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April 5, 2011
Associated Wholesale Grocers Adds Nutrition Keys on Private Label Products
The front-of-pack labeling will include four nutrition keys on calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugars on its Best Choice and Always Save products.
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March 29, 2011
Walgreens Forecasts Huge Private Label Upside
Executives forecast tremendous upside for private label, which has helped the drug chain retain gross margins and increase gross profit dollars.
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March 29, 2011
Safeway Quietly Expands Open Nature Private Label Line
On recent store visits, Store Brands Decisions noticed the grocer is quickly expanding the 100-percent natural line to include the dairy, pasta, bread and ice cream categories.
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March 29, 2011
Global Private Label Market Share to Double by 2025
The Robobank report also warns B-brand suppliers to adapt their strategies to avoid being squeezed out of the market.
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March 29, 2011
Walmart and Safeway Expand Sustainable Seafood Policies
Walmart now requires third-party certification for all wild and farm raised seafood, while Safeway vows its seafood will be sustainable and traceable by 2015.
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March 29, 2011
Raley's Roles Out Private Label All-Natural Chicken
Normally retailing for $3.97 a pound, the skinless and boneless Raley’s all-natural chicken retailed for $1.97 for six days following the role out last week.
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March 29, 2011
Food Lion Kicks Off New Sweepstakes Program
The grand prize of the “Groceries for a Year Kiosk Sweepstakes” includes $5,200 in Food Lion gift cards.
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March 22, 2011
Executive Interview: Daymon Worldwide's Carla Cooper
A Store Brands Decisions' Exclusive. On the job as CEO for less than three months, the CPG expert eagerly puts her brand development and brand building expertise to work for the private brands marketing services company.
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March 22, 2011
Nielsen: Online Celebrity Fans More Likely to Follow Brands
Advertisers are increasingly leveraging social networking and celebrities to attract consumers because they can quickly attract a multitude of followers and fans.
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March 22, 2011
Fresh & Easy Imports New Frozen Gourmet Italian Pizzas
Handcrafted outside of Rome, the authentic Italian pizzas are the newest addition to the grocer’s Gourmet line of restaurant-quality foods introduced last month.
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March 22, 2011
Carrefour Partners With Alliance Boots to Create Private Label Beauty Products
The world’s second-largest retailer signed a long-term agreement to jointly develop the private label beauty category, one of Carrefour's core pillars.
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March 22, 2011
Safeway and Lucerne Name The Art of Dairy Contest Finalists
In May, the grocer and its private label Lucerne brand plan to give winning contestants and their schools $60,000 in prize money.
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March 22, 2011
Associated Wholesale Grocer's Private Label Sales Exceed $1 Billion
Private label sales now account for 13.8 percent of the cooperative wholesaler’s total revenue stream.
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March 15, 2011
CPG Practices Drive Kroger's Approach to Store Brands
A Store Brands Decisions Exclusive. Last year Kroger Company introduced many innovative store brands, and this year the grocer has even bigger plans. Susan Sanderson, Kroger’s director of corporate brands, discusses the company’s portfolio goals, its unique consumer-centric approach and the opportunities that lie ahead.
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March 15, 2011
Delhaize Unveils New Store Brand, Adjusts Food Lion Strategy
A single procurement organization is also under development for Delhaize America to streamline private brand management, procurement and assortment, and pricing and promotion execution.
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March 15, 2011
Walmart Plans to Open Hundreds of Express Stores
The company also is expanding its "Pick Up Today" program that allows customers who purchase merchandise online to pick it up the same day free of charge at local stores.
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March 15, 2011
Fresh & Easy Expands Private Label Wine Offering
All of the new wines are made from grapes grown in California’s premium wine regions, including Napa and Sonoma.
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March 15, 2011
Wegmans Imports Traceable Organic Salmon from Ireland
Fed sustainably sourced organic feed, the salmon is harvested, cleaned and then flown to Wegmans’ processor in Rochester N.Y. within 24 hours.
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March 15, 2011
Weis Markets Celebrates Grand Reopening With Store Brands Giveaway
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he grocer is giving away 4,000 bags loaded with its best selling store brands and high value coupons.
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March 15, 2011
Agostoni Chocolate and Ganeden Biotech Introduce Private Label Probiotic Chocolates
The joint product development project has yielded a new supplement that comes in conventional and organic formats.
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March 8, 2011
Kroger Posts Impressive Q4, Though Private Label Share Declined Slightly
Store brands represented just under 35 percent of product units sold in Kroger’s grocery department, down slightly compared to last year.
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March 8, 2011
Retailers Capitalize on Antacid Recalls With Ramped Up Production and Promotions
Kroger launched a private label antacid last month to appeal to Rolaids customers, while other retailers unabashedly promote their products to convert disappointed consumers.
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March 8, 2011
Nielsen: Global Private Label Phenomenon is Here to Stay
More than 90 percent of consumers polled globally by Nielsen said they will continue to purchase private label products when the economy improves.
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March 8, 2011
Family Dollar Rejects Takeover and Reaffirms Commitment to Private Label Strategy
The retailer has hired Marketing Management Inc. to help it bolster private label sales from the current 19 percent to 25 percent over the next three years.
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March 8, 2011
Wegmans' Basting Oil Wins Customers' Hearts
During a recent Products We Love promotion, Wegmans successfully engaged 1,400 customers to subscribe to its blog.
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March 8, 2011
H-E-B Contest Pits Store Brands Against National Brands
As part of its Texas Showdown Challenge, H-E-B will give away $4,000 in cash and other “Texas-sized prizes” to lucky shopper participants.
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March 8, 2011
SQF Institute Launches New Website
The website is organized to make it easier for diverse groups of users -- retailers, suppliers, auditors and certification bodies -- to find the information they need.
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March 1, 2011
Private Label and Cost Reductions Return Safeway to Profit
CEO Steven Burd tells analysts he remains bullish on store brands, which continue to grow at a much faster pace than national brands, and margins are stable
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March 1, 2011
Sam's Club to Sell Select GNC Private Label Products
GNC will rotate pallets of its top-selling items in select Sam's Club locations, focusing on robust and unique formulas that will resonate with Sam's Club members.
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March 1, 2011
Sunflower Farmers Market Unveils New Logo
The new logo will also appear on the grocer’s private label products, which also are being completely redesigned.
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How to Develop a Private Label Expression Aligned with Retail Brand Strategy
By creating private label as a marketing tool rather than just a price alternative, retailers gain the opportunity to tell a complete brand story while simultaneously boosting customer loyalty.
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Using the Store Banner to Endorse Private Label Architecture
Although the economic downturn accelerated private label growth in Europe, there was another key driver -- retailers started to brand their stores.
Source: IPLC
Linking Your Empowered Customer into Your Store Brand Management Process
The formula for success is for retailers to take a holistic store brands management approach by collaborating with customers to maximize store brands potential.
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