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Snack Food Companies Meet Increased Demand with New Baggers

Campbell Soup Company’s Snyder’s brand and World Food Products share how they increased capacity during the pandemic to meet the need for more products and smaller-size packages using tna baggers.

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When the pandemic lockdown hit, food and beverage companies—although grateful to be able to keep their doors open—faced substantial challenges keeping up with increased demand for their products, as consumers stocked their pantries and hunkered down. As part of PACK EXPO Connects, TNA North America, Inc. held a roundtable discussion with Bill Benzel, Project Engineer for Campbell Soup Company’s Snyder’s brand, and Marty Van Duyn, CEO at World Food Products, Inc., on how these snack companies used automation—specifically tna’s baggers—to meet these demands.

Since COVID-19 hit, Snyder’s Hanover, Penn., plant, which produces tortilla chips and pretzels, replaced three of the 40 tna robag® baggers it operates. World Food Products, a maker of dried fruits, nuts, and snack items, added three tna bag machines at its Manteca, Calif., facility.  

Shared Benzel, to meet the demands of the current times, Campbell looked at two options: hiring more people or automating. “We currently have between 60 and 80 open positions, so we quickly decided to go the route of automation to meet the demand,” he said.

Likewise, Van Duyn says World Food Products chose automation over more employees, as the pandemic presented a host of challenges around labor, including considerations on how to get employees to the site safely and provide a safe working environment. Once the company installed the bagger, he says, the machinery opened up new opportunities. “The tna family of machines really opened our eyes to a lot of different things we can do with them,” he said. “We’ve always done larger pack sizes. But we started getting into smaller packages for single-serve products for schools, the prison system, and FEMA programs. That forced us into some higher speeds, and that’s where tna really stepped up and helped us evolve into those new applications.”


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