Why Nextera

Industry-Leading Expertise, Relationship-Driven Service

 

Designed for Food Processors and Packers

Food packaging suppliers have long provided food processors and packers with convenient access to multiple manufacturers’ product lines. Meanwhile, manufacturers retained the most detailed knowledge about their products. For food processors and packers, this often meant a choice between convenience and choice or expertise when buying their packaging.

 
 

Convenience, Choice, and Expertise

Nextera saw a gap in this model, and designed a food packaging experience around the needs of food processors and packers. We built a way to buy food packaging that feels like a comprehensive consultancy, combining the convenience and choice of a distributor with the honed, product-level expertise of a manufacturer.

 
 
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A Trusted Food Packaging Partner

In the right packaging, food gets elevated. It looks better, tastes better, and sells better. We empower food processors and packers with the packaging convenience, choice, and expertise needed to take their products to the next level. It’s here where we add unmatched value, not to simply make a sale, but to invest in a relationship where you gain an expert food packaging supplier and a trusted partner.

This is Nextera Packaging:

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    Food-Focused

    Nextera Packaging’s focus is and has always been food packaging. This focused approach gives us a nuanced understanding of the challenges facing food processors and packers so we can provide tailored, high-performing packaging solutions.

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    Expertise

    From advancements in eco-friendly and biodegradable materials to improvements in tamper-evident features, we pair our decades of experience with the latest innovations to help our clients make packaging decisions confidently.

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    Sourcing

    Nextera’s diversified sourcing abilities are a guard against supply chain disruptions. Our extensive catalog of product sources and constant drive to seek out new ones helps clients effectively navigate these disruptions and often avoid them altogether.

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    Food Safety

    Many food processors and packers are working to ensure that their supply chains are food safety certified at every level. Nextera is 3rd party audited for food safety and food defense, receiving its certification from AIB.

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    Distribution Network

    While headquartered in St. Paul, MN, we have a growing network of 12 distribution centers located throughout the US. This model allows us to meet the needs of larger, national clients while providing responsive and relationship-driven service.

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    Centralized Team

    Our sales and support teams are centralized. This structure simplifies and streamlines the coordination and communication of purchase orders, inventories, shipping, etc. for our clients.

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    Protected Inventory

    Nextera Packaging purposefully keeps more inventory on our floor than other suppliers. We’re experts in J.I.T. (Just in Time) Inventory and work to ensure that our inventory is accurate, available, and accessible for our clients when they need it.

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    Problem Solving

    Nextera’s experts don’t shy away from a food packaging challenge. We are solutions-oriented to our core and love the process of collaborating with our clients to help them maximize the potential of their packaging.

At Nextera:

Food Packaging Is What We Love and All We Do.

Our Experts Advise On:

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    Shelf Life

    Keeping food fresher, longer matters. Nextera’s team of experts can help you leverage technologies to keep your food looking and tasting its best from shelf to table.

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    Product Fit

    Bring on your food’s diverse shapes and sizes. We recommend solutions that maximize how your food aesthetically and functionally fits in its packaging.

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    Sustainability

    From better plastics to biodegradable materials, our experts can help educate and evolve your packaging sustainability efforts through a business- and earth-minded lens.

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    Trend Awareness

    What’s new in food packaging? What does the consumer want? What is my competition doing? We stay on top of the latest food packaging trends, so you don’t have to.

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    Cost Effectiveness

    Like you, we’re businesspeople. We understand the right food packaging solution has to balance features, function, and price.

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    Automation

    Looking to address labor shortages or increase output? We can guide you into automation technologies that will boost your efficiency and catapult your company into the future.

Let’s Talk About Us

Ready for a supplier that sees you as a relationship, not a transaction?
Let’s connect and talk about your next food packaging project.