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October 2009 Articles
October 29, 2009
Food Safety: A Store Brand Equity Investment
More store brand retailers are requiring manufacturer testing and certification, but forward thinking operators also use quality assurance services for other innovative applications such as brand marketing, resource allocation and vendor evaluations.
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October 27, 2009
Wal-Mart Edges Out Fry's in Tucson Store Brand Pricing Survey
Kroger's Fry's banner comes the closest to Wal-Mart's market basket pricing, using loyalty card discounts as well, missing the retail giant by only 24 cents on 17 selected items.
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October 27, 2009
Costco Leads in Social Media Discussions
Without Costco even participating directly in social networks, Kirkland's "buzz share" exceeds its sales market share.
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October 27, 2009
Organic Watchdog Group Takes on Target Store Brands
The Cornucopia Institute filed a complaint with the USDA against Target for allegedly misleading consumers with its store brand organic labeling.
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October 27, 2009
Store Brands Food Safety Benchmarking Survey Underway
Retailers can now compare their food safety testing and certification plans to the broader food retailing industry.
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October 27, 2009
7-Eleven Accelerates Its March into Store Brands
Adding to its line of 225 private label items, 7-Eleven introduces 15 packaged bakery items under its 7-Select brand.
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October 27, 2009
Winn-Dixie Boosts Store Brand Penetration by 20 Points
Although store brands gained ground, the grocer's overall sales and profit performance slipped considerably for the quarter.
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October 27, 2009
PLMA Live: Store Brand Manufacturers Face New Challenges
David Skarie, co-President and CEO of Ralcorp Holdings, one of the country's largest and most successful manufacturers of private label food products, discusses how the retailer-manufacturer relationship is changing and the best way to build store brand sales.
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October 27, 2009
Store Brands Stifle Kraft Growth Across Core Categories
While private label brands crimp Kraft's core business, the company's leading frozen pizza market share continues to grow and is holding up to store brand competition so far.
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October 27, 2009
Kimberly-Clark Bucks the Declining CPG Profit Trend
Kimberly Clark, which seems unfazed by the growth of store brands, posts a 41 percent profit increase stemming primarily from a price spike.
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October 26, 2009
PLMA Unveils Final Innovation Hall Speakers and Seminars
Emphasis will be on tools and capabilities that retailers and manufacturers need to support store brand growth. The seminars, presented in conjunction with the launch of PLMA’s new Innovation Hall, will be held Sunday thorugh Tuesday
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October 22, 2009
Managing the Growth of Store Brands
With the benefits of store brands growth come increasing business challenges. How do retailers use consumer insights to reduce the risk of new product development? What's the optimal shelf space for store brands? How can new products and packaging get on shelves faster? These questions and more are being answered with new innovative tools that can simplify processes and increase profits.
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October 20, 2009
Deflationary Pressures Cut Grocery Company Sales and Earnings
Safeway joins Kroger and Supervalu with declining sales and profits due to price reductions and shopper cutbacks.
SBD View: With so much deflationary pressure on grocery prices, compounded by heavy CPG promotions and couponing, it seems that the store brand challenge is finding ways to preserve the price-advantage gap over national brands. But how are retailers doing that? Are they rethinking current pricing strategies on store brands too? How is this deflationary environment affecting store brand profits? Tell us your thoughts and ideas.
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October 20, 2009
Walmart Canada Unveils Revamped and Reformulated Great Value Brand
Nielsen research reveals that Canadians' shift to cost-conscious shopping and store brand purchasing will continue even after the economy recovers.
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October 20, 2009
PLMA Show Keynote Speakers Focus on Innovation
Store brand strategies, shelf optimization and demand chain innovation take center stage during the PLMA Show's educational programming in Chicago next month.
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October 20, 2009
MAPCO Express Recruits A&P Exec for New Store Brands Position
The 500-unit convenience store operator plans a new private label push and marketing strategy to boost market share and profits.
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October 20, 2009
Nielsen: Store Brand Candy Sales Not So Sweet This Halloween
Deep discounts by candy companies make it attractive for consumers to buy national brand candy and chocolate this Halloween.
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October 20, 2009
Safeway Hopes to Raise $2.5 million for Breast Cancer Research
With the purchase of select store brands and consumer packaged goods products, Safeway will donate cash for the cure.
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October 15, 2009
Target Boldly Promotes Store Brands on its Circular Cover
The mass merchandiser devoted the entire cover, plus a significant share of page two and page three in its weekly circular to promote Market Pantry and Archer Farms store brands.
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October 15, 2009
Kroger Store Brand Manufacturing and Product Testing Get Attention
As the second-largest grocer in the country faces pressure from Wall Street over declining margins, the media has given Kroger's approach to store brands special attention this week.
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October 15, 2009
A&P Adds Artisan Cheeses to its Hartford Reserve Store Brand Line
Most of the cheeses will be sourced from master cheesemakers in Wisconsin, while a few selections will be imported from Europe.
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October 15, 2009
Family Dollar Plans Store Brand Expansion
The dollar store chain expects store brands and consumables will drive sales increases of between 5 to 7 percent this year.
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October 15, 2009
Retailer and CPG Panel Attempts to Ease Tension Over Store Brands
Willard Bishop's recent web panel and subsequent white paper identifies the source of tension and steps toward healing between retailers with store brands and consumer packaged goods companies.
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October 15, 2009
Nielsen: Less is More -- Are Store Brands Exempt?
Decisions on reducing product assortment should take place on the category level, balancing store brands and national brand offerings.
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October 15, 2009
Daymon Worldwide Selects Kalido for Master Data Management
The leading store brands broker plans to harness its data management and communications with its more 5,000 suppliers and 100 retail customers.
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October 13, 2009
Retailers Seek Innovation Tools to Take Store Brands to New Heights
Whether its Wal-Mart's product lifecycle system to support its sustainability initiative or Supervalu's shelf management technology to optimize profits, one thing is clear -- retailers are using better and more sophisticated tools to manage store brands.
Editor's Note: This is the first part of a series on store brands innovation, leading up to the PLMA Private Label Trade Show Nov. 15-17 in Chicago. Subsequent articles will feature case studies and focus on topics such as consumer insights, product testing and certification, packaging design, strategy and branding, product lifecycle management and supply chain logistics.
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October 6, 2009
Food Lion Reintroduces Holly Farms Chicken as Its Exclusive Store Brand
After a 10 year absence from the market, Food Lion reintroduces the Holly Farm label through Tyson Foods, which will retail below current store brand fresh chicken prices.
Source: Food Lion
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October 6, 2009
Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index Central to its Business Model
John Fleming, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, talks about the retailer's Sustainability Index, why it's important, and how this new lifecycle management approach will remove costs from the system and save consumers money.
Source: Wal-Mart
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October 6, 2009
Duane Reade Launches DR Delish
With a focus on offering healthier and more natural snacks and beverages, the New York City drug chain plans to roll out 100 items by the holidays.
Source: Duane Reade and Brand Week
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October 6, 2009
Store Brands Contain Less Sodium than National Brands
U.K. store brands have considerably less sodium than well known brands, according to a study conducted by Consensus Action on Salt & Health.
Source: Daily Mail (U.K.)
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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
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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
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