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Consumer Reports: Private Label Rivals National Brands

Store brand products can compete with national brands and save shoppers more than a thousand dollars a year on groceries, according to a new study from Consumer Reports.In 21 head-to-head taste match-ups store brand came out on top in three instances and tied 11 times versus national brands that cam Read More...

PLMA Live! Interviews Tod Marks of Consumer Reports

Tod Marks, senior projects editor of Consumer Reports discusses the consumer advocacy group’s recent taste tests and comparison of store brands against their national brand counterparts. In this video interview, Marks documents how consumers selected store brands to be as good or better than Read More...

Consumer Reports Finds Harmful Chemicals in Canned Foods

Bisphenol A (BPA), which can cause a range of health problems, is found in certain plastic and food-can liners and is still widely used in food manufacturing, although levels of the chemical vary widely in packaged foods, according to Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports tested 19 name-brand canned f Read More...

Walgreens and CVS Clean Up in Paper Towel Tests

It seems consumers no longer have to pay more for strong and absorbent paper towels, with several Walgreen’s and CVS retail brands leading the way, according to the latest issue of Consumer Reports Although Bounty Extra Soft ($4.15 per 100 sq. ft.) topped the ratings, store brands from Walgre Read More...

Store Brands Get a Big Shot in the Arm from Consumer Reports

The coming of age of store brands is resoundingly confirmed in the October issue of Consumer Reports where store brands were found to be equally good -- or better -- than national brands nearly 80 percent of the time. Comparative blind tests were conducted in 29 food categories among various prod Read More...