed and made.
We now have a "one touch" box for the herbs.
When it arrives at the Supermarket, the staff take it off the pallet,run their thumbs around the perforated line, remove the top 75% of box, and bingo, they have an instant display tray to put on the gondola.
I no longer have to tape top and bottom of box. It is self folding/locking
It has hand holds cut in side, so no accidents.
Perforation is done with lazer, so the thick corregation breaks easily with thumb nails, but holds stacking strength when stacked 8 levels hig on pallet.( needs sheet of core flute every 3 layers tho).
Painted black to suit Supermarket layout, but had film of a sort of wax added to prevent cardboard collapsing should water escape from herb sleeve.
Cost:
well started out at $1.65 ea, then I said I would ask Chinese Manufacturer to submit an in-store price (remember my thread on Chinese Trade Show....well I found a Box Manufacturer).
3 days later price was adjusted ("we made an error in our quote") to $1.04............can you believe it!!!!!!!!
So went with Aussie Manufacturer.
Then they mucked up the die ($600 worth) so when I mentioned it, they knocked off 20%.
Anyway I can buy then 3 pallets at a time (Chinese were 15, and that gave me a storage problem).
All is working well, but I have to work out a system for dividers (we need to do something here....find the herbs can fall over sometimes.)
A tray like MacDonalds drink take-away-tray (but with 24 holes) is about 30c. Too much.
Dividers like in a wine box about 40c, and they can fall apart when assembling. (nightmare in the making)
3 Long strips of cardboard (continious)gives me 4 long 'slots or channels' in bottom of box, 6 herbs per long slot, but 28c.
So not sure how to handle this one.
Anyway you blokes, thanks a lot for your input. It was all valuable and I have something that works really well.
I really appreciate your assistance and suggestions
Cheers
Phillip
