Essential Guide to Choosing Your Food Packing Partner

When it comes to your food product, finding the right packing partner is crucial. From manufacturing to the moment a customer takes it home, every stage plays a significant role in your product's success. Ensuring you partner with a team that values your product as much as you do is essential.

To help you navigate this decision, our food packing experts have identified five key factors to consider when selecting your food packing partner.

At Endeavour Foundation Business Solutions, our teams across multiple sites bring extensive experience in food manufacturing and specialise in high-quality food packing services. We uphold rigorous food safety and quality standards aligned with GFSI, backed by a range of certifications, to ensure your products are handled with care, efficiency, and compliance every step of the way.

1. Affordability

Finding the right food packing suppliers is an important part of providing your customers with quality products and services at competitive prices. When evaluating potential partners, consider the following:

• A clear outline of your packing requirements ensures you receive accurate and tailored quotes.
• Outsourcing your packing can streamline operations, reduce internal workload, and improve overall efficiency.
• Partnering with a reliable team gives you confidence in the consistency and quality of your supply chain.

Get started by requesting a free quote from our experts. We’re here to help you meet your business needs with confidence.

2. Food Safety Standards

Ensuring your packing partner complies with food safety regulations is non-negotiable.

In Australia and New Zealand, food safety is rigorously enforced. Our team stays up to date with the latest requirements from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and many other industrial standards.

When we receive products, whether directly from customers or through third-party suppliers, we conduct thorough inspections based on a strict set of safety and quality criteria. This includes checking for issues like leakage, tampering, pest infestations, and ensuring proper storage conditions. We keep our customers promptly informed about the results of these checks.

Our comprehensive cleaning and hygiene protocols involve regular sanitation, the use of color-coded or designated tools for specific tasks, routine verification checks, and scheduled environmental monitoring.

Additionally, we are dedicated to various food safety and quality programs that support our team in maintaining high industry standards.

Our certifications, such as Safe Quality Food (SQF), HACCP, GMP, Halal, Kosher, Organic, and several certifications from Australian retailers, demonstrate our unwavering commitment to food safety.

3. Quality of Service

Your product’s quality and presentation are crucial, especially on the retail shelf. When selecting a packing partner, don’t compromise on quality.

• Request samples of similar packaged items to evaluate their output quality.
• Inspect the packing facility to see operations firsthand.
• Meet the team and engage with the personnel who will handle your product.

At our Endeavour Foundation Business Solutions sites, you can tour the facility and meet the experienced team who has worked with renowned brands like San Churros, Nandos, and Nodo Donuts.

With a dedicated Production and Quality Assurance team, and skilled packing staff, we ensure your product is in expert hands.

4. Capabilities and Flexibility

When selecting a packing partner, it's important to consider their scale and capabilities. Whether you're shipping 500 or 5,000 units daily, your partner should have the resources and proven track record to handle your requirements.

At Endeavour Foundation Business Solutions, we provide a diverse range of packing solutions customised to suit your business needs. From VFFS packing for snack products and doy packing for stand-up pouches, to general product assembly, re-labelling, and machine filling of jars and bottles, we have the expertise and facilities to support your operations. Additionally, we offer temperature-controlled storage and auger filling, ensuring enhanced efficiency and faster delivery times.

5. Alignment with Your Brand Values

Choosing the right packing partner can help you achieve your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals. By partnering with us, your product creates opportunities for people with disability to work, develop skills, and engage with their community, enhancing your brand’s image as a socially responsible business.

Ready To Take the Next Step?

Find out more about our wide range of packing solutions tailored to your business needs.

Contact Endeavour Foundation at 1800 112 112 for a free quote and discover how our social enterprise can support your business while making a positive community impact.