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Frugalpac

Broader sector Private
Headquarters
Ipswich, GB
Segment
Fibre Packaging
Stories held
1
Last story
27 Oct 2026

Frugalpac is a UK packaging technology company based in Ipswich that designs the Frugal Bottle, a paperboard bottle with an internal liquid-holding pouch for wine and spirits, and sells the machines that assemble it to licensees worldwide. It is a privately held, small company that has supplied machines for operations in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.

1 stories · 2026

California Frugal Bottle plant wins repeat orders and supplies mezcal brands for Mexico and Australia

Monterey Wine Company's King City plant in California, the first US site making Frugalpac's Frugal Bottle paper bottles, has moved from its 2024 start-up to repeat orders and exports, with an assembly machine rated at up to 2.5 million bottles a year. Its bottles are used for wine and spirits sold through Target, Whole Foods Market, 7-Eleven and Total Wine & More. It has also supplied Blessed Remedy Spirits' Mezcologo, presented as the first mezcal in a paper bottle sold in Mexico, and a second mezcal destined for Australia.

Why this mattersRepeat orders and exports from a single US plant show paper bottles moving from pilot format to a commercially repeatable alternative to glass for wine and spirits.

  • Monterey Wine Company's King City, California plant began producing Frugal Bottle paper bottles in 2024, the first such facility in the US
  • The installed assembly machine has capacity of up to 2.5 million bottles a year
  • Bottles have been used for wine and spirits sold through Target, Whole Foods Market, 7-Eleven and Total Wine & More
  • Full Glass Wine Co. placed a repeat order for its Petalscape wines after the first production run sold out
  • Blessed Remedy Spirits launched Mezcologo, presented as the first mezcal in a paper bottle sold in Mexico, in bottles made at the plant
  • A second Blessed Remedy Spirits product, Metoro Mezcal, will be exported to Australia
Monterey Wine Company Frugalpac counterparty
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