Restaurant packaging doesn’t always get its due. But as equal parts branding palette and food integrity preserver, packaging matters. That’s why QSR magazine and the Foodservice Packaging Institute teamed up for the 2021 Foodservice Packaging Awards: to honor those restaurant operators, packaging designers and engineers, and manufacturers who recognize the importance of packaging and are making an effort to be innovative and creative.

Congratulations to this year’s honorees!

Brand Delivery

Winner: Jackass Burrito

Design: Triboro Design

Manufacture: Commonwealth Packaging Company

Runner-up: Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen

Design: Varsity Partners  |  Virtual Dining Concepts

In-House Design Studio

Manufacture: CMI

New Menu Launch

Winner: KFC Secret-Recipe Fries

Design: Tony Baker, WestRock

Manufacture: WestRock

Runner-up: Church’s Chicken Lemonade Icebox Pie

Design: Miller Zell

Manufacture: Legendary Baking

Convenience

Winner: SquareWare Snackers

Design: Inline Plastics

Manufacture: Inline Plastics

Runner-up: Fry Baby Hinged Crisp Food Technologies Container

Design: Anchor Packaging

Manufacture: Anchor Packaging

Manufacturing Innovation

Winner: Reborn

Design: Inline Plastics

Manufacture: Inline Plastics

Runner-up: LK Ready Chef Go Cookpac Box

Design: Colpac Ltd

Manufacture: Colpac Ltd

The Wow! Factor

Winner: Chicken Guy! Catering

Design: Virtual Dining Concepts In-House Design Studio

Manufacture: CMI

Runner-up: KFC Beverage Bucket

Design: KFC Package Engineering

Manufacture: Whirley Bag LLC