...I've seen food prices go way up over the course of my 62 years. Right now, I spend about $150 a week on groceries. I can only imagine how difficult it could be for people to shoulder an even bigger grocery bill with the way that food prices have gone up. This burden is even greater for younger people, especially those with families. They don't really have the means or the ability to shoulder unexpected increases in their living costs. This is one of many reasons that I support the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 and I hope I can count on you to join me. This act would avoid unnecessary increases in food costs related to packaging to display food labels such as "GMO free" or "natural." Think about it: If labels weren't standardized,...
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...States are conversant with the foods they eat and are aware of the nutrition, there is a need for regulation in relation to food labeling. This is made possible by the Food and Drug administrators, which has extended the compliance data to May in 2018, where all the restaurants are required to disclose the specific diet info for the typical menu items for precise eateries and parallel retail food stores. Extension of the food labeling rule has been seen by many as very beneficial in that it will ensure reduction of costs to the covered establishments which are associated with the extension of the compliance date by one year. The regulation by the FDA is in place because it will promote the well-being of the consumers who will be aware of the products they consume. Consequently, consumers will be more aware of the specific nutrients in the foods they consume in the respective restaurants. Food labeling will also ensure that restaurants are more transparent to the customers, where they will have to reveal all the nutrients information of the foods they offer to the clients visiting them. The provision of information concerning the nutrients will greatly assist in also the pricing, where restaurants will have to provide prices that are relative to the type of food nutrients they offer in their...
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...Ethical Food Labeling and Packaging After seeing the ad on television or in the weekly grocer flyer, seeing the actual labeling on a product is what consumers have to make informed choices. What started out to be another form of advertising and last attempt to sell a product, food packaging and labeling has been regulated through the FDA and FD&C to require certain information. It was declared to be the policy of the Congress to assist consumers and manufacturers in reaching these goals in the marketing of consumer goods (Regulatory). Beyond giving the name of the food, net quantity of contents, name and address of manufacturer, statement of ingredients and nutrition information, a product can still be misleading beyond the principal display panels. Accurate and legally complete labels make sense from the standpoints of both ethics and good business (Scott par. 1). Consumers depend on product labels every day to make informed decisions when buying products and those misleading and deceptive labels make it much more difficult to make good purchasing decisions. Proper labeling to provide the consumer with useful, factual information was the rationale for the original FDCA misbranding provisions, and that motivation has not changed in more than half a century (Committee). Label information can be used to mislead the consumer by providing untrue information or to exaggerate their products’ features. As an example, nutrient information claiming “low fat”, “100% natural”...
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...time to look at the menu rather than just scan through it could see the nutritional information and Whenever you label foods, it keeps some people from eating what their not suppose to eat. After a good workout, many people may want to go to a good restaurant so that they can put nutrition back into their body. With the food labeling, they will know what foods to eat for the right amount of nutrition. Diabetic people have to watch how many sugars, calories, vitamins, etc are in their foods. The labeling of the foods could definitely tell them how many calories, how much salt, and how many vitamins are in the food. As I read in the passage, many people limit the food that...
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...Trisha Almado PH 101 28 November 12 Food Labeling Exercise Paper Dairy Product – Blue Bonnet Butter Labels * Nutrition Facts label * Serving Size 1 tbsp (14g) * Calories 70 * Total Fat 8g * Saturated Fat 1.5g * Trans Fat 1.5g * Polyunsaturated Fat 2.5g * Monounsaturated Fat 2g * Cholesterol 0mg * Sodium 125mg * Total Carbohydrate 0g * Protein 0g * Vitamin A 6% * Ingredients – vegetable oil blend, water, salt, etc. * Net weight 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g * 53% Vegetable oil spread * Comparison of Blue Bonnet Butter vs. regular butter * Recipe for cookies using the Blue Bonnet Butter Health Rationale * Nutrition Facts – informs the consumer about what they are consuming and how much they are consuming. * Serving size – provides an amount of a typical serving that the food provides. * Calories – informs the consumer about the total amount of energy they will be consuming from the product. Anything over 400 calories is considered unhealthy. * Total Fat – informs consumers about the amount of fat the product contains. The higher the number, the more fat there is and the unhealthier it is. * Cholesterol – informs the consumer how much cholesterol is in the product. High cholesterol products are considered unhealthy. * Sodium – informs the consumer how much sodium is in the product. High sodium products are considered unhealthier...
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...have GM foods labeled. They believe that people have the right to know what is in their foods. JLI even made millions of comments on the petition that the FDA had because the FDA feels that no labeling is not required. 2. List 3 arguments provided by Gary Hirshberg in favor of labeling GMO’s in food. Hirshberg stated in his article that labeling on foods needs to be done because of the health, safety, environmental, and religious considerations that people need to know when buying food. He then ended the article with stating that people need to know about everything that is in their products so...
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...kind of food they eat but they are also interested to learn about healthier and nutritious diets to help them cope with their lifestyle at the same time, chronic degenerative diseases or “lifestyle diseases” are increasing twenty one out of 100 adults are hypertensive and 4 out every 100 diabetic (FNRI, 2008). Micronutrient deficiencies are still prevalent among Filipino today. The latest survey done by the FNRI in 1998 revealed that 31 out of 100 Filipinos are anemic and 36 out of 100 children have moderate to severe iodine deficiency disorder. With the advent of the new food technology, processed food products are increasing in the markets today. One can regularly see on television, or read in the magazines or newspaper articles about food and health. The increasing urbanization in the Philippines has also resulted in dramatic changes in the lifestyle of the people, which contributes, to the growing consumption of manufactured goods. Cup Noodles for an instant, it is placed in a handy and convenient packaging. This makes it easy to carry and eat during quick breaks at long hours at the office. Indeed, there is an expanding consumer demand for nutritious, convenient and quality foods to promote health and prevent diseases. Government and private organizations strive to provide consumers with the essential nutrients deficient in their diets through programs such as food and micronutrient supplementation, food fortification, and health education. Recently, the Food and Drugs...
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...or ethnic minority. Labeling theory The view of deviance in which someone being labeled as a “deviant” leads a person to engage in deviant behavior. This theory was originated by Howard Becker’s work in the 1960s. The labeling theory explains why people’s behavior clashes with societal norms. Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Religion All Muslim are terrorists. All Jews are cheap. All Mormons believe in polygamy. Age Children- loud, spoiled, and unintelligent Teens- Selfish, lazy, and unemployed Adults- Work-oriented, bossy, look down on teenagers Disability Emotionally disturbed Crippled Dumb Part III Answer each question in 100 to 150 words related to those stereotypes: • What are the positive aspects of the stereotypes, if any? - Stereotyping in the positive aspect could be understood as the way in which people reduce the complexity of the world to a more manageable level. It helps protect our minds from information overload. For this reason, we resort to simplified assumptions of other people and countries and their characteristics. Many restaurant establishments may deliberately select a French association for their food in order to benefit from the positive associations many consumers have with French food. For humans to avoid...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS | Sl. No | Description | Page No | 1 | Introduction | | 2 | Organization Profile | | 3 | Literature Review – Theoretical strategy of Packaging | | 4 | Research Methodology | | 5 | Analysis | | 6 | Finding | | 7 | Recommendations | | 8 | Conclusion | | 9 | Reference | | | Appendix | | CHAPTER ONE Need of Study Packaging plays an important role in our everyday lives and provides a range of benefits from choice and convenience to ensuring the product arrives safely. Packaging is the name given to the containers in which products are bought, sold and transported, and ranges from cardboard boxes and wooden pallets to plastic bottles and aluminum drink cans. Packaging helps to attract consumers and affects consumer buying behavior. Objectives: * To study how packaging affects sales in UAE. * To find how packaging has changed brand image. * To study the issues related to packaging * To study in detail about packaging of bottled mineral water taking a company (MASAFI) UAE. * To analyze how packaging affects consumer buying behavior in UAE * To perform data analysis from the survey conducted and infer the same * To suggest improvements and recommend changes if necessary CHAPTER TWO Organization profile Corporate Statement of Masafi Vision: “Premium products for better life” Mission: “It is Masafi’s constant endeavor...
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...model, by understanding Consumer’s behavior towards the packaging of FMCG products. When consumers search for and process information in-store, the product's package can contain relevant and useful information for the consumer. Product packaging forms the end of the 'promotion-chain' and is close in time to the actual purchase and may therefore play an important role in predicting consumer outcomes. Packages also deliver brand identification and label information like usage instructions, contents, and list of ingredients or raw materials, warnings for use and directives for care of product. INTRODUCTION “Packaging is the container for a product – encompassing the physical appearance of the container and including the design, color, shape, labeling and materials used” Packaging has a huge role to play in the positioning of products. Package design shapes consumer perceptions and can be the determining factor in point-of-purchase decisions which characterize the majority of shopping occasions In recent years the marketing environment has become increasingly complex and competitive. A product’s packaging is something which all buyers experience and which has strong potential to engage the majority of the target market. This makes it an extremely powerful and unique tool in the modern marketing environment. In addition...
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...For the exclusive use of S. AL OBAIDLI 9-405-009 REV: SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 DAVID THOMAS BORIS GROYSBERG CATE REAVIS Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a WorldClass HR Organization Your business is only going to be as good as the people you’ve got. You can have the best strategy in the world, but if you don’t have effective execution by people, it’s going to fail. — Harris DeLoach, Sonoco CEO In order to make progress, we had to somehow decide what things were going to be the same across the company and what things could be or needed to be different to support the businesses. There was a balance that we needed to figure out. — Cindy Hartley, Senior VP, Human Resources It was late August 2000. Cindy Hartley, senior vice president of human resources (HR) at Sonoco, a 100-year-old global provider of industrial and consumer packaging and related services, was meeting with five members of her reorganization task force comprising the heads of employee relations and organizational development, the company’s chief labor attorney, and two key divisional HR directors. Looking to cut costs across the company, the company’s newly appointed CEO had asked Hartley to come up with at least two potential new HR structures that would reduce the function’s costs by 20%, or $2.8 million. But there were other equally pressing reasons for the reorganization. Number one was to ensure top-level accountability for talent management and upgrading. The second reason was to provide...
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...Table of Content Q1 & Q2: Data Interpretation & Analysis ............................................................................ 1 Q3 & Q4: To Pack or Not To Pack ......................................................................................... 7 Recycling & Rewards .............................................................................................................. 9 Go Green to Gain “Greenback” ........................................................................................... 10 Tierra y Fuego – Earth (Land fill) and Fire (Combustion) ............................................... 13 Money, Money, Money........................................................................................................... 14 Cul-De-Sac .............................................................................................................................. 15 Leachate Attack...................................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 17 Reference ................................................................................................................................ 18 Q1 & Q2: Data Interpretation & Analysis As shown in the table, anomaly data in year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2012 is assumed to be unknown...
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...prestigious, versatile and advanced companies of Pakistan. It is surely the market leader when it comes to providing packaging solutions. With the best business practices and most modern systems deployed, Packages Ltd is on top of the market. Packages Ltd. is an industrial organization manufacturing packaging material which provides services for other industries. Its business is to provide packaging materials for the products of different industries. It also produces all types of tissues available in the local market as well as for export purposes. There are more than 3000 employees working in the company. Packages Limited has had a joint venture with Tetra Pak International in Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited to manufacture paperboard for liquid food packaging and to market Tetra Pak packaging equipment. Packages commissioned its own paper mill with a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes in 1968. The mill produces paper and paperboard based on waste paper and agricultural by-products like wheat straw and river grass. With growing demand the capacity was increased periodically and in 2003 was nearly 100,000 tonnes per year. In the beginning 22 Swedish Experts came to Pakistan to run the factory and to train the Pakistani staff. Packages Limited was established in 1957 as a joint venture between the Ali Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden, to convert paper and Paperboard into packaging for consumer industry in 1958 production of packaging cartons for different industries...
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...Journal of Business Research 63 (2010) 559–569 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Marketing to subsistence consumers: Lessons from practice Kelly L. Weidner a,⁎, José Antonio Rosa b, Madhu Viswanathan c a b c University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Managerial Studies, 601 S. Morgan Street (MC 243), Chicago, IL 60607, United States University of Wyoming, Department of Management and Marketing, Dept. 3275, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, United States University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61 Wohlers Hall, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States article info Article history: Accepted 1 February 2009 Keywords: Subsistence marketplaces Subsistence consumers Bottom of the pyramid abstract Over 4 billion people live in what is commonly referred to as the “bottom of the pyramid” or as subsistence marketplaces. These individuals and families live in substandard housing, with limited or no access to sanitation, potable water, and health care, have low levels of literacy, and earn very low incomes. Scholars and practitioners alike suggest that the problems existing in subsistence marketplaces demand the attention and involvement of responsible businesses and that doing business with consumers in such marketplaces can be both socially responsible and profitable. This research explores the strategies and tactics currently being used across commercial and social enterprises...
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...What are business ethics and sustainability? Introduction Steel is a unique and vital material. It touches almost every part of modern life. It is a key element of our infrastructure. From buses to buildings, from canned food to computers, almost everything we see around us is either made of steel or is made using steel. Steel is essential to modern society. TATA Steel Ltd. is the third largest steel producer in Europe and has its main steelmaking plants in the UK and Holland. It supplies steel and related services to major industries, such as construction, vehicle production and packaging. The European operations are a subsidiary of TATA Steel Ltd. ,one of the world’s top ten steel producers. The combined Group has around 50,000 employees. The challenges of sustainability A commitment to environmentally-sound practices is part of many businesses’ commitment to act responsibly. Social responsibility refers to an organisation’s obligations to maximise its long-term positive impacts and minimise its negative impacts on society. For TATA Steel Ltd., it is a core part of its vision to be ‘the global steel industry benchmark for value creation and corporate citizenship.’ TATA Steel Ltd. is committed to tackling the challenges of sustainability. This means that it takes its responsibility towards both the environment and its communities seriously, balancing these against the need to make a profit. It has put systems in place to meet international standards for environmental...
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