The PLBuyer Design Excellence Awards is an exciting new awards program developed by PLBuyer – the #1 media brand serving the private label industry – aimed to recognize the very best in private label package design.
The PLBuyer Design Excellence Awards will be judged by a distinguished panel of package design professionals, with the winners showcased and announced at the 2011 PLMA Show this November.
Private label products with package designs that are innovative, creative, sustainable and consumer friendly are invited to enter the competition.
The PLBuyer Design Excellence Awards will consist of 13 different product categories: six food and seven non-food categories in which you may enter your package design. The categories are:
Each of the food categories will be judged in three tiers; please specify which tier your entry should be placed in when entering:
Each entrant will designate which tier and category they are nominating their product for.
The seven non-food categories are:
There will also be a special category for Eco-Friendly package design.
Simply click on Sign Up to create a User ID to access the entry form. Fill out a separate nomination form for each product you are entering. Once you have created a User ID, you can come back anytime and click the Login button from the Menu to view your nominations.
The entry fee is $175 for the first product and $100 for each subsequent product. Payment is due at time of entry and can be paid via credit card.
To complete your entry, you also need to send us five product samples– 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 design). If you do plan to send refrigerated or frozen products, please contact us in advance to ensure our offices will be open on the day of expected delivery.
Please send samples to:
PL Buyer’s Design Excellence Awards Attention: John N. Frank 155 N. Pfingsten Road Suite 205 Deerfield, IL 60015
Submissions must be finished goods that include the retailer’s or wholesaler/distributor’s label. The deadline for submissions is September 2nd — don’t delay! We need all product samples sent to us no later than September 6th!
Questions? Please contact John Frank at frankj@bnpmedia.com or 847-405-4105.
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