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A packaging quote can be cheaper and still cost more. That happens when procurement compares factory unit price instead of the total cost of getting finished packaging where production actually needs it. At 25,000, 50,000, or 100,000 units, freight, carton efficiency, duties, customs fees, inspection, warehousing, inserts, and other costs can change the economics of […]

Personal care packaging is not one single packaging format. A brand may need bottles for lotions, tubes for creams, jars for masks, airless packaging for treatment products, and smaller formats for samples or travel sizes. For beauty, skincare, hair care, wellness, and personal care brands, the right packaging choice depends on the product type, texture, […]

There are two very different ways to lower cannabis packaging cost. The first is to ask the supplier to make the same package cheaper. The second is to figure out why the package costs what it does and remove expense that is not creating enough value. The second approach is value engineering. For multi-state operators […]

On a 500-unit packaging run, a defect can be annoying. On a 50,000-unit production run, the same defect pattern can turn into thousands of bad packages, a delayed launch, repacking labor, rejected inventory, or an expensive expedited replacement order. That is why cannabis packaging quality control should be defined before production begins, not improvised after […]

California pre-roll brands have a new regulatory concept to watch in 2026: the “multipack.” The California Department of Cannabis Control has proposed regulations that would formally establish multipacks as a category of cannabis good and create specific testing, labeling, and track-and-trace requirements for them. The important word is proposed. As of August 2026, DCC-2026-01-R has […]

A packaging bill of materials sounds like an internal operations document. For a multi-state cannabis company in 2026, it is becoming much more useful than that. States are asking producers and licensees for increasingly detailed packaging information. Extended producer responsibility programs are creating new reporting and recordkeeping obligations. Cannabis regulators may require documentation on the […]

The package that looks best in a sample meeting is not necessarily the package that runs best at 60, 100, or several hundred units per minute. For cannabis brands moving into higher-volume production, packaging needs to be evaluated as part of the filling and assembly process. This becomes especially important once a company is ordering […]

Hair care brands often need more than one packaging format across a product line. A shampoo may need a bottle, a conditioner may use a pump or squeeze bottle, a hair mask may fit better in a jar, and a styling cream or scalp treatment may work better in a squeeze tube or applicator format. […]

A cannabis company does not need to hate its current packaging supplier before qualifying a second one. For a multi-state operator, regional brand, or high-volume product company, a second source can be a form of supply-chain insurance. The difficult part is qualifying that supplier without accidentally redesigning the package. A backup supplier is only useful […]

Infused pre-rolls are no longer a niche extension sitting at the edge of the cannabis shelf. They have become one of the most important segments in the pre-roll category, and that changes the packaging decision. Headset reported that infused and connoisseur formats accounted for 48.5% of U.S. pre-roll sales in Q1 2026. Multipacks represented 54.2% […]