<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Los Angeles, CA-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.17.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Gourmet Trading Company's Two Piece Display-Ready Asparagus Shipper has won the WorldStar Award in the Food Category from the WorldStar Packaging Organisation. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/image5.jpg" alt="Gourmet Trading Asparagus Packaging Award Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">On April 5, 2012, the company won the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) 2012 AmeriStar Packaging Competition for its innovative asparagus package, allowing the company to enter this international competition.<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/iamge2.jpg" alt="Gourmet Trading Asparagus Packaging Award Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The shipper was developed by Gourmet Trading Company and California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo in 2010, and offers the unique ability to be converted from a shipper to a display in seconds minus the use of a box cutter.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The design boasts simple instructions on the package, making it easy for retail store employees to separate the top from the tray. Displayed on a 60 degree shelf, the tray can then create a clean presentation with branding on the produce shelf. The shipper also comes with a moisture pad at the bottom of the tray keeps the asparagus fresh. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/iamge1.jpg" alt="Gourmet Trading Asparagus Packaging Award Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Julia Inestroza, Gourmet Trading Company Marketing Director, stated,“We’re proud to be internationally recognized by the WorldStar Packaging Organisaion for this display-ready asparagus box. It was a great opportunity for us to work with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s packaging department on a real world challenge and we’re ecstatic with the results: A box that saves time at the front end of the store and allows for fresher product and less shrink for retailers.”<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/image4.jpg" alt="Gourmet Trading Asparagus Packaging Award Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.gourmettrading.net/en" target="_new">Gourmet Trading Company</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
