Emrich delivers a fresh packaging solution for Youfoodz

Queensland company Youfoodz was established in 2012 and is already a growing presence in the delivered meal industry.

Because Youfoodz offers its more than 20,000 customers a range of different food formats (including meals, drinks and snacks), the company’s packaging requirements are extensive. Rather than purchase a dedicated machine to package each unique item, Terri Ann Goninon, snacks manager at Youfoodz, looked to Emrich to provide one multitasking packaging solution.

The Emrich team supplied and set up a Pearl D3256 Flow Wrapper in the Youfoodz Snacks department, resulting in a significant reduction in labour costs and unsellable product due to the flow wrapper’s simple, one-operator set-up and manning.

“The flow wrapper can easily be changed from wrapping single or twin protein balls, to bars with or without cardboard inserts, to packing cookies in plastic cookie trays — all with simple set-up and minimal changes to the pitch,” explained Dean Gleeson, business development manager at Emrich.

“Youfoodz is constantly developing new products and the Emrich flow wrapper allows us to easily change the set-up of the machine to accommodate new products,” said Goninon.

Packaging via the Pearl not only protects and keeps the product fresh, but is also visually appealing to the customer. While speed and efficiency are important in the fast-paced delivered meal environment, so is product quality.

“At Youfoodz we are fastidious that our all our products arrive to the customer as fresh and appealing as they left our kitchen. The flow wrapper ensures that each and every product that is packaged through the machine maintains its integrity and freshness, which gives us an end product that not only maintains our high standards of food quality, but is visually appealing and professionally finished,” Goninon explained.