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Company

Supplier of the Year – Global Grinders

Jeff Gross announced at the Sales & Management Meeting that the 2013 Supplier of the Year Award will be given to Global Grinders. Global has been a vendor of Kaufman Container for over a…

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News

Another year draws to a close!

When we were children, once Christmas was over, it seemed like we had to wait an eternity for the next Christmas. Now it is astonishing how quickly it does come around again! I would…

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Company

New trend in consumer purchases

We have noticed that in this past year there has been a leaning towards larger packs of spices both for catering and home use. In the past the 100ml size was the favourite and…

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Interesting

It is whale season in Cape Town!

About 20 minutes’ drive from our factory, we have the absolute pleasure of being able to experience a wonderful spectacle. At this time of the year, several species of whale come into False Bay…

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News

Summer in the Northern hemisphere

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who visited our stand at the PLMA trade show in Amsterdam last month. It was great to meet with you all. Secondly, I wish…

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Minerals

A brief history of salt

A very ancient saltworks was discovered near an archaeological site next to a salt spring in Neamt County in Rumania.  Evidence indicates that Neolithic people were boiling salt-laden spring water to extract salt as…

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Interesting

Did you know about the Ghost Chili Pepper?

Did you know about the Ghost Chili Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)? I hadn’t until last week. Here I was eating lashings of Jalapeno on my pizzas with a glass of milk at hand. Since I was…

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Safety

Ensuring food safety of your products

As manufacturers and packers of food products, how do you ensure that food safety of your products once they leave your factory? Tamper-evidence is perhaps most visible in the process of product packaging and…

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Recycling

Welcome to our new Global Grinders blog

As an introduction, we would like to let you know what you can look forward to. We plan to share with you interesting articles on packaging, recycling of materials, history of salts and spices…

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