As this issue of Packaging World went to press, Papa John's pizza outlets nationwide were expecting to receive a new "shake-n-pour" container for crushed red pepper and parmesan cheese that lets off-premise customers easily season the pizza.
This is possible through an unusual flexible shaker lidding supplied by Label Makers (Pleasant Prarie, WI). The lid includes two key layers. One is a top layer of 50# paper printed flexographically in five colors/adhesive/0.00035" foil. This later can be peeled from either side, one to expose tiny holes that permit shaking, the other revealing a larger ellipse for pouring. This top layer is adhesive-laminated to a 30# paper/adhesive/48-ga polyester structure with heat-seal coating that adheres to the lip of a white, high-impact polystyrene cup, thermoformed by Winpak Portion Packaging (Bristol, PA).
