The Industrial Revolution 3.The dramatic changes in how we lived - The changes increased the demand for barrels, boxes, kegs, baskets, and bags to transport the new consumer commodities and to bring great quantities of food into the cities. - The fledgling packaging industry itself had to mechanize. - Necessary to devise ways of preserving food beyond its natural biological life.The Industrial Revolution 3.The dramatic changes in how we lived - The changes increased the demand for barrels, boxes, kegs, baskets, and bags to transport the new consumer commodities and to bring great quantities of food into the cities. - The fledgling packaging industry itself had to mechanize. - Necessary to devise ways of preserving food beyond its natural biological life