nestlé has informed that it is planning to offer both metal and plastic packs from next year of its confectionery brand quality street. this is because of the concern emerged in the metal packaging field over the potential of the brand&rsquos iconic tin. the brand owner introduced a plastic substitute to the tin previous year and has mentioned that it also plans to provide both formats again this year. the company&rsquos remarks came after sources in the metal packaging field informed that the factory supplying an expected 70 of the tins, crown&rsquos plant in carlisle, had been notified that it would no more manufacture the tins next year. in a statement, a spokesman for nestlé mentioned that they don&rsquot confirm their 2013 quality street series at this time. however, they are planning to provide consumers both tub and tin formats again next year. the spokesman mentioned that, in 2013, crown would keep on supplying tins for quality street. sources of metal packaging have anticipated that nestlé needs to shift its quality street packs from tins to plastic just because to save on cost. it is true that above twothirds output of the carlisle plant&rsquos metal packaging is the producer of the quality street tins, and above 70 people work at the facility. from crown, noone was available to say on the issue. in 1936, the quality street tin was first introduced by halifax confectioner mackintosh&rsquos. as per the information given by nestlé, which bought the firm in 1988, around 15 million tins of quality street were sold in the year of 2010 &ndash sufficient sweets to extend to the moon and back when placed end to end. source of information httpwww.packagingnews.co.uknewsexclusivequalitystreet
