PL Buyer now is taking submissions for its 8^th annual Private Label Packaging Awards competition.

If your company has new private label packaging that is innovative, creative, functional or downright beautiful, PL Buyer invites you to enter that packaging into this year’s contest.

Entries will be judged by a group of packaging experts, and all contest winners will be featured in the November issue of PL Buyer.

The deadline for submission is Aug. 27, so don't delay! Contest submissions must be finished goods sold under a store brand name. No photos, drawings or mockups, please.

To Enter:

Please fill out a separate nomination ballot for each product or each product line you are entering. (If you are submitting one entry for a product line, the product line must consist of closely related items — e.g., a new or revamped dairy product line under the same store brand with the same look and feel in terms of packaging.)

Click Sign Up to create your User ID to access the nomination forms. Once you have a User ID, you can come back at any time and click the Login button from the menu to view your nominations.

There is no entry fee.

To complete your submission, you’ll also need to send product samples to us — photos, drawings and mockups will not be accepted. If the product is refrigerated or frozen, we strongly recommend that only the packaging be submitted for judging (unless the product is critical to the look and feel of the packaging).

Please send samples to:

PL Buyer’s 2010 Private Label Packaging Awards
155 N. Pfingsten Rd.
Suite 205
Deerfield, IL 60015
Attention: Randy Hofbauer

Submissions for PL Buyer’s 2010 Private Label Packaging Awards must be finished goods that include the retailer’s or wholesaler/distributor’s label. The deadline for submissions is August 27 — don’t delay!

Questions? Please contact Randy Hofbauer at hofbauerr@bnpmedia.com.