Ready Pac Honored With Walmart Excellence In Sustainability Award

Irwindale, Calif. – In recognition of Ready Pac’s progressive efforts to actively reduce their carbon footprint with sustainable initiatives throughout their business, Walmart presented Ready Pac Foods, Inc. with the prestigious Excellence in Sustainability award on May 8th, 2013. Chet Rutledge, Director of Private Brand Packaging at Walmart, honored Ready Pac during this year’s 8th Annual Walmart and Sam’s Club Sustainable Packaging Exposition held in Bentonville, AR.

The award recognized both Ready Pac and Clear Lam for packaging innovations developed for the Peel and Reseal Tray used for their mixed greens clamshell containers. The trays are a consumer and environmentally friendly development which sets a new standard for salad packaging. It’s easy to open and keeps lettuce fresh while using 1/3 less plastic- allowing for an extra layer on each pallet during transport.

“The Peel-Reseal project is a great example of the collaborative work with Ready Pac and their packaging supplier, Clear Lam,” Rutledge said. “Not only does this packaging system use less material, it is more efficient throughout the supply chain. This is a project that I will use as a model for future projects.”

For complete information about Ready Pac’s active involvement in sustainable initiatives, visit http://www.readypac.com/our-company/sustainability/.

COMPANY BIO: California-based Ready Pac is a premier producer of convenience fresh foods, including fresh-cut produce. With processing facilities throughout the United States, Ready

Pac’s award-winning salads, snacks, fresh-cut fruit and vegetables are distributed in supermarkets and restaurant chains across North America. For more information, visit www.readypac.com

Source: Ready Pac