Delivering Premium Protection for Old State Farms Maple Syrup

For a premium food product, the box has to protect fragile glass and present the brand as well as the syrup inside. Old State Farms had been using in-stock rigid boxes as a stopgap and came to PakFactory for a permanent fit, with three things to solve.

• A box that actually fits the bottles.
  The temporary in-stock box did not fit the sampler bottles, leaving them loose.
• Protection through delivery.
  Loose bottles were getting damaged when packages were mishandled in transit.
• A presentation worthy of the brand.
  The stopgap packaging did not reflect a high-end maple syrup.

“

The black boxes we just received are perfect. The 3 bottles fit just right and the finish is just what we're looking for.

”

Joseph Burkett

Founder at Old State Farms

Because Old State Farms had a budget to work within, PakFactory laid out several cost-effective options before landing on a two-piece rigid box with a white corrugated insert. The insert is a long cardboard piece folded and glued to fit inside the box, shaped so the three glass bottles sit comfortably and securely instead of rattling loose in transit.

The rigid box gives the sampler the luxurious presentation the brand's high-end syrup deserves. To keep it simple and striking, the box was printed entirely in black with the logo reversed out in white, a high-contrast look that reads premium at a glance.

With no hard deadline, Old State Farms was open to slower, cheaper shipping, so the whole run travelled by sea to keep costs down. PakFactory matches air, sea, or a combination to each client's timeline, and the flexible schedule here meant the brand paid less to get its boxes.

White corrugated insert

Two-piece rigid box

Old State Farms' maple syrup now has durable, presentable packaging that protects the bottles and reflects the brand, and the sampler makes it easy for customers to try its flavored fusions. What started as a stopgap became a box the founder called perfect, right down to the fit and the finish.