Zumbiel Packaging
Kroger Home Chef Sleeves
Board: 14pt SBS from Clearwater Paper

Zumbiel Packaging’s sleeves for Kroger Home Chef meal kits show how digital technologies can add an unprecedented level of speed and flexibility to the supply chain.

Home Chef offers seasonal menu offerings, so the exact ingredients and nutritional facts are not available well in advance. That’s where Zumbiel’s digital converting capabilities come in handy. Each week, Zumbiel receives 24 new graphic files for sleeve SKUs that are placed around generic primary packages. Literally minutes after receiving the art files, Zumbiel is printing and die-cutting sleeves at a rate of over 50,000 per hour with zero make-ready. The filled cartons hit store shelves nationwide no later than two weeks after Zumbiel receives the art. Now that’s an extraordinary new value that the paperboard packaging industry can deliver to our customers!