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Permalink Reply by Mark Howley on February 22, 2011 at 3:09pm

 

The Pacific Bag stock bags have a center seam on the back. We are testing the seam off to the side, known as offset back seam. In the past this offset seam did not perform as well in drop tests as the center seam, especially on 2and 5lb bags. For that reason, we stayed with center seam across the line, and this may change - we are testing the offset this quarter. Some of the comments here indicate we should change ASAP.

Our biggest concerns are always bag quality, colors, product in stock and customer service.

 

Mark

CEO 

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Permalink Reply by Matias Zeledon on February 22, 2011 at 3:16pm

Mark, hi!  I missed you while you were in Costa Rica.  I hope you do go to side seal, that will make your product perfect.

 

Aremi solved the shipping issue for me so we are going to go back pretty soon.

 

Tks,

 

Matias

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Permalink Reply by Mark Howley on February 22, 2011 at 3:23pm

Matias,

we will have to meet next time i get in town.....hope to be there in may.

mark

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Permalink Reply by Derryl Reid on February 22, 2011 at 6:24pm

 

 

http://wwwflairpackaging.com/coffee-packaging-page-49.html

 

They have some nice stock bags!

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Permalink Reply by Matias Zeledon on February 22, 2011 at 6:28pm

yes, definitely, May is an off month, it will be easy.  the problem this time was that i was at the farm, in the middle of the harvest, and hosting a couple of canadian writers...too complicated.

Mark Howley said:

Matias,

we will have to meet next time i get in town.....hope to be there in may.

mark

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 22, 2011 at 7:25pm

Mark, we're with you guys now and I have no reason to change except that we have a front and back label, and I don't want to label over a seam.

 

If you need testing of any sort, we'd be down for that.

 

Eagerly awaiting an offset seal.  (We're getting close to a couple more cases, wink wink hint hint).

 

-bry

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 22, 2011 at 7:26pm

Also, as we bag all of our own coffee, we don't drop the bags :)  Be more than willing to have some of those undroppable old offset back seals, haha.

 

-bry

Mark Howley said:

 

The Pacific Bag stock bags have a center seam on the back. We are testing the seam off to the side, known as offset back seam. In the past this offset seam did not perform as well in drop tests as the center seam, especially on 2and 5lb bags. For that reason, we stayed with center seam across the line, and this may change - we are testing the offset this quarter. Some of the comments here indicate we should change ASAP.

Our biggest concerns are always bag quality, colors, product in stock and customer service.

 

Mark

CEO 

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Permalink Reply by Mark Howley on February 22, 2011 at 9:21pm

Bryan,
You will be part of the new side seam sample group sent to. The older trials involved drop tests to meet ups requirements from several customers. ups manages to man handle bags and the tests showed more issues with failures.
I presume you do not drop bags,but it seems some carriers do.
Anyway, the side seam has merit...........more as we progress.
Hope to meet you, or possibly we did at one of the shows -hectic events for all of us.
Adios......
Mark

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 22, 2011 at 9:41pm

Eh, I was up there at Seattle's CF, not Chicago and also at NWRBC, not that that's a booth sort of event, but you know.  Agreed on the hectic, I rarely remember who I talk to at trade shows unless I end up with a business card in my S.W.A.G. bag.

 

Forgot we ship... that makes sense. Duh.  And yes, I know the glories that are UPS.  Their care is often unmatched, wouldn't you say? ;)

 

-bry

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Permalink Reply by Jason on February 23, 2011 at 6:57pm

Definitely North Atlantic. Ask for Ellyn. She's been our rep for about 12 years and we couldn't be happier!

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