Coffee bags exhibit local flavor

Boosting the packs’ look is Fres-Co’s Matte Finish Select®, a surface-printed overlacquer applied in-register with the reverse printing to reduce glare to highlight certain areas including type fonts. For example, the background map receives the surface lacquer.

The bags are four-corner sealed on form/fill/seal equipment using rollstock. The packs, which have a one-way degassing valve in the top portion of the front panel, are said to provide a neater package by elimination of the back fin seal.

“Early indicators are very positive, hence our expansion of the line,” says Chris Hillman, director of marketing. The six varieties retail for $7.99. —Rick Lingle