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Export-Ready Bottle Design and Packaging Optimization for Jest Foods Industries.

Company: Jest foods industries

Major(s):
Primary: IE
Secondary: MATSE
Optional: ME

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Success Tribe (operating as Jest Foods Industries) produces PIKO ketchup in Uganda, transforming tomato waste into premium products while empowering local farmers. We currently produce 250 litres monthly using locally available bottles that are fundamentally unsuitable for our hot-fill process and export ambitions. The bottles have weak material that deforms during hot-filling (85-90°C), poor aesthetic appeal compared to international competitors, and limited availability at viable costs in Uganda. As we prepare to scale to 750+ litres monthly and enter East African export markets via AfCFTA, we need engineered packaging solutions that we cannot access locally. Success metrics include cost reduction per unit, structural integrity through hot-fill and 12 month shelf life, and successful entry into minimum 3 export markets.