Ready to move beyond glass in North America?

Meet Frugal Bottle – the paper bottle for wines, spirits and edible oils, now made in North America.

If you’re a wine, spirits or edible oil producer looking for an alternative to glass, the Frugal Bottle offers a radically different approach to packaging.

Made from at least 94% recycled paperboard, the Frugal Bottle has a carbon footprint up to 84% lower than a glass bottle and is around five times lighter, while its printable paperboard outer gives brands a striking 360° canvas for design and storytelling.

And the case isn’t only environmental. With glass, shipping and packaging costs under pressure, the commercial case for exploring lighter, locally manufactured alternatives is growing too.

Now the alternative is made right here.

Frugal Bottles are manufactured in North America by Monterey Wine Company in King City, California, and KinsBrae Packaging in Cambridge, Ontario, using Frugalpac’s Frugal Bottle Assembly Machines.

That means North American beverage producers can explore paper packaging with established manufacturing capability in both the United States and Canada.

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Florida’s Half Shell Spirits have used the Frugal Bottle for their vodka since 2023 and been so successful they’re launching a gin and rum in our bottles too.

From innovation to the shelf

The Frugal Bottle isn’t a concept. It’s already being used commercially by wine and spirits brands and has appeared in major North American retailers including Target, 7-Eleven, Whole Foods, LCBO and Total Wine & More and has been covered by CBS News, ABC and NBC.

Collective Good Wines were on sale in Target stores across the US.

And that momentum is accelerating, with new Frugal Bottle launches in the United States, Canada and Mexico in recent weeks.

In the US, Petalscape has launched its new wines in Frugal Bottles. In Mexico, mezcal producers Blessed Remedy Spirits has launched the country’s first paper bottle, And in Canada, Skyline Vodka has also launched in the Frugal Bottle.

The newly launched Petalscape Wines in the US.

For brands considering moving away from glass, the proposition is simple:

Up to 84% lower carbon.
Five times lighter.
Made from recycled paperboard.
360° printable branding.
Manufactured in North America.

Click here to look at the specifications of the Frugal Bottle.

Could your next bottle be paper?

Whether you’re launching a new product, considering moving an existing brand from glass or want to understand volumes, pricing and North American supply, we’d like to talk.