New Sugarhill Containers

[Bucket Head]

Probably a little bit of both. They save a fair amount of money using the stick-on labels and they grab those who want to have their own jug done up.

And their not the only jug outfit screwing with things. Crushons, the ones through the Dominion-Grimm dealers anyway, are changing the shape of their bottle and changing the graphics slightly. According to my jug dealer, nobody is happy with the change and they had no idea why their changing. And on top of that, as of a month ago or so, there were no half gallon containers to be had because of the switch-over!
Anybody know anything on the D & G change? Just curious.

I'm not happy with our jug situation just like you guy's aren't happy with yours.

[johnpma]

Not yet. I do wish they hadn't changed though, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sugarhill has a new owner, that might be a change brought on by the bean counters.

SugarHill is my customer yes they were bought out by a large entity however I can tell you that their container quality has not changed. I can get you a contact name and number if you would like to discuss this more in depth with someone.

They have one of the best custom silk screen dept I have ever seen. This could be something as simple as the label glue not adhering properly to the container

[wnybassman]

Has anyone had any experience with the new Sugarhill containers that use a label instead of direct printing on the jug? We have had issues with the label wrinkling after bottling hot syrup. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

For one batch last year I stuck all my name/address labels on my jugs before I filled them. I'll never do that again, they all wrinkled and lifted in the corners. My best guess is the heat loosened the adhesive. Perhaps something similar is happening here. Hoping my supplier still has the old ones.

[abbott]

so r all the jugs from them getting the "new" sticker? or just certain runs?

Ok, so I ran across this thread and got all worried.

I just talked to the Sugarhill folks. They are NOT changing all of the jugs, just the Sweet Gold (like what Wiam posted) and said there were no plans to change all of their state specific designs. If you want a custom design, they can do either printed on jugs or jugs with labels, but there is a 1000 jug (per size) minimum for labels.

So if you're a Sweet Gold user, lets hope they get the wrinkles worked out. If not, no need to get worried just yet.

[maple flats]

I don't buy my SugarHill jugs direct, and my supplier was stocked well enough that still have not seen any with the label, they're all printed on the jug. Before the buy out I did get prices to go with my own printed jugs but I have not gone that route yet. If I did more syrup I'd make the change. Custom printed jugs cost less (but only after you have paid the initial screen charge)

[wnybassman]

All my pints and quarts this year were with the label jugs and I didn't have a problem with any of them