Guide · bagging & shipping
The right bag, the right label, the right truck
Bagged potatoes and onions run fast and cheap – which means one wrong label or one wrong pallet costs more than the margin on the whole load. Producepak prints every label from the lot record and checks every pallet onto the truck.
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US$6,200 a year · all modules · 8 users · unlimited sites
99% fewer shipping errors
95% less produce waste with precise inventory control
90% lower administration costs
Seconds to a chart or report from Pak-Bot AI
Common pack formats
| Pack | Imperial | Metric | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer bag | 3 lb, 5 lb, 10 lb | 1.36 kg, 2.27 kg, 4.54 kg | Retail potatoes, onions |
| Master / bale | 10 × 5 lb, 5 × 10 lb | 22.7 kg | Retail DC |
| Sack | 50 lb | 22.7 kg | Foodservice, wholesale |
| Carton | 40 lb, 50 lb | 18.1 kg, 22.7 kg | Count cartons, sweet potatoes, jumbo onions |
| Tote / bulk bin | 1,000–2,000 lb | 450–900 kg | Processors, repackers |
Formats vary by customer. Producepak stores each customer’s pack, label and pallet pattern as a spec.
Labels Producepak prints
- PTI case labels: GTIN, lot, pack date, voice pick code
- GS1-128 / SSCC pallet labels
- Canada: lot code on consumer prepackaged fresh produce (in force 15 January 2020, enforced from 15 January 2021)
- Canada: bilingual English/French consumer labels and Canadian grade names
- Customer-specific bag tags, UPCs and private-label artwork data
- Country of origin on every case and bag
Shipping without mistakes
- Order to pick list Orders arrive by EDI, email or Pak-Bot reading a PDF purchase order.
- Pick by scan Each pallet scanned against the order – wrong product, grade or bag size is stopped.
- Load by scan Pallets scanned onto the trailer: count, lot and destination checked.
- Documents Bill of lading, invoice, ASN and certificates generated from the same scans.
Ask Pak-Bot
You: “Make 18 pallets of 10 lb Russet bags for the Loblaw order and print the pallet labels on the dispatch printer.”
You: “Which customers had shipping claims on onions this quarter?”
Labels go to the printer you choose – on the line, in dispatch, or at another of your sites.
Questions
Do you handle French labels for Quebec?
Yes. Label templates hold both languages; Producepak fills product, grade, net quantity, lot and dates from the lot record.
Can we print from phones?
Yes, through Producepak cloud printing – including Android devices.
More guides for potato, onion and sweet potato businesses
- Storage, curing & shrink Temperatures, humidity, curing and how to stop shrink eating your margin.
- Grading, packout & grower pay Packout % by grower lot, grades, culls and settlements that add up.
- FSMA 204 & SFCR compliance What the US and Canadian rules really require for these three crops.
- Processing & fresh-cut Peeled, diced and fresh-cut: yields, lot codes and by-products.
- AI reports & Pak-Bot Ask for a shrink chart, run the line by voice, print from anywhere.
- All potato, onion & sweet potato guides Start here.
See Producepak running on your product
Watch the short video, then book a live demonstration with a fresh produce consultant who knows US packhouses, PTI labels and FSMA 204.