Luke Booth Explained

Luke Booth is a product designer and inventor. Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, retail and leisure markets.[1]

Background

Booth studied Product Design at the Central Saint Martins (CSM) in London. He won a Starpack Gold star for the BevBax food and drink carrier that rips open into a tray.[2] In 2011 Booth set up P4CK with Eves.

Dragons Den

Co-founders of P4CK, Booth and Eves appeared on BBC's Dragons' Den Episode 11 Series 10.[3]

The pair faced a grilling by the Dragons and originally pitched for £50,000 funding for 10% equity. Theo Paphitis liked the idea and said that he was willing to back the idea,[4] [5] [6] giving Booth and Eves £50,000 for 30% equity in their business.

Products

Flexicarry- Food carrier, supplied flat. Internationally patented; uses 40% less raw material than a card carrier and balances with 1, 2, 3 or 4 pints. Health and safety accredited for stadia.[7]

BevBax- Carry food and drink in one hand.

Bax- retail packaging employing cardboard sleeve and bag, reducing packaging weight, High visibility shelf presence, Can be used where foil wrap or vacuum pack are required.

Carrybar- P4CK launched its new drinks carrier, the CarryBar, at the Twickenham stadium on Saturday 17 November, at the QBE Internationals; England v. Australia match. Can carry four pints of beer. Some 100,000 carriers were produced by Benson Group with Guinness and Greene King IPA branding. The Carrybar employs a central bar mechanism, and uses 33% less material than a comparable product.[8]

3-Sided Christmas cracker

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Francis. Batt. Uncle and nephew to appear on Dragons' Den this weekend. 11 December 2012. Slough Express. 23 November 2012.
  2. News: Gyekye. Liz. Berkshire-based design consultancy creates pint beer carrier for Carling. 13 December 2012. Packaging News. 28 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Zoe. Thorman. Dragons' Den Series 10 Episode 11. BBC 2 Dragons' Den. BBC. 11 December 2012.
  4. News: Liz. Gyekye. P4CK gets backing from Dragons’ Den star. 11 December 2012. Packaging News. 26 November 2012.
  5. Rutherford . Melanie . IOM3 . Box Clever . Packaging Professional Magazine . September–October 2012 . 35 . 5 . 11, 12, 13 . 11 December 2012 .
  6. Web site: Nye . Jason . P4CK - Our Story . P4CK . P4CK Ltd . 11 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121204090925/http://p4ck.co.uk/whos-who/ . 4 December 2012 .
  7. Web site: Lin. Derrick. Flexicarry. Packaging Of The World. Packaging Of The World. 11 December 2012.
  8. News: Europe. Packaging. CarryBar successful try for P4CK design team. 11 December 2012. Packaging Europe. 27 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121201142715/http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/50956/CarryBar-successful-try-for-P4CK-design-team.html. 1 December 2012. dmy-all.