November 2009 Articles

November 19, 2009

Wal-Mart Offers Suppliers Financing Option

Wal-Mart store front image Wal-Mart leverages its scale and credit muscle to support vendors hurt by the CIT bankruptcy, and extends speedier payment terms, which helps guarantee supply to the world’s largest retailer.

Keywords: cti group, grocery, mass, wal-mart, walmart

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November 19, 2009

Target Launches Better-for-You Archer Farms Brand Extension

SB crackers Archer Farms Simply Balanced, which includes more than 70 new store brand products, centers on affordable and better-for-you foods that are nutritionally balanced.

Keywords: archer farms, archer farms simply balanced, mass, private label food, store brand food, target

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November 19, 2009

Store Branded Beverages a Big Threat to National Soft Drink Makers

New research from beverage research company Canadean, indicates private label beverages are on the rise in both quantity and quality, as operators such as convenience stores and fast feeders enter the fray as well.

Keywords: canadean, private label beverages, private label research, store brand beverages, store brand research

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November 16, 2009

Retailers on the Tipping Point of a Store Branding Revolution

Retailers, branding strategists and design experts at a Store Brands Decisions’ roundtable identified how to elevate the store brand game through savvy branding and creativity in premium packaging and design.

Keywords: a&p, aisle 9, doug palmer, innovation, marketing by design, michael kitz, office max, private label innovation, private label packaging, private label strategy, store brand innovation, store brand packaging, store brand strategy, topco, united *dsn, wallace church, wendy sallak

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November 16, 2009

Creating a Point of Difference With Store Brands

Innovation Street sign Whether through product and packaging innovation or raising the bar on food safety standards, retailers are focused on creating competitive differentiation, and increasing brand loyalty and trust.

Keywords: gfsi, global food safety initiative, innnovation, interbrand, plma, private label food safety, private label manufacturers association, private label packagign, private label trends, store brand food safety, store brand packaging, store brand trends, wegmans

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November 15, 2009

Product and Process Innovation Lead the Charge at PLMA Show Opening

Workshop speakers present a shelf optimization case study, forecast store brand growth categories, and highlight new product innovation flavor and other product attribute trends.

Keywords: a.t. kearney, datamonitor, innovation, private label innovation, private label optimization, private label research, private label trends, retail optimization inc., store brand innovation, store brand optimization, store brand research, store brand trends, united*dsn

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November 10, 2009

CPG Promotions Slow Delhaize Store Brand Growth

Food Lion logo Aggressive national brand pricing and promotions, combined with food price deflation, slow the international grocer’s store brand sales and same-store sales in the U.S.

Keywords: bloom, bottom dollar, delhaize, food lion, grocery, hannaford bros., harveys, private label promotions, private label sales, private label trends, store brand promotions, store brand sales, store brand trends, sweetbay

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November 10, 2009

7-Eleven Releases Its First World Wine Store Brand

7-11 logo The world’s largest convenience store chain introduces Yosemite Road store brand wines on both sides of the globe

Keywords: 7-eleven, convenience, grocery, mass, private label beverages, private label wine, seven & i holdings co. ltd., seven-eleven japan, store brand all-natural food, store brand beverages, the wine group, yosemite road

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November 10, 2009

Slow Economic Recovery Presents Store Brand Challenges and Opportunities

A new Daymon report reveals that store brands are becoming a focal point of retail strategy and a key differentiator in the post-recession economy that continues to demonstrate ‘recession-like traits.’

Keywords: daymon, information resources inc. store brand research, iri, private label research

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November 10, 2009

Holiday Price Wars Could Make Consumers Big Winners

Meijer logo Big box retailers such as Meijer, Wal-Mart and Target take off the gloves and duke it out to claim the title of heavyweight price-discounter to attract bargain-hunting cash-strapped shoppers.

Keywords: grocery, mass, meijer, private label pricing, store brand pricing, target, wal-mart, walmart

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November 10, 2009

Walgreens and CVS Clean Up in Paper Towel Tests

Walgreens store front Consumer Reports gives high scores to two drug chain store brands though Costco and Target’s brands also held up well against top national brands Bounty and Viva.

Keywords: bounty, club, consumer reports, costco, cvs, drug, kirkland, mass, private label gousehold products, private label non-foods, private label paper towel, store brand household products, store brand non-foods, store brand paper towel, target, up and up, viva, walgreens

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November 10, 2009

Store Brand Ground Beef Recalled in Eight Eastern States

Retailers such as BJ’s, Trader Joes, Shaw’s and Giant-Carlisle are pulling store brand ground beef from their shelves due to a voluntary recall by supplier Fairbank Farms.

Keywords: bj’s wholesale club, fairbank farms, giant-carlisle, price chopper, private label meat, private label recalls, shaw’s, store brand meat, store brand recalls, trader joe’s

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November 10, 2009

Consumer Reports Finds Harmful Chemicals in Canned Foods

Consumer Reports finds that harmful BPA is still found in many canned foods such as soup, juice, vegetables and even organic foods and some labeled “BPA free.”

Keywords: bisphenol a, bpa, canned food, consumer reports, consumer union, food and drug administration, food safety

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November 5, 2009

Research Reveals Untapped Profits in Authentic Italian Store Brands

Imported from Italy label Consumer research shows that shoppers want grocers to offer more store brand products imported from Italy, but most retailers are missing the opportunity to build customer loyalty and drive new profits in this segment.

Keywords: a&p, harris teeter, italian trade commission, jim wisner, private label consumer insights, private label food, private label imported food, private label italian food, private label research, store brand consumer insights, store brand food, store brand imported food, store brand italian food, store brand research, wegmans, wisner marketing group

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November 3, 2009

Kroger Unveils Produce Traceability Technology

Kroger evening store front he grocer’s Fresh Selections are the first in the nation to use cutting edge HarvestMark technology that reveals the origin of produce ingredients.

Keywords: grocery, harvestmark, kroger, private label food, private label produce, private label traceability, store brand food, store brand produce, store brand traceability

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November 3, 2009

Wal-Mart and Kroger Recall Select Store Brand Dairy Products

Wal-Mart store front image Dairy products manufacturered by Morningstar Foods are recalled due to a soy labeling error.

Keywords: grocery, mass, private label dairy, private label food, private label recalls, store brand dairy, store brand food, store brand recalls, wal-mart, walmart

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November 3, 2009

Store Brands Gain Frozen Food Sales

Marsh store front National brands still drive the category, but store brands at retailers such as Brookshire Grocery and Marsh Supermarkets, gain market share.

Keywords: brookshire grocery, grocery, marsh supermarkets, private label food, private label frozen food, spartan stores, store bradn food, store brand frozen food

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November 3, 2009

Marketing Expert Views Private Label as Brand Malpractice

Terri Golstein of The Goldstein Group In a scathing review of store brand strategies and tactics, one marketing consultant calls on retailers to stop practicing ‘private label thievery.’

Keywords: private label trends, store brand trends, terri goldstein, the goldstein group

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November 3, 2009

Wal-Mart Downsizes and Recasts its Marketside Web Site

Replacing its former focus on its new small-format prepared food chain in Arizona, Wal-Mart’s current web site promotes Marketside as a fresh food store brand.

Keywords: grocery, lifestyle, marketside, mass, private label food, private label prepared food, store brand food, store brand prepared food, wal-mart, walmart

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November 3, 2009

Private Label Today is a Lesson in Branding

Hartman Group logo Retailers are in the driver’s seat and have the ability to create high quality products as well as ‘reimagining’ shopper food experiences.

Keywords: hartman group, private label research, private label trends, srivate label consumer insights, store brand consumer insights, store brand research, store brand trends

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November 3, 2009

7-Eleven Private Label Summit Focuses on Supplier Education

7-Eleven logo The largest convenience store chain outlined its store brand strategy and growth plans, as well as its goal to introduce 7-Select frozen foods next month.

Keywords: 7-eleven, 7-select, convenience, private label food, private label frozen food, private label non-foods, private label snacks, store brand food, store brand frozen food, store brand non-foods, store brand snacks

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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.