Rabobank: Exploring Packaging Solutions

Dear Client:    Earlier this month, we published insights from Rabobank's latest series called New Costs, New Packaging, which explores the impact of inflation and how beverage companies can rethink current packaging to cut costs [see WSD 06-09-2022].  Continuing our coverage of the series, today we'll look at the last few segments centered around decentralized production, sustainability and returnable packaging. DECENTRALIZED PRODUCTION GAINING POPULARITY. "A defining characteristic of the past 40 years has been improved logistics efficiency and declining barriers