Another WIN for Hippo from PAC Global Packaging Awards for their outstanding work with Maison Bloom, a trailblazing infused beverage company. The award – “Best in Class” in the “Brand Marketing, New Brand, Beverage” category – recognizes Hippo’s commitment to excellence in packaging design and its significant contribution to the success of Maison Bloom. We love working with our friends at Maison Bloom and this project was no exception. It took some recon to find the best material to stand up to damp refrigeration for these charming 4-Pack Carriers. Yet, we pulled it off with blooming success ..read more

Green Truck is trailblazing in the premium cannabis chocolate market and its packaging by Hippo has been honored for Best Black Packaging Design in 2023 by DesignRush. Under the hood of the Maine dispensary team, they rallied around a rigid button box for their edibles chocolate bar. Gloss lamination and a spot gloss UV finishing on a matte black surface, makes this edible packaging top-flight branding ..read more

  MG Retailer, June 2013 Packaging serves a critical role in shaping the perception of a brand. Here are some tips to elicit impressions of excellence, sustainability, and even social consciousness. By Kary Radestock and David Paleschuck, June 13, 2023 Brands long have recognized the importance of packaging as a means of conveying their ethos, brand promise, and moral compass. Packaging plays a significant role in how consumers perceive and interact with brands—especially cannabis brands. The right packaging can evoke a sense of quality, sustainability, and even social responsibility. Ho ..read more

  Earth-Friendly Sustainable Packaging Collection LAS VEGAS, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire Hippo Premium Packaging, the award-winning provider of custom packaging and branding solutions to the cannabis and hemp industries, unveiled its new Earth Friendly Collection of sustainable packaging at the MJ Unpacked Conference at the MGM Grand, September 28-30, 2022. Hippo has the largest selection of premium packaging solutions under one roof, and is proud to now offer sustainable packaging options featuring innovative materials such as compostable containers and flexible bags, hemp packaging, oce ..read more

  Written by Kary Radestock for mg retailer Magazine, August 2022. Recently, the State of New York proposed new rules governing the packaging of cannabis products as it readies for legal adult-use sales. Labels will require specific statements that consumers must be twenty-one years and older and women who are pregnant or nursing should not consume cannabis, among other requirements. Other rotating warning labels include language like: “Cannabis may cause impairment and may be habit forming,” and “Smoking or vaping could be hazardous to your health.” Most important is the new regulation ..read more

  Written by Kary Radestock for mg retailer Magazine, June 2022. Your product packaging is an extremely important element in expressing your brand. They touch and feel it – they judge it - and they form a deeper relationship with your brand through the unboxing experience. As most business owners and brand managers know, the quality of your product’s packaging can have a direct impact on sales and reflect upon your brand’s image. Higher quality packaging conveys a promise that the product will be of the highest pedigree. On the other hand, inferior packaging sends the signal that the pro ..read more

  Hippo continues to lead the industry by being among the first to utilize hemp-based papers in the cannabis and CBD sector. SAN DIEGO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  Hippo Premium Packaging, a leading, award-winning provider of custom packaging and branding solutions to the cannabis and CBD industries, announced it utilized a new hemp-based, sustainable packaging solution for its client, Hemp Valley Farms – a CBD manufacturer that uses all-natural, regenerative farming techniques. Sustainable, hemp-based cannabis packaging from Hippo Premium Packaging. "Hemp ..read more

  February 9, 2022 “As a great collaborator, Kary demonstrates what it means to take the initiative and make things happen. She knows success doesn’t wait.” Thayer Long President, Association for PRINT Technologies Read the article – https://issuu.com/leadingprint/docs/leadingprint-q1-2022 The Association for PRINT Technologies brings suppliers and print service providers together.   ..read more

  SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  Hippo Premium Packaging (www.hippopackaging.com), a leading provider of custom packaging and branding solutions to the legal cannabis industry, announced it created the branding, including a logo and upscale packaging, for Lucy Goosey – a new brand of premium chocolate edibles. Lucy Fernandez, the founder of Lucy Goosey, has a background in the culinary arts. She started the business after seeing a lack of delicious and properly dosed edibles in the marketplace. The company now makes gourmet chocolate medallions in six delici ..read more

  Written by Kary Radestock for mg retailer Magazine, December 2021. Photo by DiBilio / Shutterstock The pandemic has forced businesses to reexamine their operations and make tough but necessary changes to their business models. Many suppliers shut down or dramatically reduced their operations, leaving some companies scrambling to find new resources and providers of essential merchandise. Despite reports of cannabis use rising sharply during the pandemic, all is not rosy for those in the industry. In fact, the coming months may be the toughest of all. In the past year, one of the largest ..read more