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Piggybacking onto the idea submitted re: Ziploc Chip Bags, I'd like to submit a proposal for a more smartly-packaged cracker sleeve. Townhouse Crackers, for example, come in flimsy plastic sleeves that rarely open evenly down the "seam." Once the sleeve has been accidentally (but inevitably) torn, it's nearly impossible to prevent the crackers from becoming stale, and tacking on a twist-tie to keep the sleeve shut makes fitting the sleeve back into the cracker box a very cumbersome task. Why not make a more streamlined cracker sleeve, created from a more durable material (heavier plastic, for example), and allow for a side-zip mechanism along the length of the sleeve? It would make storing and selecting the crackers much easier, and would preserve the freshness of the crackers in a way that current cracker sleeves cannot. To go a step further: why not manufacture the sleeve in a collapsing "accordion" fashion, making it easier for consumers to compress the top of the sleeve once the first crackers have been removed? Fitting the sleeve back into the box would be easier, as the empty, bulky top portion of the sleeve would stay put, and wouldn't need to be tucked between another, unopened sleeve inside the box.
bayrdme, Jan 24 2007
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They should pack pieces of delicious cheese in between every cracker. With ordinary cracker sleeves, this would lead only to hardened cheese, but your ziploc cracker sleeves solves that problem. You would need to refrigerate your crackers, but you could let them sit at room temperature before serving.
SO, you think cracker manufacturers should modify their packaging so they last longer after opening, so you have to buy crackers less often? Hmm, good luck with that one.
Meanwhile you could do what we do here: as soon as you open the box, transfer the entire contents to a suitably shaped Tupperware or similar resealable container. Of course, this is just a modern version of the traditional air-tight biscuit box.