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It's no surprise we're seeing more flexible packaging in the dairy case. Its many positive attributes make a persuasive argument in favor of the format.

Schreiber Foods (Schreiber) is among the largest privately held companies in the United States. The dairy processor ranked No. 74 on Forbes' 2018 "Americas' Largest Private Companies" list and posted $5.2 billion in revenues in 2018.

Visitors to Schreiber Foods' Fairview cheese converting plant in Carthage, Mo., can't help but be a bit awestruck. The sheer size of the facility, 330,000 square feet largely dedicated to converting operations and another 140,000 housing a distribution center, is certainly impressive. But the high level of automation found within the various departments is perhaps even more remarkable.

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To compete in a crowded grocery store aisle, dairy processors are choosing rigid containers that help them stand out and connect with consumer preferences. Grocery shoppers frequently view packaging that shows environmental, and health, consciousness as being as important as the product inside.

Large signs touting "Toft's 'One Quality'" and "Ohio's Oldest Dairy" greet visitors to Toft Dairy's 74,500-square-foot dairy plant/headquarters facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Those two messages amply describe the family-owned company's heritage.

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Metal detectors, X-ray systems and other inspection/detection systems play a critical role in helping dairy processors prevent recalls that are tied to foreign materials such as metal and other issues that are not related to pathogens or allergens.