Special Power of Attorney
Forms 3, 4 and 5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934




	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
director or officer, or both, of Sonoco Products Company constitutes and
appoints Charles J. Hupfer, Ritchie L. Bond and Elizabeth R. Kremer, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, and each of them with full power to act
without the other for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute and file, or cause to be filed, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant to Section
16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Act") and
any amendment to the foregoing, on his or her behalf, or on behalf of any
trust or other entity that is required by the rules under Section 16 of the Act,

to file reports under Section 16 because of the fact that said director or
officer is a trustee, fiduciary or otherwise, granting unto said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The authority granted by this Special
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect as long as the undersigned is
required to file Forms 4 and 5 under the reporting requirements of Section
16. The undersigned acknowledges that no attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney, by serving in such
capacity, is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Special
Power of Attorney this eighth day of February, 2010.




Signature:__________________________
                                                             Typed Name: Robert
L. Puechl