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What we have actually fixed

Four problems that came through the door looking like a label enquiry and turned out to be a specification problem. Anonymised at our customers' request.

Honey and preserves

Keeping a growing brand looking like itself

What came in

A honey producer was scaling from farm-shop volumes into wider retail. Their labels had been bought in small quantities from wherever was cheapest, and the colour of the brand had drifted noticeably from one batch of jars to the next.

What we changed

We set a single specification for the range, printed it on a stock suited to a warm-filled jar going onto a cool shelf, and held the colour standards on file so every reorder runs against the same reference rather than against the last delivery.

What it fixed

The range is consistent across every jar, and each reorder now runs against the held colour standard rather than against the last delivery.

Chilled foods

A label that stopped lifting in the chill store

What came in

A chilled food manufacturer was finding label corners lifting after packs had been through the chill store, particularly on damp packaging. Rework was being done by hand at the end of the line.

What we changed

The face stock and the adhesive were both wrong for the application rather than one or the other. We respecified to a construction intended for chilled, damp application and trialled it on the customer's own line before committing a full run.

What it fixed

Labels that stay where they are put, and an end-of-line rework step that is no longer part of the production plan.

Sauces and condiments

Moving a squeeze bottle from paper to film

What came in

A sauce producer moving into a squeezable bottle found their existing paper label creased and marked as soon as the pack was handled, and oil from the filling line marked the face of the label.

What we changed

We moved the range onto a conformable film with an oil-resistant finish, which flexes with the bottle instead of buckling, and printed it with an opaque white base so the colours held their density on a clear stock.

What it fixed

A pack that still looks new after handling, and a label that no longer marks on the filling line.

Bakery

Plain stock that stopped being a weekly worry

What came in

A bakery running high volumes of short-shelf-life product was ordering plain labels reactively, and had twice come close to stopping a line waiting on delivery of blank stock for their date coders.

What we changed

We took the specification onto our records, agreed a call-off pattern against their actual weekly usage, and standardised the reel and core so the same stock runs across all of their coders.

What it fixed

Blank label supply became a scheduled call-off rather than an urgent phone call, and one specification now covers the whole site.

Why anonymised

Many of the businesses we supply pack under retailer own label or for brands that would rather not publish their supply arrangements, so these examples are described without naming the customer. If you would like to speak to a reference in your own sector before placing an order, ask us and we will see who is willing.

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