Berry Helps Grillo's Transition to Widely Recyclable, Spill Proof, Easy Open Pickle Jars

Twist-top pickle jars enhance user experience while maintaining garden-fresh look and taste.

Global packaging leader, Berry Global Group, Inc., partnered with Grillo's Pickles to deliver spill-proof, easy-open jars for its garden-fresh pickles. The custom, nestable, widely recyclable polypropylene (PP) jar and continuous thread closure provides a simple, mess-free opening process.

"We initiated a custom jar exploration with Berry Global to address our biggest consumer complaint, spillage when opening our original jar," said Adam Kaufman, President and CEO of Grillo's Pickles. "We knew when we updated our packaging, we wanted it to be a step-change for the business. We wanted the quality of our packaging to match the quality of our product. We are confident we've achieved that result."

The custom jars were designed for compatibility with Berry's line of ribbed closures to help prevent leakage during opening and closing. The jars also include pickle-shaped side grips for enhanced user control and clear, in-mold labels to maintain Grillo's home-made aesthetic. This helps simplify the filling line process by eliminating the need for label application.

Similar to the previous containers produced by Berry, these 32-ounce, twist-top jars improve the recyclability of traditional pickle jars typically made of glass. The jars are also nestable, minimizing wasted space during transportation and storage and helping optimize supply chain efficiency.

The jars were designed for Grillo's in collaboration with Blue Clover Studios, Berry's internal design studio, following an art-to-part ideation workshop at Berry's headquarters in Evansville, Indiana. And the jars and closures are produced at Berry's plants in Streetsboro, Ohio and Evansville, Indiana.

"We are committed to delivering cutting-edge packaging solutions that meet and exceed the expectations of our customers," said Jeff Hill, Sr. Account Executive for Berry's Consumer Packaging North America division. "By combining our deep innovation expertise with valuable customer insights and trust, strong partnerships like these allow us to design products that elevate the consumer experience while supporting a circular economy."

"By partnering with our customers from concept exploration to final product, Blue Clover helps streamline the collaborative process, resulting in elevated brand and consumer experiences and faster speed-to-market," said Scott Fisher, Design Director for Blue Cover Studios.

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About Berry
At Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), we create innovative packaging solutions that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of over 40,000 global employees across more than 250 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey. For more information, visit our website, or connect with us on LinkedIn or X.

About Grillo's Pickles
For people who want freshness, Grillo's is the pickle company that is changing the game. That's because Grillo's uses only clean, garden-fresh ingredients to make deliciously simple foods that deliver all the crunchy, tangy, satisfying flavor you've been searching for, with none of the junk. How do we do it? Our products are made cold, shipped cold, and consumed cold. You get an incredible crunch and we never have to mess with artificial preservatives. In fact, the only thing traditional about us is our 100-year-old family recipe. The rest? It's fresh. Grillo's offers mouthwatering bites nationwide with their selection of spears, chips, wholes and Pickle de Gallo. For more information, visit GrillosPickles.com or contact [email protected].