| Within the industrial manufacturing processes there | | | | snack foods that feed America. As each stage of |
| are a number of companies that rely on flexible | | | | the manufacturing process is completed the snack |
| packaging to ship their products to market. Since the | | | | product is making its way toward the packaging area |
| late 1950s flexible packaging has allowed products to | | | | where the millions of identical products are separated |
| be sealed into bags for resale rather than having the | | | | before being wrapped by machines that place the |
| individual items boxed for sale. Snack foods, | | | | snacks into their individually sized flexible packaging. |
| electronic components, and office supplies are all | | | | From cupcakes, to gummy bears, and everything in |
| examples of how flexible packaging is being utilized | | | | between the industrial machines separate and |
| by manufacturers to prepare individual items for retail | | | | measure out the number of confectionery items to |
| consumers. | | | | be placed in the individual serving sizes and promptly |
| If you have ever been inside a convenience store | | | | wraps or drops the measured number of snacks into |
| you may have noticed the racks of packaging | | | | their respective packages that are then sent down |
| products that are arranged in order for the ease of | | | | the conveyor belt to be boxed up in cartons that are |
| the customer to find. Neatly arranged packages of | | | | shipped throughout the country where they make |
| candy, chips, and other snack foods begin their life in | | | | their way to the shelves, racks, and aisles of the |
| the mass production lines of factories where | | | | grocery, convenience, and big box stores for |
| conveyor belts and industrial mixers carry the | | | | consumers to purchase. |
| ingredients that are combined to make the popular | | | | |