January 2011 News Center
January 25, 2011
Market Intelligence and Technology Essential to Effective Packaging Design
Engaging vendors, connecting with customers and knowing what national brands are up to are important ingredients of successful store brands packaging design. For some, workflow management technology is also a must.
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January 25, 2011
Walmart Vows to Make Great Value Line Healthier
The retailer’s broad healthy food initiative also calls for front-of-package nutrition labeling as well as Great Value product reformulations.
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January 25, 2011
Food and Beverage Industry Launches Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling Initiative
The initiative to promote healthier eating and fight obesity will be supported by a $50 million industry-funded consumer education promotional campaign.
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January 25, 2011
Wegmans Introduces Store Brands Whole Grains and Unique Blends
The grocer also features signature recipes in its Menu magazine and online to help shoppers get creative with the new grains.
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January 25, 2011
ShopRite Recruits Foodie Bloggers to Promote Use of Its Store Brands
The new store brands blogger community features a wide variety of recipes using store brands ingredients, as well as shopping and cost-savings tips.
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January 25, 2011
Hy-Vee Rolls Out Artisan Breads
The breads are baked in store with high heat and steam, which seals the bread and naturally preserves freshness.
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January 25, 2011
Mintel: Private Label Earns Quality Reputation
Consumers believe the quality of store brands is higher than it was five years ago, with only 19 percent saying it’s worth paying more for national brands.
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January 25, 2011
Carrefour Discount Expands into Non-Foods
This month the French retailer introduced six household appliances used frequently for meal preparation and housekeeping.
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January 19, 2011
Ed Wright Named President and COO of Daymon's North American Brokerage
The long-time Daymon executive is charged with creating a fully integrated system to better align the company’s resources and partnerships.
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January 18, 2011
Challenges in Store Brands Packaging Design
Organizational structure, communications, brands consolidation and budget constraints are top challenges for retailers and design firms who participated in the second Store Brands Decisions’ Packaging Design Roundtable.
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January 18, 2011
Safeway Adds Open Nature Line to Private Label Offering
The grocer also added eight new family-pack prepared meal solutions to its Signature Café line.
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January 18, 2011
Save-A-Lot Expansion On Track Despite Parent Company's Tough Quarter
Supervalu’s weak financial performance in the third quarter, particularly in the Northeast, was disappointing, but Save-A-Lot’s success is highlighted as a bright spot.
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January 18, 2011
Brookshire Creatively Promotes Private Label
From a store brand contest to surprise home visits, Brookshire Grocery Co. is stepping up store brands advertising and promotions.
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January 18, 2011
Advertising Could Shift More Towards Men
A new Yahoo research study indicates more males are primary grocery shoppers for their households, which could change how retailers market their store brands in the future.
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January 18, 2011
Winn-Dixie Gives Space Coast Family an Extreme Grocery Gift
The grocer also supplied store brands snacks and beverages to the volunteers and trades people with the Extreme Makover home build project.
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January 18, 2011
Sainsbury's Premium Store Brands Contribute to Third Quarter Sales Rise
Convinced shoppers would splurge around the holidays on high-end items, Sainsbury’s added new store brand items, and it paid off.
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January 18, 2011
Thomas Osborne Appointed Senior Technical Director of SQF Institute
Osborne will be responsible for food safety standards, guidelines, training materials as well as audit and certification protocols.
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January 11, 2011
Whole Foods Unveils Health Starts Here Private Label Line and Program
The wellness program features new food products, in-store programs, and web-based tools and resources.
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January 11, 2011
Wegmans Debuts Store Brands FOB Yogurt
The new 90-calorie yogurt is 100 percent vegetarian with omega-3s and contains no added sugar.
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January 11, 2011
Publix Introduces Private Label Specialty Cheeses
The Florida grocer debuts with nine imported and domestic cheeses, with 5 more varieties coming soon.
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January 11, 2011
Family Dollar to Focus on Store Brands Growth in 2011
Although it has made significant strides in private label, company executives said they want to accelerate execution and growth this year.
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January 11, 2011
Fresh & Easy Expands eatwell Private Label Line
Encouraged that its eatwell frozen meals are outselling national brand equivalents, Fresh & Easy adds 11 new fresh food and grocery SKUs.
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January 11, 2011
Mintel: Green Trends to Dominate Beauty Sector
‘Down to earth’ and green product innovation will greatly impact the beauty category this year, with free-from claims proliferating.
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January 11, 2011
GFSI Guidance Document Published and Available for Download
The Consumer Goods Forum has released the sixth edition of the guidance document that specifies the process for food safety schemes to gain recognition.
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January 4, 2011
Walmart Rolls Out New Marketside Offerings
The discount giant quietly expands its Marketside home meal replacement line, which now includes refrigerated pasta and sauces as well as new soup, bread and dip varieties.
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January 4, 2011
Safeway's Custom Ice Cream Packaging Yields Shelf Pop and Savings
Structural packaging innovation in Safeway’s store brands ice cream creates differentiation on the shelf and also yields logistics savings.
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January 4, 2011
Sainsbury's Entire Baby Feeding Line is Now BPA Free
The BPA-free line now includes 31products and crosses over the retailer’s Basics and Little Ones store brands.
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January 4, 2011
P&G: Innovation is our Lifeblood
On the P&G Views blog, excerpted from presentations to analysts in late December, P&G outlines how innovation is driving company success.
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January 4, 2011
Supervalu Sells Sunflower Farmers Market the Rights to the Sunflower Brand
Sunflower Farmers Market now plans to convert its entire private label line to feature the new branding.
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January 4, 2011
Private Label Produce Gains Ground
Private label produce sales are up 13 percent and item offerings increased 23 percent in 2010, according to the United Fresh Foundation.
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Guest Columns
Grocery Aisle Innovation Key to Retailer and Consumer Cost Savings
Retailers are redesigning the aisle, appealing to environmentally friendly consumers and capitalizing on market trends to make their private label brands more competitive.
Source: Tetra Pak Inc.
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.
Source: CBX
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
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