Foodservice disposables demand in the US will grow 3.8 percent annually through 2011 as more food is eaten or prepared away from home. Packaging will lead gains and surpass serviceware as the largest category by 2011. The eating and drinking places market will remain dominant while the retail and vending segment grows the fastest.

This study analyzes the $13.7 billion US foodservice disposables industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1996, 2001 and 2006, and forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by product (e.g., cups, dinnerware, utensils, containers, lids and domes, wraps, bags, 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 38 major players including Solo Cup, Pactiv, Dart Container and Georgia-Pacific.

                           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                            24
                Snack/Bakery/Coffee Shops                            25
                Fast Casual Restaurants                              26
                Buffets & Cafeterias                                 27
              Other Eating & Drinking Places                         27
           Other Foodservice Establishments                          29
         Raw Materials                                               32
           Paper                                                     34
           Plastic                                                   36
           Aluminum                                                  39
         Pricing Trends                                              39
         Environmental Issues                                        42
         Degradable Materials                                        45
         Regulatory Issues                                           46
         International Activity & Foreign Trade                      48
  
 III.    PRODUCTS                                                    51
         General                                                     51
         Serviceware                                                 54
           Cups                                                      56
              Beverage Cups                                          57
                Paper                                                61
                Plastic                                              62
                Foam                                                 63
                Producers                                            65
              Portion Cups                                           66
           Dinnerware                                                69
           Utensils                                                  73
           Other                                                     77
              Trays & Carriers                                       78
              All Other Serviceware                                  80
         Packaging                                                   81
           Containers                                                84
              Paperboard Boxes & Cartons                             86
              Plastic Clamshells                                     90
                Foam Clamshells                                      92
                Rigid Plastic & Other Clamshells                     93
                Producers                                            95
              Other Foodservice Containers                           95
                Paper Cups, Buckets & Pails                          97
                Aluminum Foil Containers                             99
                Foam Containers                                     100
                All Other Foodservice Disposable Containers         102
           Lids & Domes                                             104
           Wraps                                                    108
           Bags                                                     111
              Product Types                                         112
              Producers                                             115
           Other                                                    116
         Napkins & Other                                            118
           Napkins                                                  119
           Moist Towelettes                                         122
           Other                                                    124
  
  IV.    MARKETS                                                    126
         General                                                    126
          Eating & Drinking Places                                  130
           Limited Service Restaurants                              132
              Quick Service Restaurants                             135
              Snack/Bakery/Coffee Shops                             141
              Fast Casual Restaurants                               145
              Buffets & Cafeterias                                  147
           Other Eating & Drinking Places                           148
         Retail & Vending Machines                                  155
         Institutional                                              159
         Lodging & Hospitality                                      165
         Sports & Recreation                                        168
         Other                                                      171
  
   V.    INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                         174
         General                                                    174
         Market Share                                               177
           Solo Cup                                                 179
           Pactiv                                                   180
           Dart Container                                           181
           Georgia-Pacific                                          182
           Other Market Leaders                                     183
         Acquisitions & Divestitures                                184
         Competitive Strategies                                     189
         Marketing & Distribution                                   191
         Cooperative Agreements                                     193
         Company Profiles                                           196
           Airlite Plastics Company                                 198
           Alcan Incorporated                                       199
           Alcoa Incorporated                                       200
           Altivity Packaging LLC                                   203
           Anchor Packaging Company                                 204
           BagcraftPapercon, see Packaging Dynamics                    
           Berry Plastics Group Incorporated                        207
           Best Diamond Packaging LLC, see Cascades                    
           Biosphere Industries LLC, see Sealed Air                    
           Burrows Paper Corporation                                209
           C&M Fine Pack Incorporated, see Chuo Kagaku
              Company Limited                                          
           Carthage Cup LP, see Pattison (Jim) Group                   
           Cascades Incorporated                                    211
           Chuo Kagaku Company Limited                              215
           Covalence Specialty Materials, see Berry Plastics           
           Dart Container Corporation                               217
           Dispoz-O Products Incorporated                           220
           Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex Incorporated                
           Dopaco Incorporated, see Cascades Incorporated              
           Duro Bag Manufacturing Company                           222
           Fabri-Kal Corporation                                    223
           Field Container Corporation LP, see Altivity Packaging      
           Fold-Pak, see Rock-Tenn Company                             
           Genpak LLC, see Pattison (Jim) Group                        
           Georgia-Pacific Corporation, see Koch Industries            
           GSD Packaging LLC, see Rock-Tenn Company                    
           Hindalco Industries Limited                              225
           Hoffmaster, see Solo Cup Company                            
           Huhtamaki Oyj                                            228
           Inline Plastics Corporation                              230
           InnoWare Incorporated                                    232
           Insulair Incorporated, see Koch Industries                  
           International Converter Incorporated, see Packaging
              Dynamics Corporation                                     
           International Paper Company                              234
           Jet Plastica Industries Incorporated                     236
           Kimberly-Clark Corporation                               237
           Koch Industries Incorporated                             238
           Letica Corporation                                       241
           Maui Foodservice Packaging, see Letica Corporation          
           Menasha Corporation                                      242
           Newspring Industrial Corporation, see Pactiv                
           Novelis Incorporated, see Hindalco Industries               
           Packaging Dynamics Corporation                           243
           Pactiv Corporation                                       246
           Pattison (Jim) Group                                     250
           Prairie Packaging Incorporated, see Pactiv                  
           Reynolds Food Packaging LLC, see Alcoa                      
           Rock-Tenn Company                                        253
           SCA Tissue North America LLC, see Svenska Cellulosa         
           Sealed Air Corporation                                   256
           Shandong International Paper & Sun Coated Paperboard
              Company Limited, see International Paper               
           Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation                      257
           Solo Cup Company                                         259
           Southern Champion Tray LP                                263
           Stephen (Douglas) Plastics Incorporated                  265
           Svenska Cellulosa AB                                     267
           Tekni-Plex Incorporated                                  268
           Thilmany Papers, see Packaging Dynamics                     
           Waddington North America Incorporated                    269
           Weyerhaeuser Company                                     271
           Wilkinson Industries Incorporated                        273
           WinCup Incorporated                                      275
         Additional Companies in Foodservice Disposables            277
    


                          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             29
    9    Other Foodservice Establishment Revenues by Type            32
   10    Raw Materials Demand in Foodservice Disposables             33
   11    Selected Foodservice Disposables Prices                     42
  
         SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
    1    Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type                      53
    2    Serviceware Demand by Type                                  55
    3    Foodservice Cup Demand by Type                              57
    4    Beverage Cup Demand in Foodservice Applications             59
    5    Foodservice Portion Cup Demand                              69
    6    Foodservice Dinnerware Demand                               73
    7    Foodservice Utensils Demand                                 77
    8    Other Serviceware Demand                                    78
    9    Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type             83
   10    Foodservice Disposable Container Demand                     86
   11    Paperboard Box & Carton Demand in Foodservice Applications  90
   12    Clamshell Container Demand in Foodservice Applications      92
   13    Other Foodservice Container Demand                          97
   14    Lids & Domes Demand                                        108
   15    Foodservice Wrap Demand                                    111
   16    Foodservice Bag Demand                                     112
   17    Other Foodservice Packaging Demand                         118
   18    Napkins & Other Disposables Demand in Foodservice
           Applications                                             119
   19    Napkin Demand in Foodservice Applications                  122
   20    Moist Towelette Demand in Foodservice Applications         123
   21    Other Foodservice Disposables Demand                       125
  
         SECTION IV -- MARKETS
    1    Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market                   129
    2    Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice
           Disposables                                              132
    3    Limited Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
           Disposables                                              135
    4    Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
           Disposables                                              136
    5    Snack/Bakery/Coffee Shop Market for Foodservice
           Disposables                                              144
    6    Fast Casual Restaurant Market for Foodservice Disposables  147
    7    Buffet & Cafeteria Market for Foodservice Disposables      148
    8    Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice   
           Disposables                                              150
    9    Retail & Vending Machines Market for Foodservice
           Disposables                                              156
   10    Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables
           by Type & Product                                        161
   11    Lodging & Hospitality Market for Foodservice Disposables   168
   12    Sports & Recreation Market for Foodservice Disposables     171
   13    Other Markets for Foodservice Disposables                  173
  
         SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
    1    US Foodservice Disposables Sales by Company, 2006          176
    2    Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures                       187
    3    Selected Cooperative Agreements                            196
  
    

                           LIST OF CHARTS
                                   
    CHART NUMBER                                                   PAGE
  
         SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
    1    Raw Materials Demand in Foodservice Disposables,
           1996-2016                                                 34
  
         SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
    1    Foodservice Disposables Demand by Type, 2006                54
    2    Serviceware Demand by Type, 2006                            56
    3    Foodservice Beverage Cup Demand by Material, 2006           60
    4    Foodservice Disposable Packaging Demand by Type, 2006       84
  
         SECTION IV -- MARKETS
    1    Foodservice Disposables Demand by Market, 2006             129
    2    Quick Service Restaurant Market for Foodservice
           Disposables, 2006                                        137
    3    Snack/Bakery/Coffee Shop Market for Foodservice
           Disposables, 2006                                        145
    4    Other Eating & Drinking Places Market for Foodservice 
           Disposables, 2006                                        151
    5    Institutional Market for Foodservice Disposables
           by Product, 2006                                         162
  
         SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
    1    US Foodservice Disposables Market Share, 2006              179