At the Sparks-based spice maker's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, CEO Lawrence Kurzius said black pepper and Old Bay will be packaged in fully recyclable plastic containers as part of the company's efforts to be environmentally friendly. Shareholders were given a sample run of the new cans as part of a gift bag.
In a message included in the bag, McCormick said it expects to launch the new packaging on store shelves nationwide by the end of the summer. The packages will have the same quantities of spice as they did in the tin cans.
McCormick (NYSE: MKC) said the change will reduce its carbon emissions by 16 percent.
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meh, havent bought old bay in years, JO is so much better
ReplyDeleteThey will just come back and sell tins as a novelty later and charge an arm and a leg.I have a ravens tin I saved of old bay.But I will say I like the tins better.
ReplyDeleteWill it be in transparent packaging so we can see if there's 6 oz. or 1.5 oz. in there?
ReplyDeleteJO is all salt, crap
ReplyDelete"black pepper and Old Bay will be packaged in fully recyclable plastic containers as part of the company's efforts to be environmentally friendly."
ReplyDeleteLast time I checked the metal cans were "fully recyclable."
Now they are going to poison us with the poisons in the plastics.
Watch for Cracker Barrel to buy up all the remaining cans.
ReplyDeleteWhat BS. Fully recyclable plastic! How is that different than the fully recyclable metal it is currently made of?! Just a way of marketing their going cheap on the packaging.
ReplyDeleteThey could package Old Bay in an old sweat sock, I'm still gonna use it.
ReplyDeleteI'm with 7:54.....put it in anything and I will buy Old Bay!!! JO is cheap no taste wannabe!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo many exclamation points. Why are you so angry? Would you take the life of a fellow human because of your brand loyalty? Get a grip!
DeleteIt's harder to recycle the plastic than it is the bimetal that these come in.
ReplyDeleteMetal will breakdown in in 20 years or less outside while plastics can last up to a couple hundred years or more !! So which is more environmentally friendly? Plastic will just increase their bottom line and share holders return!
ReplyDeleteso where do they think plastic comes from?
ReplyDeleteA painted metal can costs more the the plastic. It's that simple.
ReplyDeleteThat's the end of Old Bay,will taste like garbage in the recycle plastic can.
ReplyDeletePut beer in recyclable plastic bottles and see what it tastes like.
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