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Safeway Expands the Refreshe Store Brands Label

The Refreshe brand, once only used on Safeway’s store branded bottled water, has been redesigned and expanded to include other beverage categories. “Refreshe is currently showing up on your store shelves in a whole new look and with some new company: soft drinks, water and mixers,&rdquo Read More...

Cott Corporation Acquires Cliffstar

Toronto-based Cott Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Cliffstar Corporation, the leading store brands manufacturer of shelf-stable juices, for cash consideration of $500 million.Store Brands Packaging Design Research Report: Learn the 3 key factors fueling the explosion in Read More...

United Supermarkets Expands Store Brand Wines

This past weekend United Supermarkets expanded its store brand wine offering with the addition of three new Market Street wines, including sangria and two table wines. The wines, marketed under the Vineyards of Market Street label, will be sold in the 42 stores that currently sell wines and beer. T Read More...

Walmart Exports Its Private Label Wine to Japan

Seiyu, Walmart’s Japanese banner, is now selling two store brand wines imported from Walmart’s Oak Leaf Vineyards in California. Offering red and white wine varieties at its 369 stores nationwide, Seiyu’s store brand wine – priced at $4.19 per bottle – is said to be th Read More...

Nice N Easy Store Brands Steadily Grow

New York convenience store chain Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes is expanding its store brands portfolio, including packaged snacks, beverages and coffee. "We have selected categories that we feel we are being held hostage by direct-store delivery (DSD) vendors with questionable service and terrible pr Read More...

Meijer Stores to Carry Reed's and Virgil's Beverages

Meijer Inc. has agreed to sell Reed’s all natural sodas in all of its 119 supercenter stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based discounter has agreed to carry select varieties of Reed’s and Virgil’s beverages direct through its Read More...

7-Eleven Launches Budget Priced Store Brand Beer

Tired of rising price and volume and margin decreases in the beer category, 7-Eleven is introducing Game Day, a store brand beer to be made by City Brewing of La Crosse, Wis., according to a Fortune report. The new product is a premium beer selling at a budget price, 7-Eleven confirmed, but it decl Read More...

Carrefour and Tetra Pak Use First FSC-Certified Beverage Cartons

Tetra Pak will supply more than 100 million Forest Stewardship Council labeled milk and fruit juice carton packages to Carrefour stores across France this year. The supply agreement is seen as an important milestone in Tetra Pak’s global FSC deployment. In France, the company has set a goal o Read More...

Eight O'Clock Uses Social Media to Stimulate Consumer Loyalty

Eight O’Clock Coffee fans are invited to “show the world that your bag is the best of the best” in the Eight O’Clock Coffee’s Crazy 8’s ChampBEANship,” which the brand is supporting on its Facebook page from March 22 until April 5. Facebook fans can vote on Read More...

Co-CEO of Clement Pappas Dies

Peter C. Pappas, 66, the president and co-chief executive officer of Clement Pappas & Co., based in Carneys Point, N.J., died at his home March 8 after a long illness. Pappas helped transform his father’s small vegetable cannery into a large juice and beverage company, which has significa Read More...

Tesco Dramatically Expands Store Brand Wines

By increasing its Finest store brand wines to include an additional 23 SKUs, Tesco hopes to double its sales, according to a Planet Retail report. Tesco will be increasing its store brand wines from the current 77 SKUs to more than 100 wines to encourage shoppers to trade up, although the company s Read More...

Sam's Club Adds New Spanish Wine to its Store Brand Line Up

Sam’s Club expands its store brand wine offerings with the introduction of Infinite, a 2008 Spanish red wine that is a traditional Tempranillo variety with a small proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. Infinite will join several other store brand wines Sam’s Club has incorporated into its l Read More...

Chris Silva Promoted to President, Morningstar Division of Dean Foods

Dean Foods , a leading dairy company in the United States and a global leader in soy products, today announced the promotion of Chris Sliva, 46, to the new position of President, Morningstar effective immediately. Sliva is currently Chief Operating Officer of the Morningstar Division of Dean Foods. Read More...

Nielsen: Store Brand Wine Growth Outpaces National Brands

Although store brand represents a small piece of retail wine and spirits volume, Nielsen data shows its growth considerably outpaces national brands. Private-label/exclusive table wine and spirits brands now represent 3.3 percent and 4.6 percent of volume respectively in total U.S. food, drug, conv Read More...

Store Brand Beverage Sales Climb

The global economic downturn is providing ideal conditions for store brand beverages to thrive, according to Canadean, a beverage industry analyst. Store brand products in the soft drinks sector now account for more than 1 in every 10 litres traded in the global marketplace; if you discount the on- Read More...

Sam's Club Launches Its First Store Brand Spirit With Rue 33

EXCLUSIVE TO STORE BRANDS DECISIONS Sam's Club rolled into the store brand spirits category at full throttle over the holiday introducing Rue 33, a Member's Mark ultra-premium distilled vodka from the Cognac region of France. Available in 241 locations where it is permitted to sell spirits, this Read More...

Convenience Stores Uncork the Potential of Store Brand Wine

Convenience store retailers that sell wine -- such as 7-Eleven, Kum & Go and Martin & Bayley -- are more often looking to store brands to spark category sales, according to a report in Convenience Store News. Most recently 7-Eleven rolled out Yosemite Road, a global wine brand developed wit Read More...

TreeHouse Agrees to Acquire Sturm Foods

TreeHouse Foods Inc. has agreed to pay $600 million to buy Sturm Foods, a private label manufacturer of hot cereal and powdered soft-drink mixes for retailers. Completion of the Sturm acquisition will make TreeHouse the leader in the private-label hot cereal and powdered soft-drink mix categories, Read More...

Store Branded Beverages a Big Threat to National Soft Drink Makers

Store brands in the total soft drinks sector now account for more than one in every 10 liters traded in the global marketplace, which rises even further if you discount the on-premise sector, where private label use is marginal, according to research from Canadean, a U.K.-based beverage research and Read More...

7-Eleven Releases Its First World Wine Store Brand

In its first foray into global merchandising, 7-Eleven Inc. in the U.S. and Seven-Eleven Japan jointly introduced two proprietary wines – a Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon – under the Yosemite Road label. The California wines are produced by The Wine Group exclusively for 7-Eleven s Read More...

Reed's Poised for Store Brand Growth

Known for its non-alcoholic Ginger Brews, Reed's Inc. said it is in active discussions with 25 national chains to produce private label products for them. The company recently passed its first Good Manufacturing Practices HACCP audit with a major retailer and is moving forward with private label fo Read More...

Duane Reade Launches DR Delish

The New York based drug chain this week launched its own brand of food and beverages including all-natural and gluten-free trail mixes, cookies, vitamin-enhanced teas, juices, all-natural baked potato crisps, and soy snacks. Duane Reade has rolled out 25 new products under the DR Delish brand, whic Read More...

Fresh & Easy Plans to Introduce a New Store Brand Beer

Next week, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market expects to launch Steel Kettle Whistle, its second store brand beer, which is described as an American-style lager brewed in Wisconsin. Read More...

Store Brands Decisions Launches to Serve the Information Needs of the Store Brands Market

In response to the growing store brands movement, Store Brands Decisions debuted today as the first web-based information resource for the store brands industry. Sometimes referred to as private label, store brands, own brands or private brands, retailers are increasingly marketing consumer product Read More...