ATLANTA, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Anchor Packaging, a Georgia-Pacific company and leading manufacturer of foodservice packaging solutions, has received a Convenience Store News Best New Product Award for Foodservice Packaging for its groundbreaking Invertibles™ Single-Piece Containers, an inventive and innovative new packaging solution that simplifies handling and reduces required inventory to deliver savings for foodservice businesses.
Anchor Packaging is one of the largest thermoformers in North America, best known for its award-winning product designs and custom packaging development capabilities. Anchor innovates to empower restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, and all foodservice operators to serve the growing demand for meals-on-the-go.
The Convenience Store News Best New Product Award recognizes products that bring meaningful innovation to the convenience retail industry.
Invertibles™ enables operators to use one piece as a dine-in serving tray or combine two pieces to create a secure food-to-go container. The product helps eliminate waste, reduce storage space use, and increase packaging flexibility.
Invertibles™ rethinks the packaging system itself, creating a new category of single-piece foodservice containers that delivers both operational and economic benefits.
The award recognizes products that bring meaningful innovation to the convenience retail industry. Invertibles™ earned recognition for challenging the conventional design of foodservice packaging with a versatile single piece that serves as both the base and the lid, helping operators streamline operations while reducing complexity and cost.
"Innovation starts with understanding our customers' biggest challenges and finding simpler, smarter ways to solve them," said Pranay Harsh, vice president and general manager – Anchor Packaging. " Invertibles™ represents a completely new approach to foodservice packaging. By transforming two components into one versatile solution, we're helping operators simplify inventory management, reduce waste, improve efficiency and better serve their customers. We're honored that Convenience Store News recognized the innovation behind this product."
Unlike traditional two-piece packaging systems, Invertibles™ enables operators to use one piece as a dine-in serving tray or combine two pieces to create a secure food-to-go container. This innovative approach helps customers reduce SKU counts, eliminate waste caused by mismatched base and lid inventories, reduces required storage space, and increase packaging flexibility across dine-in and grab-and-go applications.
Additional benefits of Invertibles™ include:
Simplified operations through a single-piece design
Reduced waste caused by base and lid inventory mismatches
Lower inventory complexity through fewer SKUs
Reduced storage space requirements
Secure stacking with integrated stacking rails
Greater packaging flexibility for both dine-in and carryout applications
Rather than simply improving an existing package, Invertibles™ rethinks the packaging system itself, creating a new category of single-piece foodservice containers that delivers both operational and economic benefits.
"As operators continue to look for ways to improve efficiency and profitability, we believe innovation matters most when it solves real-world challenges," said Brook Brown, vice president – Innovation, Anchor Packaging. " Invertibles™ demonstrates how higher-performing packaging can unlock meaningful value across the entire operation."
Georgia-Pacific Foodservice Solutions will showcase products from its Anchor Packaging brand, including Invertibles™, that help operators protect food quality, improve operational efficiency and create meal experiences that drive repeat purchases at the 2026 NACS Show, October 7-9 in Las Vegas, at Booth C55059 in the Central Hall.
GP Foodservice Solutions, a division of Georgia-Pacific, is an integrated platform that combines Dixie's smartly designed, reliable products that help simplify service and enhance convenience for consumers and operators with Anchor Packaging and Panoramic brands' innovative, custom-engineered solutions for food protection, preservation and sustainable choices after use. The portfolio offers a broad range of packaging, portioning, and tableware solutions tailored to meet the needs of foodservice operators, retailers, and manufacturers.
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