We make and sell gourmet popcorn for gifts, fundraising, weddings and retail. We recently started using a 32 oz plastic container for retail and fundraising. Prior to this we used cellophane bags.
Since my design has a border and requires a bleed, I run the background color larger than the actual size of the label to ensure full coverage. The labels are created using InDesign and then placed 8 up in Photoshop using your pdf template.