Why Make the Shift to Stand Up Pouches?

                         

Shift to Stand Up Pouches

The products that we buy every day in the grocery stores come in various packaging. The most common packages are in cartons, bottles, glass jars, or in metal tins. This has been the choice of the most consumer for the past years. However, the arrival of the custom stand up pouches as a packaging material has become more and more popular as the years go by.

Even though they came in late as against those aforementioned packaging items. The stand-up pouches have been receiving a favorable response when it comes to consumer’s choice as to item packaging, especially with those which have re-sealable lids. Not only do consumers no longer find the need to transfer the product into another container, but these stand-up pouches are also economical and do not consume much storage space in your own home.

Those cheap plastic bags and cardboard boxes may be easy to tear and break, the stand-up pouches, on the other hand, are made from hard-wearing, puncture-resistant layers of laminated film. This type of packaging structure provides for an extended product shelf life and guarantees the freshness of the product from moisture, oxygen, odor, ultraviolet light, and other micro bacteria from the manufacturer to retail store and ultimately to the consumers.

Alongside movements and commitments to the greener environment, these stand up pouches are made out of recyclable materials, and require lesser fuel in transporting these items because they are lightweight and are landfill friendly.

Below are some of the advantages why custom stand-up pouches are better:

1. Cost savings in storage and transportation

Because stand up pouches are flat, storage is not much of an issue because you can pile up a lot of stand up pouches with minimum floor area consumed. This helps your business save up on inventory costs. And because of its structure also, transportation of these packaging items will also be going to be cost effective because you can ship out a lot of pouches in a single packing list.

2. Low costs in minimum runs

Because of its structure, stand up pouches can be manufactured in a single minimum run without making the company shell out more costs in running productions in minimum. This enables the customer to buy custom stand up pouches even in minimum order quantities without having to buy it at a hefty price. The manufacturer, on the other hand, can still be cost-effective even with running pouch production at a minimum.

3. Shape and Structure

The design for stand up pouches can be made in a variety of shapes and sizes. The most common structure known to the consumer when it comes to stand up pouches is that it has a round bottom with a support bag that folds flat when it becomes empty. There are also other shape options some of which are the box pouches, K-sealed and quad-sealed which is has two side gussets and four vertical seals. You may even design your own custom stand up pouches for it to stand out from other products.

4. Convenience

This is another value adding factor on why you should switch or add stand up pouch packaging to your product line. Consumers always lean towards convenience when it comes to product handling from the store to house storage. Having re-sealable pouches like the press-to-close lid, a zip-lock, or a re-sealable cap even, this saves the consumer to go around and find another container to transfer the pouch’s content. Some pouches even have microwavable features, so that consumers can directly microwave the content without having it removed from the bag.

5. Product Security

Good quality pouches can help in keeping food products fresh, thus giving it a longer shelf life. The puncture-resistant feature safeguards the product against outside elements, especially during transport. There are also a number of specialty films which can add extra protection to your product against moisture and other contaminants.

6. Better Shelf Impression

With a more spacious surface to work with, the range in graphics capabilities is almost limitless. Because of that, stand up pouches can stand out very well in every shelf, this can eventually result in making the product more competitive from others.

One versatile package printing option is the flexographic printing. This can create a stunning high-definition graphics for your custom stand up pouch. With flexographic printing, this offers a more precise control in ink along with a solid lay-down on a wide array of films.

By taking advantage of this advanced printing technology, you will be able to create a very appealing packaging. This is a very good advantage especially if your product is a newcomer in the market.

The following are some of the stand-up pouch types which can help you get an idea on which fits with your product:

• Bottom Gusset Pouches

This is the most commonly used stand up pouch and is very ideal for lightweight products. The bottom gusset pouch is basically a plastic pouch that is sealed with a round bottom. This is designed this way so to enable the material to stand up-right.

• Flat Bottom Pouches

This type of pouch has a flat bottom, and is also known as “Box Pouch” or “Quad Seal Pouch”. This is more flexible in terms of the product to fill the material because it can hold more weight brought as compared to the bottom gusset pouch.

• Side Gusset Pouches

This type of pouch is most popular for coffee and tea products. Hence, these pouches are more commonly referred to as “Coffee or Tea Pouches”. This pouch can maximize the storage capacity because it forms a square-like structure after being filled.

Food and snack industries are leaning preferably to this type of pouch because it can be displayed either vertically or horizontally.

• Spouted Pouches

This type may be easily compared against the normal PET or the glass bottles packaging materials but consumers are still leaning towards this type of stand up pouch because it is more user friendly and is more suitable in storing liquid products or those with a more pasty texture. These spouted pouches comes with a re-sealable and a weld spout and a cap, which makes it easier to pour in the contents without having the risk of getting spilled all over.

There are a lot of options if you want your product to stand out in the market. And one of those is to have a packaging that is both good to look at, and very much easy to use.