Pasta meals switch from bags to cartons Modern Table Meals switched to new gabled cartons (L) in the move from plastic bags (R). Modern Table Meals eliminates plastic bags in a move to recyclable paperboard packaging using uniquely gabled cartons that boast a new-look graphics design. Modern Table Meals, Walnut Creek, CA, reformulated its line of protein-packed pastas and meal kits in conjunction with a packaging change from flat-bottom plastic bags to “peaked” gable-top, stand-up paperboard cartons. The company feels that the cartons stand out on shelf in the pasta aisle and are also con...