One of the requirements that can not be distributed by humans as food. Whether one is at home or traveling, food indispensable part of human life. However, there are many kinds of bids on the food industry markets. Some of them are large scale, while others are not so large. Some of them are international in nature while others may be localized. However, all tender offers good opportunities for business.

Global Tenders for Large Enterprises, global tenders on food articles are mostly floated by international organizations and governments of various countries, World Health Organization for instance floats food industry tenders at periodic intervals. Information relating to such tenders are available on the WHO and UN websites and also on respective government official portals. Besides; there are also several informative websites that offer information about these tenders.

Government Tenders: Government food industry tenders usually come in respect of wheat, rice, dal, peas, edible oil, and processed foods like biscuits, baby food, milk products, fish and meat, and pickles, sauce, and other such products. Bidders have to be careful about the date line for supply of the products and their qualitative aspects. Else the consignment could be refused causing huge losses for the sender. Moreover, even at the time of bidding, these two aspects should be highlighted in the response so as to convince the requesting government about timely supply and adequate quality of the products and reliability of the bidder.

Hotel and Catering Services Tenders: Domain of Food Industry Tenders that could be right for small and medium scale enterprises and where they can make good in business are the hotel and catering services. Regular tenders are floated by these establishments as they require food continuously. Catering service tenders will be large in number during marriage seasons and festive occasions or during some functions and festivals. Hotel food tenders on the other hand would be much more regular in nature.

Anything that she will check the background of the contractor and building a good reputation is a timely and quality suppliers is vital for any future business people hoping to win the bid.

There are various companies that do food packing for dry and liquid foods. Generally dry products can be filled in a pouch or carton and liquid in pouch or tube.

People who are in food packaging business should ask certain questions from clients before starting the work which are as follows:

• Size of pouch or carton
• Type of material required for packing. Most common packing materials are plastic, aluminum and cardboard. Plastic material is ideal for packing frozen foods, perishable items, snack foods and other bakery items. Aluminum is considered best for packaging liquid items like juices, soft drinks, beer and canned perishable items. Cardboard is the material for packaging frozen, fresh perishable foods and dry products.
• Food manufacturers should supply all artwork. Artwork is very necessary for food packaging. Food Manufacturers can supply the artwork through disk, email or upload it through FTP site.
• Once packaging is done, one big question arises as to how the final packaged product be shipped. Should the product be shipped on master cartons, counter displays, POP displays, sidekick displays or club pack displays. Based on the product, client can instruct food packaging company on the type of packaging to be used for shipping.
• Once all the above things are discussed, production work begins.

Functions of packaging:

Why is packaging so important? Generally, packaging is done for protecting the food from environmental conditions during its life span and distributed to the consumer.

• Packaging keeps the product clean and protects from dirt and other contaminants.
• In addition, it prevents damage that may arise while handling, during transport and distribution.
• Packaging protects food form water, light, insects and rodents etc.
• If packaging is appealing to eyes, product is sold quickly.

Tips on package:

• Just imagine can you sell broken or damaged potato chips without packaging. Will anyone buy them? Will you be able to transport food products properly from point A to point B if goods are unpacked? Will it reach in proper condition? Will consumers buy it? The answer is no.
It’s interesting to know that packaging is gaining importance. If you notice no product can be sold without package. Even a simple thing like toothpaste requires packing in the form of a tube.
• An average consumer just takes 2.6 seconds to decide whether to pick up your product or not. If you want your product should reach target audience it is important that you package it properly with the correct message.

Apart from these, there are various other factors that have to be considered for food packaging.