Resealable packaging

vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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I don't really understand why food companies don't make their packaging resealable. Gretel's dog chow goes into her sealed food bin and what won't fit goes into a ziploc. Why wouldn't they just have the dog chow bag be resealable in the first place?

Cereal, same. I always transferred cereal from the box to a ziploc so I could seal it and it wouldn't get stale or attract bugs. Why not use a ziploc in the first place instead of that crappy bag they do use?
 
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vraiblonde said:
I don't really understand why food companies don't make their packaging resealable. Gretel's dog chow goes into her sealed food bin and what won't fit goes into a ziploc. Why wouldn't they just have the dog chow bag be resealable in the first place?

Cereal, same. I always transferred cereal from the box to a ziploc so I could seal it and it wouldn't get stale or attract bugs. Why not use a ziploc in the first place instead of that crappy bag they do use?
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Many of the smaller bags of dog food, 4-5lbs, do come in zip-lock style bags.
 
glhs837

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Some cereals come in resealable bags. Of course, I take mine out of that and put it into a sealed container. Dog food, we just use a flip top container. Two now that the pack is aging and some require special food.
 
PeoplesElbow

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I recently bought new underwear that came in resealable bags, no idea why would want to seal my underwear back up though. I guess if I poop a pair it might come in handy.
 
PeoplesElbow

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Kyle said:
Perfect.

Then gift wrap, and place in some orgs time capsule.

100 years from now you’ll be famous.
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Are time capsules still a thing? They were really popular in the 80s, but haven't heard about anyone making one in a long time.
 
stgislander

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Most of those zip locks are crappy to begin with. I've had the zip lock separate from the package while still zipped. I've had them never re-zip. Just not worth the extra cost.
 
SamSpade

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Most of the larger items I buy - that claim to come in resealable packages - well, they don't.

First - because they're justifiably concerned about long term contamination - there's usually an INCREDIBLY TIGHT GLUED SEAL just about the part that reseals. MOST of the time - I just get the kitchen shears and cut the damned thing open. Other items we have - it's either that zip loc type runner that seriously will NOT realign or a mild glue that presumably seals again - but doesn't.

SO -

We have on hand, large zip locs - all the time. Preferably the kind with the little plastic zipper on them. For other items, we have these long v-shaped clippies that snap on, at the end. In all sizes.

For something as BIG as dog or cat food bags - shrug - I am dealing with 1) a food that is designed for better or worse, to last a really long time - it's not for nothing that dry cat food is used as a survival food and 2) with the dog, I am dealing with an animal that will eat garbage, poop, grass, dirt - I seriously don't think it minds if something might be *stale*. Not when it licks the floor for crumbs. Feeding it fresh good food will NOT end that behavior and given the amount it eats - won't even curtail it.
 
Sneakers

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If something is going to get used quickly, it gets a ziploc. Long term or freezer gets a vacuum sealed bag.
 
Monello

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I still can't figure out why ziploc bags are in cardboard boxes and not sold in, well, ziploc bags. Don't they have faith in their products? I just know there is a conspiracy theory out there waiting to be discovered.
 
Sneakers

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Monello said:
I still can't figure out why ziploc bags are in cardboard boxes and not sold in, well, ziploc bags.
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Has to do with the shipping, distribution and shelving. Boxes can be predictably packaged and placed on shelves. Ziplocs take weird shapes, slip and slide on each other and don't stay put on a shelf. If you take inventory, you can quickly count rows and columns of boxes and know exactly what you have. Try and count 1000 bags of loose ziplocs in a shipping box.
 
Monello

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Monello said:
I still can't figure out why ziploc bags are in cardboard boxes and not sold in, well, ziploc bags. Don't they have faith in their products? I just know there is a conspiracy theory out there waiting to be discovered.
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Sneakers said:
Has to do with the shipping, distribution and shelving. Boxes can be predictably packaged and placed on shelves. Ziplocs take weird shapes, slip and slide on each other and don't stay put on a shelf. If you take inventory, you can quickly count rows and columns of boxes and know exactly what you have. Try and count 1000 bags of loose ziplocs in a shipping box.
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:whoosh:
 
glhs837

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Sneakers said:
Has to do with the shipping, distribution and shelving. Boxes can be predictably packaged and placed on shelves. Ziplocs take weird shapes, slip and slide on each other and don't stay put on a shelf. If you take inventory, you can quickly count rows and columns of boxes and know exactly what you have. Try and count 1000 bags of loose ziplocs in a shipping box.
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This guy logisitcs :)
 
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