 |
 |
Articles
March 9, 2010
Part 2 of 2: Kroger and Loblaw Roll Out Retail-Ready Packaging for Store Brands
Both retailers aim to reduce store brand labor costs, improve shelf presence and boost sales based on the five core pillars of their retail-ready packaging execution.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: |  |  |  |  |
March 9, 2010
Wal-Mart Relaunches the Marketside Web Site
The retail giant now showcases its Marketside store brand via a web tool that looks like an outdoor European martketplace.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
New Consumer Study Says Frugal is Cool
It’s hard to know which way consumers are going looking at two conflicting reports -- one indicating entrenched frugality and another revealing loosening spending trends.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
Dollar General Renews Focus on Store Brands
The retailer launches several new store brand lines and invigorates existing ones with more aggressive switch-and-save in-store promotions.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
Supervalu Introduces WholeCare Pet Store Brand
The grocer unveils a brand new national pet care line that will be sold across all of its banners and replace two former store brands.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
Sam's Club Adds New Spanish Wine to its Store Brand Line Up
From the Bodegas Torres winery, the Spanish red is a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon, retailing for about $8 a bottle.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
Tesco Dramatically Expands Store Brand Wines
The U.K. retailer plans to add more than 20 SKUs to its store brand wines and also test plastic bottles for its store brand spirits.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 9, 2010
OfficeMax To Sell its Store Brands at Safeway and Food Lion
As part of its plan to aggressively boost sales and margins, OfficeMax will sell its store brand office products in grocery stores, drug stores and mass merchandisers.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
Kroger and Loblaw Roll Out Retail-Ready Packaging for Store Brands (Part 1 of 2)
Taking a page from the CPG playbook -- as well as from limited assortment retailers and discounters -- two large North American grocers adopt RRP to reduce expenses, but store brand suppliers claim their costs will rise.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
Safeway Becomes First Grocer and Store Brand Manufacturer to Join The Sustainability Consortium
The consortium’s work will help Safeway build its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing policy for a more sustainable supply chain.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
GFSI Approves Three New Food Safety Schemes
FSSC 22000, PrimusGFS and Synergy 22000 gain full approval from the Global Food Safety initiative; SQF 1000 Code 5th Edition maintains recognition.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
Trader Joe's Recalls Store Brand Granola Bars
The limited assortment chain is expanding an earlier recall of its chocolate chip granola bars due to possible salmonella contamination.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
IRI Data: Store Brands Innovation Pays Off
Although deflation negatively affected dollar sales, store brand unit sales are up nearly one point versus a year ago, which IRI attributes to innovation and consumers’ persistent conservative spending patterns.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
Carrefour Partners With Disney on Store Brand Food Line
Expanding an already well-established partnership in other categories, Carrefour and Disney launch Carrefour Kids, a nutrition-focused store brand food line.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
PLMA Announces ‘Salute to Excellence Awards'
The store brands trade association awarded top honors to 34 food, beverage and household products from a field of more than 350 entrants.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
March 2, 2010
Shearer's Buys Wal-Mart's Salty Snack Supplier
Snack Alliance Inc. maker of Wal-Mart’s store brand potato chips, will merge with Shearer’s.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
Safeway Institutes Flat Fee for Packaging Artwork and Redesigns
The $2,000 annual flat fee per store brand SKU is viewed by some suppliers as the equivalent to slotting allowances, charging the same amount for items that have minor label revisions to more complex packaging redesigns.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
Supervalu Reorganizes Its Merchandising Group
With a focus on store brands and fresh foods, Supervalu promotes Andrew Abraham to lead the store brands group and tapped Ed Hanson to focus on fresh initiatives.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
Wal-Mart Switches Store Brand Eggs to Cage-Free
After engaging in dialogue with the Human Society of the United States, all eggs now sold in Wal-Mart under the Great Value brand are now cage-free.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
To Combat Store Brands CPGs Fire Up Marketing Spends
CPG giants such as Kraft, General Mills, and Procter & Gamble plan to fight store brand market share gains with heavier advertising and in-store marketing programs.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
Ace Hardware to Sell Craftsman Tools
For the first time Sears’ Craftsman store brand will be sold in another retail chain and channel to improve customer accessibility and convenience.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
Harris Poll: America's Purse Strings Still Tight
Although the economy is improving, budget-conscious consumers are reluctant to overspend and continue to find store brands an attractive value proposition.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
CPGs Hope New Products Will Jump Start Sales
Some CPG companies focus on products that will be difficult for store brands to duplicate.
Continue Reading »Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 23, 2010
PLMA Live! With Wall Street Analyst Deborah Weinswig
How are retailers coping with the tough economy? Can national brands win back market share? Why is Wall Street so interested in store brands? Deborah Weinswig, who covers retailing for Citigroup Investment Research, answers these questions and more in this edition of PLMA Live! VIEW VIDEO
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
Walmart.com Features Great Value at Grocery Beta Site
Walmart quietly developed a section of walmart.com devoted to groceries, including new features focused on its Great Value brand.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
Loblaw Launches a New Line of Discount Store Brands
Prices for the new line are higher than the Canadian chain’s value tier and below national brand equivalent products.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
Shoppers Drug Mart to Sell Store Brand Generic Drugs
The Canadian chain hopes the addition of store brand generic drugs will boost tight margins at the pharmacy counter and offset the impact of new government regulation.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
Family Dollar to Ramp Up Store Brands
The discount store chain said it aims to double its store brand penetration on consumable products.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
TreeHouse CEO: U.S. Store Brands Growth to Outpace Grocery Sector
Private label food maker TreeHouse Foods’ top executive said 2010 will be a banner year for store brand sales and profit growth.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
February 16, 2010
Nielsen: Store Brand Wine Growth Outpaces National Brands
Private label beers have not gained the same foothold as wine primarily due to the strength of national players with dominant shares of market.
Keywords:
| SHARE THIS ARTICLE: | | | | |
Featured PLMA Innovation Hall Exhibitors
Store Brands Research
IRI: Baby Boomers to Yield $50 Billion Growth for Private Label and Healthy Lines
The latest IRI research, "Baby Boomers II: Preparing for the Upcoming Wave of Aging Shopper Growth," reveals that store brand spending increases with age. The study examines baby boomer lifestyle changes and identifies top-indexing food and non-food categories, recession-driven shopping patterns and key opportunities for private label and health and wellness products. "Many retailer strategies today assume that boomers are a homogeneous group, and, as a result, their strategies are too general to be effective," said Thom Blischok, president of IRI Consulting & Innovation.
Source: IRI
Better-for-You Foods to Grow Significantly Over the Next Decade
In its new report, "A Look into The Future of Eating," The NPD Group forecasts that better-for-you foods -- such as organic and light or low-calorie foods and beverages -- will be among the fastest growing food trends over the next decade.
Source: The NPD Group
Private Label Trends - Update 2009
This special update to the Private Label Trends Worldwide report addresses the acceleration of private labels as the retailers respond to the current economic downturn.
Source: Research and Markets Ltd.
Press Releases
Chris Silva Promoted to President, Morningstar Division of Dean Foods
Source:
GFSI Successfully Benchmarks the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock Schemes
Source: GFSI
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Announces New Board Chairman
Source: Global Food Safety Initiative
Free Newsletter
Related Articles
Nielsen: Store Brand Candy Sales Not So Sweet This Halloween
Walmart Canada Unveils Revamped and Reformulated Great Value Brand
Tesco Dramatically Expands Store Brand Wines
Convenience Stores Uncork the Potential of Store Brand Wine
PLMA Live: Nielsen V.P. Says Store Brands Will Remain Strong After the Recession
Industry Resources
Private Label Manufacturers Association
National Association of Convenience Stores
American Wholesale Marketers Association
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Article Archive
 | 2010 Archive |
| 2009 Archive |