US demand for foodservice disposables is expected to increase 4.1 percent annually through 2015. Packaging products will achieve the fastest gains, followed by serviceware, napkins and other products. Retail and vending will be the fastest growing market, while the eating and drinking places segment remains dominant.

This study analyzes the $15.3 billion US foodservice disposables industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, with forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product (e.g., containers, lids and domes, wraps, bags, cups, dinnerware, utensils, napkins, moist towelettes) and market (e.g., eating and drinking places, retail and vending machines, institutional, lodging and hospitality, sports and recreation).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 36 industry players, including Reynolds Group, Solo Cup and Dart Container.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							      ix

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Outlook						       6
		Demographic Trends						       9
		Consumer Income & Spending					      13
		Retail Sales Outlook						      16
		Consumer Food Expenditure Trends				      18
		Foodservice Industry Outlook					      20
		   Eating & Drinking Places					      22
		      Limited Service Restaurants				      23
			Quick Service Restaurants				      25
			Coffee & Snack Shops					      26
			Fast Casual Restaurants				     	      26
			Buffets & Cafeterias					      27
		      Other Eating & Drinking Places				      28
		   Other Foodservice Establishments				      30
		Raw Materials							      33
		   Paper & Paperboard						      35
		   Plastic							      37
		   Aluminum							      40
		Price Trends							      41
		Environmental Issues						      45
		Degradable Materials						      49
		Regulatory Issues						      52
		International Activity & Foreign Trade				      54

	III.	PRODUCTS							      58
		General								      58
		Packaging							      62
		   Containers							      66
		      Paperboard Foodservice Boxes & Cartons			      68
			Materials						      72
			Producers						      73
		      Clamshells						      74
			Foam Clamshells					      	      76
			Rigid Plastic Clamshells				      77
			Other Clamshells					      79
			Producers						      80
		      Other Foodservice Containers				      81
			Paper Cups, Buckets & Pails				      83
			Foam Containers					              85
			Aluminum Foil Containers				      87
			All Other						      88
		   Lids & Domes							      91
		      Cup Lids							      92
		      Other Lids						      95
		      Producers							      96
		   Wraps							      96
		   Bags								     100
		      Product Types						     101
		      Producers							     104
		   Other							     105
		Serviceware							     107
		   Cups								     110
		      Beverage Cups						     111
			Paper							     117
			Plastic						             119
			Foam							     120
			Producers						     123
		      Portion Cups						     125
		   Dinnerware							     127
		      Product Types						     129
		      Producers							     132
		   Utensils							     133
		      Cutlery							     135
		      Straws & Stirrers						     136
		      Producers							     137
		   Other							     138
		      Trays & Carriers						     139
		      All Other Serviceware					     142
		Napkins & Other Products					     144
		   Napkins							     145
		   Moist Towelettes						     148
		   Other							     150

	IV.	MARKETS								     153
		General								     153
		Eating & Drinking Places					     157
		   Limited Service Restaurants					     159
		      Quick Service Restaurants					     162
		      Coffee & Snack Shops					     169
		      Fast Casual Restaurants					     174
		      Buffets & Cafeterias					     177
		   Other Eating & Drinking Places				     178
		Retail & Vending Machines					     185
		Institutional							     191
		Lodging & Hospitality						     197
		Sports & Recreation						     201
		Other								     203

	V.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     207
		General								     207
		Market Share							     211
		   Reynolds Group						     212
		   Solo Cup							     213
		   Dart Container						     214
		   Georgia-Pacific						     215
		   Other Market Leaders						     216
		Acquisitions & Divestitures					     217
		Competitive Strategies						     221
		Marketing & Distribution					     224
		Cooperative Agreements						     226
		Company Profiles						     229
		   Airlite Plastics Company					     230
		   Alcan Packaging Food Americas, see Bemis
		   Anchor Packaging Incorporated				     231
		   Associated Packaging Technologies, see Sonoco Products
		   BagcraftPapercon, see Packaging Dynamics
		   Bemis Company Incorporated					     234
		   Berry Plastics Corporation					     236
		   Best Diamond Packaging, see Cascades
		   Biosphere Industries, see Sealed Air
		   Burrows Paper Corporation					     238
		   C&M Fine Pack, see D&W Fine Pack
		   Cardinal Unijax, see New WinCup Holdings
		   Cascades Incorporated					     240
		   Cryovac, see Sealed Air
		   Curwood, see Bemis
		   D&W Fine Pack LLC						     243
		   Dart Container Corporation					     247
		   Dispoz-o Products, see D&W Fine Pack
		   Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex
		   Dopaco, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Duro Bag Manufacturing Company				     251
		   Eco-Products Incorporated					     253
		   Fabri-Kal Corporation					     254
		   Fold-Pak, see Rock-Tenn
		   Genpak, see Pattison (Jim) Group
		   Georgia-Pacific, see Koch Industries
		   Graphic Packaging Holding Company				     257
		   Hindalco Industries Limited					     259
		   Hoffmaster Group Incorporated				     261
		   Huhtamaki Oyj						     263
		   Inline Plastics Corporation					     266
		   InnoWare Paper, see Hoffmaster Group
		   InnoWare Plastic, see Solo Cup
		   International Converter, see Packaging Dynamics
		   International Paper Company					     268
		   Jet Plastica Industries Incorporated				     271
		   Kimberly-Clark Corporation					     272
		   Koch Industries Incorporated					     273
		   Letica Corporation						     277
		   Maui Foodservice Packaging, see Letica
		   Menasha Corporation						     278
		   New WinCup Holdings Incorporated				     280
		   Newspring Industrial, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Novelis, see Hindalco Industries
		   Packaging Dynamics Corporation				     282
		   Pactiv, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Pattison (Jim) Group						     285
		   PWP Industries, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Reynolds Group Holdings Limited				     289
		   Rock-Tenn Company						     297
		   RTS Packaging, see Rock-Tenn and Sonoco Products
		   Sabert Corporation						     301
		   Sealed Air Corporation					     303
		   Smurfit-Stone Container, see Rock-Tenn
		   Solo Cup Company						     305
		   Sonoco Products Company					     309
		   Southern Champion Tray LP					     311
		   Stephen (Douglas) Plastics Incorporated			     313
		   Svenska Cellulosa AB						     315
		   Tekni-Plex Incorporated					     316
		   Thilmany Papers, see Packaging Dynamics
		   Waddington North America Incorporated			     317
		   Wilkinson Industries, see D&W Fine Pack
		   WinCup, see New WinCup Holdings
		Additional Companies in Foodservice Disposables			     320


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       9
	2	Population & Households						      13
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      15
	4	Retail Sales							      18
	5	Consumer Food Expenditures					      20
	6	Foodservice Revenues by Establishment Type			      22
	7	Limited Service Restaurant Revenues by Type			      24
	8	Other Eating & Drinking Places Revenues by Type			      30
	9	Other Foodservice Establishment Revenues by Type		      33
	10	Raw Materials Demand in Foodservice Disposables			      34
	11	Selected Foodservice Disposables Prices				      45

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type				      61
	2	Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type			      65
	3	Foodservice Disposable Container Demand				      68
	4	Paperboard Box & Carton Demand in Foodservice
		   Applications							      72
	5	Clamshell Container Demand in Foodservice Applications		      76
	6	Other Foodservice Container Demand				      83
	7	Lids & Domes Demand						      92
	8	Foodservice Wrap Demand						     100
	9	Foodservice Bag Demand						     101
	10	Other Foodservice Packaging Demand				     107
	11	Serviceware Demand by Type					     109
	12	Foodservice Cup Demand by Type					     111
	13	Beverage Cup Demand in Foodservice Applications			     115
	14	Foodservice Portion Cup Demand					     127
	15	Foodservice Dinnerware Demand					     129
	16	Foodservice Utensils Demand					     135
	17	Other Serviceware Demand					     139
	18	Napkins & Other Products Demand in Foodservice
		   Applications							     145
	19	Napkin Demand in Foodservice Applications			     148
	20	Moist Towelette Demand in Foodservice Applications		     150
	21	Other Foodservice Disposables Demand				     152

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market			     156
	2	Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables							     158
	3	Limited Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables							     162
	4	Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables							     163
	5	Coffee & Snack Shop Market for Foodservice Disposables		     173
	6	Fast Casual Restaurant Market for Foodservice Disposables	     176
	7	Buffet & Cafeteria Market for Foodservice Disposables		     178
	8	Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice Disposables    180
	9	Retail & Vending Machine Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables							     186
	10	Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables
		   by Type & Product						     193
	11	Lodging & Hospitality Market for Foodservice Disposables	     200
	12	Sports & Recreation Market for Foodservice Disposables		     203
	13	Other Markets for Foodservice Disposables			     206

		SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Foodservice Disposables Sales by Company, 2010		     209
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     220
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     228

				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Biodegradable Foodservice Disposables Demand by
		   Type, 2010							      52

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type, 2010			      61
	2	Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type, 2010		      66
	3	Serviceware Demand by Type, 2010				     109
	4	Foodservice Beverage Cup Demand by Material, 2010		     116

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market, 2010			     156
	2	Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables, 2010						     164
	3	Coffee & Snack Shop Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables, 2010						     174
	4	Fast Casual Restaurant Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables, 2010						     177
	5	Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for 
		   Foodservice Disposables, 2010                                     181
	6	Retail & Vending Machine Market for Foodservice
		   Disposables, 2010						     187
	7	Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables, 2010		     194

		SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Foodservice Disposables Market Share by
		   Top Companies, 2010						     212