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Eva Judge
A huge part of what you pay for when you buy any given type of food is its packaging. You're not only paying for the packaging that you personally have to tear off or open up, but you're paying for the packaging that was used to get that product to your favourite store in the first place. Consumer Packaging - Consumer packaging - sometimes referred to as primary packaging - is the type that the vast majority of us are the most familiar with. Basically, consumer packaging is the thing that you remove in order to get at the actual product. It might be a can, a box, a bag or even shrink wrap. The items that you buy at your local grocery store are contained in consumer packaging. As consumers, generally we are exposed to this type of packaging on our supermarket shelves. The most thought regarding aesthetics is given to this type of packaging. Grouped Packaging - When a grocery store receives a shipment of things to restock its shelves with, they aren't loose or strictly individually wrapped. It would be extremely unlikely for a truck to be loaded with hundreds if not thousands packages of chips packets or serial boxes as it would not be practical - or efficient. Instead, grouped packaging is used to bundle multiple quantities of any given food product together for easier handling. Sometimes, larger retailers sell units like this to the end user - or general public - and offer a significant discount on it. Otherwise, this packaging is most often seen strictly by store personnel and by those who restock the shelves. Transport Packaging - Finally, transport packaging - also known as tertiary packaging - is the heavy duty stuff that is used to get a massive quantity of a food product from point A to point B. This packaging is designed to withstand the wear and tear of being on a truck for hundreds of miles - and to handle being passed along from place to place en masse. For the most part, shipping companies and distribution centres are the only places that ever see transport packaging; it is commonly found in warehouses and other similar places, and the everyday consumer rarely glimpses it.
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