Packaging & Business Consulting.
Sometimes you don't need another packaging supplier: You need 40+ years of packaging and business experience on your side.
When experience counts.
Joe Foster provides independent packaging and business consulting for brands and organisations navigating complex flexible packaging decisions.
From packaging strategy and supplier selection to sourcing, specifications, sustainability and commercial decision-making, Joe helps businesses ask the right questions, identify the risks and make better-informed decisions.
An experienced perspective, without the sales pitch.
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For large brands and organisations, packaging decisions carry consequences well beyond the pack itself. Cost, product protection, manufacturing, supply continuity, sustainability commitments, customer expectations and brand reputation can all be affected by decisions made at the specification and sourcing stage.
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True Pack gives your team access to Joe Foster's 40+ years of packaging experience, including building and merging packaging businesses at scale.
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Joe works alongside procurement, packaging, sustainability and operations teams to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities and help organisations make better-informed packaging decisions.
Where we can help.
Independent, practical advice to help you make informed packaging decisions.
Joe works with businesses to assess their current packaging requirements and identify opportunities to improve performance, quality, sustainability, cost and supply. Whether you’re reviewing an existing solution or developing something new, the focus is always on what works commercially and operationally.
Better sourcing starts with knowing who you’re buying from.
Joe helps businesses navigate global flexible packaging supply chains and connect with trusted manufacturing partners.
From supplier selection and evaluation to quality expectations, commercial negotiations and supply continuity, Joe helps clients build sourcing strategies based on transparency, consistency and long-term value — not simply the cheapest unit price.
Is your current packaging really doing its job?
Joe provides an independent review of existing packaging to identify opportunities for improvement across materials, specifications, performance, quality, sustainability and cost.
The objective is straightforward: identify what’s working, what isn’t, and where better decisions can be made.
Sustainability without the greenwash.
Packaging sustainability can be complicated, and not every claim tells the whole story.
Joe helps businesses understand their options, challenge assumptions and make informed decisions around materials, recyclability, sourcing and sustainability claims.
The focus is on practical improvements that can be supported by evidence — not sustainability for the sake of a marketing message.
Know what you’re buying. Know where it came from. Know that it meets the standard.
Joe advises businesses on packaging quality, material selection, specifications, manufacturing standards and supply-chain transparency.
For food and other sensitive applications, this can also include consideration of material composition, chemical migration, traceability and the standards expected of manufacturing partners.
From an initial requirement through to production, Joe helps businesses develop packaging solutions that are commercially viable, fit for purpose and capable of being manufactured consistently.
Advice can include materials, formats, specifications, supplier selection, sourcing and manufacturing considerations.
When something goes wrong, experience matters.
Joe provides an independent perspective on packaging failures, quality inconsistencies, supplier problems and sourcing challenges — helping identify the issue and determine the most practical way forward.
For organisations that need experienced packaging expertise without adding another permanent role.
Joe provides project-based consulting, ongoing advisory support and one-to-one counsel to business owners, procurement teams, packaging professionals and industry organisations.
A packaging solution is only as reliable as the supply chain behind it.
Joe helps businesses identify vulnerabilities within their packaging supply chain and develop more resilient sourcing strategies, considering supplier capability, quality consistency, lead times, diversification and continuity of supply.
The cheapest packaging isn't always the lowest-cost packaging.
Joe helps businesses look beyond unit price to understand the true commercial impact of their packaging decisions.
Quality issues, excessive waste, inconsistent supply, failures, freight and operational disruption can quickly outweigh an attractive purchase price. Joe provides an independent perspective to help determine where genuine value can be achieved.
WHO IS TRUE PACK FOR?
Built for serious packaging decisions.
True Pack consulting is particularly suited to established brands and larger organisations where packaging decisions affect multiple parts of the business.
Joe can work alongside your existing:
Procurement team
Packaging technologists
Sustainability team
Operations and supply-chain teams
Product and brand teams
Senior leadership
The aim isn't to replace internal expertise. It's to add another 40+ years of packaging experience to the room.
Have a packaging challenge?
