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Safeway is providing shoppers with a variety of fresh ideas, tips, and tricks from in-house experts and ways to use store brands in holiday entertaining.The grocery chain launched the Holiday Inspirations web site as place for shoppers to get recipes, entertaining tips and yes, inspiration.Debi Lill
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...ysts.Store brands now represent approximately 27 percent of grocery department sales dollars and 35 percent of the units sold. That’s a 1 percent increase in both areas compared to the third quarter last year, and management expects the growth to continue.“Considering the consistent shar
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Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is introducing an expanded range of Fresh & Easy holiday products with nearly 100 new items.The products hit stores November 19 in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Featured items include a Fresh & Easy Whole Young Fresh Turkey for $1.19 per poud and a
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Walmart’s Asda is relaunching its Smart Price private label to be rolled out in January, according to the The Grocer, a U.K. trade publication.The revamped line is getting a new logo and with on-package photography. Approximately 400 food and non-food items will be repackaged initially with th
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...nents:To reduce sodium by 25 percent in a broad category of grocery items, including grain products, luncheon meats, salad dressings and frozen entrees;Reduce added sugars by 10 percent in dairy items, sauces and fruit drinks; andRemove all remaining industrially produced trans fats (partially hydro
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Stores are pulling eggs and shoppers are facing shortages after supplier Sparboe Farms is found operating in unhealthy conditions.On November 18, animal rights group Mercy for Animals released an undercover video subsequently broadcast on ABC News’ 20/20, secretly recorded at several Sparboe f
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Canadian grocer Loblaw has released the President’s Choice Holiday Insiders Report for 2011 filled with product descriptions and holiday entertaining ideas.The report launched in stores and online November 2 and is packed with more than 80 new President’s Choice products, plus recipes an
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...ing survey released concurrently showed a basket of popular grocery items costs $5.38 less at Whole Foods Market than at other national supermarket chains. The average total price for the everyday items at Whole Foods Market stores was $36.03 compared to the competitors' average of $41.41.The retail
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...com division is offering more than 10,000 branded grocery items for sale. The site is part of the Qu...lid competitor to mass market discount chains and grocery stores.Soap.com's food selection is simila... categories and grown Quidsi at a rapid clip. The grocery focus may be on national brands for now, b
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Loblaw is making an appearance on reality television, but not as a sponsor. The Canadian retailer is the host of a new show where contestants compete for the chance to create a new President’s Choice product.“Recipes to Riches” debuted on the Food Network Canada Oct. 19. The show w
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Supervalu posted a profit for its second quarter thanks to private label growth and marketing prowess, but sees a rocky economic road ahead.Craig HerkertThe supermarket chain managed to post a profit in spite of lower top line results, negative same-store sales and essentially flat unit sales. Manag
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... designed by the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturing Association.Spartan said it ...ieve it is extremely or very important that their grocery stores of choice provide information about...rding to the retailer. This coupled with the U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2009 Report from the Food M
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... since then expanding it to bakery, dairy, deli, frozen and grocery. Other cornerstone store brands include O Organics, Eating Right and Safeway Select.Private label growth is helping Safeway grow sales even as shoppers continue to be pressured by the economy. “I think that in this environment
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Supervalu-owned Albertsons hopes to drive shopper awareness and interest with a new in-house product sampling and event-marketing program called A Taste of Albertsons.There will be events tied to sampling, product launches, holiday promotions and meal-solutions. The grocery chain is working with Day
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... since then expanding it to bakery, dairy, deli, frozen and grocery. All products are 100 percent natural -- defined as raised without antibiotics, have no added hormones, are fed an all-vegetarian diet and contain no artificial preservatives or artificial ingredients. Safeway has supported the priv
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Sainsbury's has replaced the glass used in its store brands peanut butter jars with plastic, cutting packaging by 83 percent or 882,000 kilos (1.94 million pounds).The change is the first of its kind by a U.K. retailer and puts Sainsbury's well on its way to meeting its target to cut total packaging
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...ply Target's Canadian stores with select food and grocery products including frozen, dairy, and dry ...grocery products including frozen, dairy, and dry grocery products -- both national brands and Targ... opening cycles will be announced throughout 2012.
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Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer plans to use a new value-priced private label line to keep shoppers in their stores when making selections based solely on price.Speaking at the Food Marketing Institute's Private Brands Summit in Chicago this week, Ralph Fischer, group vice president, foods merchand
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... competitive pricing study showing that a basket of popular grocery items costs $5.38 less at Whole Foods Market than at other national supermarket chains. The average total price for the everyday items at Whole Foods Market stores was $36.03 compared to the competitors' average of $41.41.Whole Food
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Greek yogurt is enjoying a moment in the spotlight and now Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans is introducing six varieties under the “Food You Feel Good About” brand.“We’ve been working a couple of years on creating an authentic Greek yogurt,” said Wegmans Category Merchant
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Canadian retailer Loblaw will soon debut a new line of premium President’s Choice private label gourmet products under Black Label. Smokey bacon marmalade, eight-year-old cheddar and the cherry shiraz fruit jelly, are just a few examples of the 213 products soon to hit 140 select stores in Ont
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Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis Markets appointed Regina Tator to director of store brands, overseeing the retailer’s 6,300 private label products.Regina TatorTator succeeds Bruno Garisto, who was named vice president of center store sales and merchandising. Tator will oversee product development and
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Sainsbury’s is taking a page from North American retailers and launching a line of refrigerated Mexican food, claiming it is the first in the U.K. to do so under a store brand."As the trend for Mexican restaurants and food trucks is on the rise, we're proud to have developed a range of dishes
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Lubbock, Texas-based United Supermarkets is expanded its private label beverage offerings with two new wines created by local Llano Estacado Winery under the Outlaw Anthem label.The wines -- one red and one white -- are made with grapes grown locally in western Texas. “I think we hit a homerun
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... since then expanding it to bakery, dairy, deli, frozen and grocery. All products are 100 percent natural -- defined as raised without antibiotics, have no added hormones, are fed an all-vegetarian diet and contain no artificial preservatives or artificial ingredients. Safeway has supported the priv
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Spain’s largest retailer El Corte Ingles will soon sell store brands from U.K.-based Waitrose supermarkets, adding 35 SKUs to 50 stores by the end of this year. The expansion marks the first time Waitrose has sold its brands in a premier European chain.El Corte Ingles is an iconic chain in Spa
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Regional grocers such as Tewksbury, Mass.-based Market Basket, can compete with the likes of Walmart by focusing on store brands, value and neighborhood appeal, according to a new study by Kantar Retail.
Cambridge, Mass.-based Kantar Retail compared a Walmart Supercenter to a 76,000 square-foot Mar
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The Refreshe brand, once only used on Safeway’s store branded bottled water, has been redesigned and expanded to include other beverage categories.
“Refreshe is currently showing up on your store shelves in a whole new look and with some new company: soft drinks, water and mixers,&rdquo
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Gone are the days of offering customers different types of foodservice packaging at different Whole Foods Markets across the country.
Under the leadership of branding and advertising agency Duffy & Partners, the retailer is unveiling a unified package design for its bakery products, soups, and
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Under the leadership of new CEO Bill Simon, it appears Walmart’s U.S. division is going back to the future, so to speak, with an aggressive plan to boost sales and repair strained supplier relations.
Bill Simon
This new plan was reportedly discussed and fleshed out by senio
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Canada’s Loblaw is making it easy for shoppers to switch –and-save with store brands this week as it flags more than 100 President’s Choice products at the shelf, proving the savings against national brands.
The Switch and Save event also extends beyond the grocery cart to Preside
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Safeway’s Bright Green Clean Team tour is showcasing the grocer’s store brand natural household cleaning line while cleaning up America along the way.
As part of its marketing campaign, the tour has already visited Washington, Philadelphia, Seattle and Portland, Ore., with San Francisco
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Wegmans Food Markets is working hard to eliminating business disruptions to yield better sales, profits and, ultimately, higher levels of customer satisfaction.
Pam Fisher
Under The New Ways of Working Together framework –– designed to show trading partners what to fo
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More than 80 percent of Canadian grocery shoppers purchase store brands and 49 percent do so frequently, according to a survey conducted by Harris/Decima for Canadian retailer Sobeys.
tore brands are gaining popularity across Canada because they offer equal or better taste and quality compared to l
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As part of its month-long rotating mobile marketing campaign, this week Food Lion is promoting its store brand oatmeal with a $1 off as part of its “Breakfast Club” program.
The offer is available to those who text the word “oatmeal” to a provided number, and the savings ar
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At the end of the month Publix Deli will offer five proprietary fresh, ready-to-eat kids’ meals –– including an entrée, two sides and a drink –– for $3.99.
The deli worked with Publix’s in-house registered dietician to ensure each meal was balanced, wholes
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Supervalu’s Jewel-Osco places more focus on store brands merchandising and reduces inventory levels to better compete against Walmart.
In addition, the Chicago-based chain is testing a new format with15 percent to 25 percent less SKUs as part of Supervalu’s mission to make more room for
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This past weekend United Supermarkets expanded its store brand wine offering with the addition of three new Market Street wines, including sangria and two table wines.
The wines, marketed under the Vineyards of Market Street label, will be sold in the 42 stores that currently sell wines and beer. T
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...g. Sinclair, executive vice president and general manager, grocery is also heading up the food and health and wellness merchandising teams; Wrestling, executive vice president, planning, pricing and replenishment will also lead the general merchandising and replenishment teams.
Both Sinclair and W
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Great Kitchens Inc., a private label manufacturer and maker of Walmart’s Marketside pizzas, issued a recall for nearly 110,000 pounds of BBQ chicken pizza product sold mostly at Walmart stores.
The affected products were produced by the Romeoville, Ill.-based company on June 15 and 16. Great
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Doug Palmer, vice president of store brands for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), was named a Brand Innovator 2010, the only store brands retail executive to be recognized this year by Brand Packaging magazine.
“Doug Palmer has made an indelible impression on a long and notabl
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Stew Leonard’s introduced store brand Organic Whole Milk, Organic 1% Lowfat Milk and Organic Fat Free Milk produced by family-owned Clover Farms Dairy.
All certified USDA organic, the new product line will be sold for an introductory price of $2.99 for half-gallons, which is about $1 more exp
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Seiyu, Walmart’s Japanese banner, is now selling two store brand wines imported from Walmart’s Oak Leaf Vineyards in California.
Offering red and white wine varieties at its 369 stores nationwide, Seiyu’s store brand wine – priced at $4.19 per bottle – is said to be th
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While retailers and suppliers agree that aggressive competition from national brands is slowing the rate of store brand growth, it is forcing the industry to work smarter and more creatively to identify and implement product, packaging and supply chain innovations and efficiencies.
F
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...at Hannaford locations, and from April 8 to June 4 at Bloom grocery stores. Both grocers are owned and operated by Delhaize America.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture discovered the problem during a routine product-sampling test and notified Bloom when it found sulfites in the shrimp.
T
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...ze SKUs, Walmart is replacing between 300 and 400 grocery items it decided in February to cut, accor... the CFO indicated additional SKUs outside of the grocery category might be replaced on a case-by-ca...traffic that you would have with that trip.”
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...em to.”
The prepared food trend extends to more than grocery stores, with drug stores, convenience stores, and big box retailers all offering some type of prepared foods. Of course, regional grocers such as Wegmans and Hy-Vee have been offering restaurant-quality food for many years.
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Without the benefit of consumer research and shopper insights, Sobeys Inc. would have blindly continued executing on its three-tiered store brands strategy without realizing that its customers were misinterpreting the positioning of its product tiers.
Instead, based on consumer insights, Sobeys rec
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Sobeys Inc. takes an “inside out, not an outside in approach” to its store brands program, Paul Flinton, vice president of marketing, told FMI Private Brands Summit attendees during his opening keynote address this morning.
“We run one private label program across all of our banne
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Walmart Brazil launched Bom Preço, a new private label line that features 150 food and household cleaning product. Available in Walmart, BIG, Mercadorama, National and Bompreço chains, many of the products feature sustainable packaging.
This new line unifies store brand products sold
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Photo: Courtesy of The Charlotte Observer...nice pepper rub on it."
Another Delhaize America grocery chain, Hannaford Supermarkets, is promotin...r free.
Photo: Courtesy of The Charlotte Observer
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...ection of more than 3,000 store branded products in its 515 grocery stores in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi.
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Asda is seeking to develop international store brands to be sold in Walmart stores around the world.
The U.K. grocer is looking to develop five or six international store brands that would be sold globally through Walmart owned chains, global chief marketing officer Rick Bendel told Marketing Week.
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Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy stores will offer customers a $1 coupon for every $10 spent on selected store brands purchased in a single transaction during its Bonus Bucks promotion June 2 and Aug. 3.
Every Tuesday during the promotion, customers will receive two Bonus Bucks coupons for ev
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As other large grocery chains de-emphasize urban markets, opportunistic discounters such as Supervalu’s Save-A-Lot and Aldi plan to expand there to fill the void.
In January, Supervalu revealed it planned to double its Save-A-Lot store count over the next five year, and recently added that ab
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Don McGeorge, former president and COO of The Kroger Co., the country’s largest supermarket chain, discusses store brand innovation, supplier relations and the competitive retail landscape in this week’s edition of PLMA Live! VIEW VIDEO
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Unveiling its cheapest store brands to date, Canadian retailer Sobeys Inc. introduced Signal, a line of every day essential products.
“Signal offers our lowest prices on shelf for everyday essentials across all of the key food, household and cleaning product lines,” said Belinda Youngs,
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A line of Balducci’s gourmet store brand products will soon be featured at Kings upscale supermarkets in New York and New Jersey, according to a Progressive Grocer report.
Balducci's "tradition of unrivaled excellence and a passion for great food," including fresh seasonal foods sourced direc
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Meijer Inc. has agreed to sell Reed’s all natural sodas in all of its 119 supercenter stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based discounter has agreed to carry select varieties of Reed’s and Virgil’s beverages direct through its
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After a long stretch of declining sales, Whole Foods has turned business around, more than doubling its recent quarterly profits, by focusing on stores brands and value pricing and promotions.
"It is a turnaround," Keith Jelinek, director in Alix Partners' global retail practice told MarketWatch. "
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As Safeway and Supervalu independently structure their in-house organizations to completely manage their store brands in-house, both grocers recently outlined to suppliers their strategic plans and programs.
With an eye toward operating shoulder to shoulder with the nation’s largest and best
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Bobbi Gosselin
Six weeks after Supervalu and Safeway terminated their relationships with Daymon Worldwide, the store brands broker is taking steps to serve its supplier partners with regional off-site satellite offices down the road from both grocers’ headquarters.
Daymon s
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Tim Jacques
Delhaize America named Tim Jacques senior director of the new centralized private brands team charged with product innovation and portfolio management for all the company’s banners.
What was once a blend of a centralized and decentralized organizational structur
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... more than 1,400 of the most frequently purchased grocery and household items, which the company cla... cashing, photo processing or other non-essential grocery store services."
Walmart is intimately fa... in our traditional retail stores,” he said.
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Mary Ellen Burris
Responding to customer concerns about the health and environmental concerns over Bisphenol A (BPA), Mary Ellen Burris, Wegmans’ senior vice president of consumer affairs, issue an update on the grocer’s position on her weekly blog.
BPA, a controversi
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Wallet Pop’s Store Brand Scorecard tackled baked cheese crackers this week, and voted CVS’s Gold Emblem cheese crackers the best store brand in the category, though the chain was scolded for its deceiving packaging size.
Sunshine’s Cheez-It brand remains the cheesiest, but the mos
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Hannaford, a Delhaize grocery chain, modified recipes for 295 store brand items to remove artery-clogging trans fats from its entire store brand food line, according to a report in MPBN News.
"Our shoppers want choices that help them save money and eat better, and the Hannaford brand can help on bo
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...ries, said Herkert whose Supervalu holding company operates grocery chains such as Albertson’s, Jewel-Osco, ACME Markets and Shaw's.
Supervalu reported profit of $97 million for the quarter ended Feb. 27, compared with a loss of $201 million in the same prior-year quarter. Meanwhile same-sto
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German retailer Rewe’s new Pro Planet sustainability label will highlight the eco-friendly features of its existing store brands such as green manufacturing methods employed and responsible resource usage, according to a Planet Retail report.
The label will first be used in the produce depart
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Looking to offer customers a steakhouse experience “at an honest price,” Bloom launched fresh hand-cut Black Angus beef from Sheffield & Sons, a small family farm in Aberdeen County, Scotland.
“Black Angus is served today in fine steakhouses for a good reason: its juicy, mouth
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Attempting to reverse a slow down in U.S. sales in recent months, Walmart cut prices on approximately 10,000 items, primarily food and staple products, “to reinforce its reputation as a discount leader,” according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Walmart declined to reveal the depth of
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The Tampa Bay area is getting a lot of attention from discounters such as Aldi, Save-A-Lot and Family Dollar.
Four big grocery chains currently dominate the market –– Publix, Walmart, Sweetbay and Winn-Dixie –– but frugal shoppers are making it easy for a large number of dis
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... poll conducted in February of nearly 800 primary household grocery shoppers.
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Tetra Pak will supply more than 100 million Forest Stewardship Council labeled milk and fruit juice carton packages to Carrefour stores across France this year.
The supply agreement is seen as an important milestone in Tetra Pak’s global FSC deployment. In France, the company has set a goal o
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As part of its strategy to fully manage stores brands in-house and work more closely with industry suppliers, Safeway is hosting its first annual Innovation Expo on June 16.
Suppliers are invited to submit concept proposals by April 30 that will be “vetted against trends/platforms to be ident
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Supervalu's natural and organic store brands line.
Supervalu is terminating its relationship with Daymon Worldwide as part of a larger plan to pull all of its store brands management in-house, becoming the second large grocer in the past week to part ways with the store brands
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Eight O’Clock Coffee fans are invited to “show the world that your bag is the best of the best” in the Eight O’Clock Coffee’s Crazy 8’s ChampBEANship,” which the brand is supporting on its Facebook page from March 22 until April 5.
Facebook fans can vote on
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Private-label cooperative Topco Associates is seeking to buy the Wild Oats brand and other related intellectual property, which would significantly accelerate its market penetration in natural and organic store brands.
Skokie, Ill.-based Topco, along with Luberski Inc., based in Fullerton, Calif.,
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...Europe because national brands remain the key driver of the grocery business in the U.S., with private label being second,” Whinnett said. “In Europe, the relationship is reverse –– private-label strategy is number one and national brands are second. As a result, brokers are
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Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets issued a voluntary recall of four varieties of its store brand seasoning mixes over concerns the packages could be contaminated with salmonella.
Manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, the company sa
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Exclusive to Store Brands Decisions
Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part report on retail-ready packaging for store brands. Part 1 last week discussed the roots of the emerging trend as well as manufacturer concerns about the resulting increase in product packaging costs. This
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...office supplies in other retail outlets including grocery stores, drug stores and mass merchandisers...de by women, making the category a strong fit for grocery and drug stores.
The company is now enter...said CEO Sam Duncan during a recent investor call.
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...sh; and will be available nationwide at the company's 4,290 grocery stores under the banners of Acme, Albertsons, bigg's, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher's, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's/Star Market, Shop 'n Save and Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, as well as at select independent grocers served by Supervalu&r
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Exclusive to Store Brands Decisions
Editor's Note: This is a two-part report on retail-ready packaging for store brands, which traditional grocers such as Kroger and Loblaw are embracing to streamline operations. Part 1 discusses the roots of the emerging trend as well as manufacturer concerns abou
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The Private Label Manufacturers Association honored 23 food and beverage products and 11 home and health products in its 2009 Salute to Excellence Awards.
Wegman's Chocolate
More than 350 products across 34 categories were submitted for consideration and evaluated by a panel of
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... said....committed to becoming the premier retailer in the grocery sector with an unrivaled reputation for pu...t buying.
Through its membership, the 1,725-unit grocery chain said it will work with CPG members
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A Store Brands Decisions’ Exclusive
Supervalu is reorganizing its merchandising team, focusing first on store brands and fresh foods, all part of the chain’s recent efforts to better leverage its scale and focus on local marketing initiatives.
Steve Jungmann
“O
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A Store Brands Decisions' Exclusive
Safeway's O Organics store brand
While suppliers are accustomed to reimbursing retailers for packaging artwork and redesigns tiered according to the degree of work done, Safeway is navigating into uncharted waters charging a flat $500 fee per S
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...This developing section of the site, labeled Grocery BETA, stops short of allowing online shopp...ng online shopping, but permits consumers to Shop Grocery in 18 product groupings, visit an Idea Cen...nutritional information.
A unique feature of the Grocery beta site is a robust section of the websi
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Minneapolis-based Supervalu unveiled its new and improved Baby Basics store brand diapers that offer better leak protection, improved fit and a more comfortable extra-soft interior.
The new contoured shape and high-stretch side panels allow for greater flexibility as the baby moves; the hypoallerge
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As market share of store brand spices have increased more than a point over the past year, Wal-Mart is testing replacing leading manufacturer brands with its store brands in test locations, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Store brand spices have increased market share from13.5 percent in 2008
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As shoppers seek healthier food alternatives, retailers are developing more store brand products that carrying health claims such as genetically modified organism (GMO) free, gluten free and the absence of certain fats, according to an article written by Nielsen’s Tom Pirovano.
“Store b
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Wal-Mart reportedly banished Glad and Hefty bags from the food-storage category, leaving only one national brand, SC Johnson’s Ziploc, and its own Great Value store brand on the shelves.
Industry observers anticipate Wal-Mart will similarly consolidate other categories and reduce product asso
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...uper premium products with the corporate identity."However, grocery industry consolidation makes corporate logo banners on products inefficient and costly, according to Palmer. "Fifteen or 20 years ago it was easy to take your marquee and put it on a label. Now as we've started to consolidate you ca
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Sold at its Food Lion and Harveys banners, Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion introduced a low-sugar children’s cereal called Good 4 Kids.
The cereal is available in four varieties ––apple cinnamon, honey, fruity and chocolate, according to a Supermarket News report. Good 4 Kids als
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Minneapolis-based Supervalu named Steve Jungmann, a former Solo Cup and Kraft Foods executive, as its new executive vice president of merchandising.
Prior to joining Solo Cup in 2007, Jungmann spent one year with Spectrum Brands, a global consumer packaged goods company, as senior vice president of
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Brookshire Brothers plans to carry the Eating Right and O Organics brands, both of which were initially developed as a Safeway private label, according to a Supermarket News Report.
The Lufkin, Texas-based retailer will roll out approximately 300 certified organic O Organics SKUs and 250 Eating Rig
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Texas-based H.E. Butt is the latest in a string of U.S. grocers to cut prices on store brands and national brands, and across the Atlantic in the U.K. Wal-Mart's Asda subsidiary follows suit.
This week H-E-B lowered prices on more than 5,000 items, a decision that the company said was made last yea
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...s private label and brand name products in center store/dry grocery, produce, frozen, dairy, meat, deli and bakery.
The chain is promoting the Price Freeze program in its current circular, television and radio ads as well as using prominent in-store signage and shelf tags.
Founded in 1912, Weis Ma
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... of the newspaper's 2009 Taster's Choice tastings....g products blind, "time and again, they find that grocery store brands come out on top," according t...rom 2009, more than one-third of the winners were grocery store brands."
Furthermore, 17 products m
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... categories including seafood, frozen food and dry packaged grocery.
SBD Views: This move provides further evidence that Wal-Mart is taking steps with its supply chain to ensure capacity for its ambitious store brand growth goals. Moving into direct sourcing may actually take them one step cl
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...ition,” he said, adding that national brand grocery tonnage grew as well. “Tonnage growt...s particularly strong in dairy, meat, produce and grocery as customers responded positively to lower...s for the long-term growth of our business.”
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It appears that a store brand tagline coined by Sainsbury in the 1950s is being liberally used by Asda and is appearing in full-page newspaper advertisements in the U.K., according to a report in The [London] Times.
Asda is promoting its revamped premium store brands with the slogan, “Good fo
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Niel Golub, president and CEO of Price Chopper supermarkets, said store brands will continue to grow because the consumer has been forever transformed by the recession and the quality of retail store brands.
“Recession shopping behaviors will likely be extended and might well be ingrained. Pr
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...found that store brands account for 31 percent of household grocery expenses among Hispanics, averaging $85.94 every two weeks out of a total of $266.63.
And Hispanics at all income levels are buying store brands. Hispanics earning $50,000 or more per year spend the most on store brands ($92.67). R
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...les growth of 22.3 percent for the 52 weeks ended Oct. 3 in grocery, drug and mass merchandiser channels, including Wal-Mart.
During the same period, Nielsen data shows that overall store brand unit sales increased 5.3 percent, while national brand unit share dropped 2.3 percent.
In a Brand Week r
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In order to improve efficiency of its store brand packaging design and printing processes, Wal-Mart has installed Sun Brand Technologies’ Odin brand management software across its fresh produce, grocery and health and beauty lines, according to a Planet Retail report.
The retailer is using th
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Wal-Mart is reducing its carbon footprint by recycling the cardboard waste collected in its stores and converting it into boxes for its store brand take-and-bake pizza programs.
“We’ve totally and literally closed the loop using a retailer’s own boxes to go through a paper mill an
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...erience that will blow customers away without blowing their grocery budgets."
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This month Wal-Mart told more than 1,000 suppliers they could get credit support and payment within 10 to 15 days for goods delivered instead of having to wait the usual 60 to 90 days.
Select suppliers were notified about the new "Supplier Alliance Program," in a letter dated Nov. 2, according to t
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Major retailers are poised for a no-holds-barred price war to win consumer loyalty and their shrinking disposable income earmarked for holiday shopping.
Wal-Mart promises “hundreds of millions of dollars in price reductions” on everything from produce and groceries to toys and clothes.
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...nimaru supermarkets in northern Japan, Shell Garden upscale grocery stores, Denny’s family restaurants, Seibu and Sogo department stores, are participating in the new product launch, according to a company statement.
Seven & i, operator of 15,000 retail stores with $57.6 billion in corpor
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Belgian retailer Delhaize, which also operates more than 2,650 grocery stores in six countries, said increased national brand promotional activity is cutting into store brand sales in its U.S. stores, according to a report in just-food.com
Deep discounts and couponing from consumer packaged goods c
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A big switch from being a fairly deep web site about the assortment of prepared foods, produce, bakery, wines and cheeses offered at its chain of small format lifestyle food stores, Wal-Mart had altered the site to a basic landing page promoting its new Marketside store brand.
The web site boasts:
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...of store brands for Tyler, Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. told Progressive Grocer. "Our store br...combat loss of share to store brands," Brookshire Grocery's Hardin said. "While we can't divulge the... has created a healthy leverage with name brands."
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Morningstar Foods is recalling a number of dairy products -- including whipping cream and chocolate ice cream mix products used in grocery store brands -- because they might contain soy protein, which is not noted on the label or packaging.
The recalled items include certain units of Wal-Mart&rsquo
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Kroger’s new line of store brand fresh salads includes new technology on the packaging that enables customers to learn where the produce was grown as part of Kroger’s “Quality You Can Trace” program.
The operator of 2,470 stores nationwide teamed with HarvestMark, a food tra
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When it comes to breaches in food safety, the past 18 months have been this country’s worst on record.
It started in the summer of 2008 with the Food & Drug Administration’s botched recall and destruction of $40 million of Florida tomatoes believed tainted with Salmonella Saintpaul.
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...f $2.3 million.The Jacksonville, Fla.-based operator of 515 grocery stores in the southeast posted a $34.4 million sales decline (2 percent) to $1.6 billion, which the company attributed to the decrease of non-recurring storm-related sales and six store closures that occurred in fiscal 2009. Excludi
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The Arizona Daily Star surveyed store-brand offerings at major grocery retailers in Tucson last week, and Wal-Mart's Great Value was the cheapest for the selected items studied, even when taking loyalty cars into consideration. K-VA-T's Food City took second place, when loyalty cards were removed fo
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Most retailers want to increase share of wallet, customer loyalty, and sales and profits of their store brands. But how can they get inside consumers' head? How do they know when products please or displease them?
Brand new research tools through Gfk Custom Research North America and its partner Em
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wal-mart,
kroger,
supervalu,
innovation,
store brand packaging,
private label packaging,
private label innovation,
store brands innovation,
gfk custom research north america,
business,
ahold,
walmart,
retail optimization inc.,
emsense,
logix3,
store brand shelf optimization,
private label shelf optimization,
rite aid,
sysco,
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drug,
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As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Safeway’s company-wide campaign will donate $5 to local and national breast cancer charities for every $30 in eligible store-brand and national-brand shopper purchases.
As part of a secondary campaign, shoppers who buy $30 in participating frozen or d
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Tags: general mills,
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private label promotions,
pepsico,
store brand promotions,
store brand marketing,
kraft,
procter & gamble,
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safway,
sargento,
birds eye,
unilever,
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...ndents saying they now spend less on take-out meals. At the grocery store, Canadians are looking for ways to make their dollars go farther, with 51 percent saying they are saving by switching to store brands.
Many Canadians say this shift to more cost-conscious shopping will continue even after the
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great value,
nielsen,
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store brand research,
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...ughts and ideas?...
SBD View: With so much deflationary pressure on grocery prices, compounded by heavy CPG promotions...re brand profits? Tell us your thoughts and ideas?
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Tags: kroger,
supervalu,
safeway,
private label pricing,
store brand pricing,
business,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
companies,
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Over the years, as brand marketers were investing in more strategic and collaborative retailer relationships, retailers focused successfully on store brands that directly compete with their national brands.
The current state of supplier and retailer "co-opetition" is confusing and frustrating to ma
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Tags: kroger,
supervalu,
business,
willard bishop,
private label supplier realtions,
store brand suplier relations,
bi-lo,
giant food stores,
t. marzetti & co.,
barilla america,
sunstar americas,
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industry,
markets,
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This week Montvale, N.J.-based A&P introduced a new line of artisan private label cheeses under its premium Hartford Reserve line.
The Hartford Reserve Artisan Cheese Collections will feature new vintage-aged gouda, cranberry chipotle cheddar and a blue cheese with mild white goat's milk called
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private label food,
store brand food,
the great atlantic & pacific tea co.,
business,
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From its unique position as a grocer who manufactures nearly 50 percent of its store brand products to its diligent approach to store brand new product testing, Kroger made headlines this week in various newspapers that picked up two special features written by the Associated Press.
Perhaps all the
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Tags: kroger,
business,
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store brand manufacturing,
private label product testing,
store brand product testing,
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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, strat
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wal-mart,
private label manufacturers association,
supervalu,
innovation,
plma,
private label innovation,
store brand innovation,
business,
walmart,
store brand strategies,
private label strategies,
carrefour,
store brand management tools,
interbrand,
retail optimixation inc.,
agentrics,
brian sharoff,
grocery,
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markets,
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Harris Teeter is hosting a store brands holiday video recipe challenge, inviting customers to share their favorite recipes cooked with Harris Teeter store brands.
Participants, who must produce a video of themselves making their favorite holiday recipe, can win $2,500 cash or $500 in Harris Teeter
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business,
walmart,
sustainability,
privat label sustainability,
store brand sustainability,
grocery,
mass,
industry,
markets,
companies,
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... at 1,200 Food Lion, Bloom and Bottom Dollar Food grocery stores throughout the eastern United State...ited States.
After a 10 year absence from retail grocery stores in the southeast, "the reintroducti...0s Holly Farms was phased out as a national brand.
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Tags: food lion,
private label food,
store brand food,
private label meat,
store brand meat,
business,
bloom,
bottom dollar food,
tyson foods,
hans lefebvre,
holly farms,
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markets,
companies,
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Thought Leadership: Andres Siefken, Daymon Worldwide
Consumer packaged goods companies are cutting back on innovation, reducing prices and throwing money at retailers and consumers with increased promotions and store coupons to compete more forcefully with store brands –– all strong ind
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: innovation,
private label research,
private label trends,
store brand research,
store brand trends,
daymon,
private label brokers,
store brand brokers,
andres siefken,
business,
store brand strategies,
private label strategies,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
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Tags: private label trends,
store brand trends,
kvat,
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business,
store brand strategies,
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dollar,
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Tags: wegmans,
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Editor’s Note: This is the last article in an exclusive four-part series on A&P’s revamped store brand’s program. The first part, “A&P’s Store Brands Transformation,” focused on the grocer’s overall strategy and plan. Part II, “A&P’s
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: a&p,
innovation,
store brand non-foods,
private label non-foods,
the great atlantic & pacific tea co.,
store brand beauty and personal care products,
private label pet products,
store brand pet products,
business,
private label health care products,
doug palmer,
preferred pet,
market spa,
live better,
prvate label beauty and personal care products,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
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Tags: private label beverages,
store brand beverages,
business,
co-op,
store brand wine,
private label wine,
decanter world wine awards,
sainsbury's,
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markets,
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food and beverage,
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Tags: store brand market share,
private label market share,
iri,
private label research,
information resources inc.,
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drug,
dollar,
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markets,
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Tags: wal-mart,
private label innovation,
store brand innovation,
business,
walmart,
private label sustainable products,
store brand sustainable products,
private label earth-friendly products,
store brand earth-friendly products,
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store brand supply chain,
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Editor's Note: This is the third in an exclusive four-part series on A&P's revamped store brands' program. Part I, "A&P's Store Brands Transformation," focused on the grocer's overall strategy and plan. Last week's Part II, "A&P's High Hopes for Premium Store Brands," focused on Via Roma
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: a&p,
green way,
innovation,
private label food,
store brand food,
store brand non-foods,
private label non-foods,
private label organic food,
store brand organic food,
the great atlantic & pacific tea co.,
business,
doug palmer,
private label natural food,
store brand natural food,
private label sustainable products,
store brand sustainable products,
private label earth-friendly products,
store brand earth-friendly products,
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markets,
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Tags: private label manufacturers association,
private label marketing,
aldi,
plma,
private label trends,
store brand trends,
store brand supplier relations,
private label supplier relations,
store brand marketing,
private label strategy,
store brand strategy,
business,
tim simmons,
plma live,
joan kavanaugh,
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store brand merchandising,
private label supply chain,
store brand supply chain,
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Tags: private label innovation,
store brands innovation,
safeway,
business,
joseph ennen,
frito lay,
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markets,
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Tags: kroger,
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value store brands,
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markets,
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With a keen understanding that consumer insights will help it sharpen its store brand offer and win consumer loyalty, Wal-Mart is developing a Great Value Round Table of shoppers.
Wal-Mart created a dedicated web site for its Round Table to recruit Great Value shoppers who will be rewarded with the
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wal-mart,
great value,
private label marketing,
private label research,
store brands research,
gfk custom research north america,
business,
walmart,
great value consumer panle,
great value round table,
store brands marketing,
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mass,
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Editor's Note: This is the second of an exclusive four-part series on A&P's revamped store brand's program. Last week's article, "A&P's Store Brands Transformation," focused on the grocer's overall strategy and plan. Subsequent weekly articles in the series will feature Green Way, A&P's
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: a&p,
green way,
innovation,
private label food,
store brand food,
premium store brands,
premium private label,
store brand packaging,
private label packaging,
private label organic food,
store brand organic food,
private label grocery,
store brand grocery,
the great atlantic & pacific tea co.,
business,
doug palmer,
via roma,
hartford reserve,
private label italian food,
store brand italian food,
ac gold,
master choice,
grocery,
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markets,
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Tags: kroger,
private label food,
store brand food,
store brand non-foods,
private label non-foods,
procter & gamble,
business,
p&g,
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markets,
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Tags: wal-mart,
great value,
private label trends,
store brand trends,
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walmart,
bharti retail,
george,
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mass,
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markets,
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Tags: supervalu,
private label food,
store brand food,
private label frozen food,
store brand frozen food,
culinary circle,
business,
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store brand recalls,
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Tags: wal-mart,
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Tags: national brands,
cpg,
private label trends,
store brand trends,
publix,
business,
ed crenshaw,
publix super markets,
store brand favoritism,
private label favoritism,
private label sku rationalization,
store brand sku rationalization,
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Tags: national brands,
cpg,
safeway,
private label trends,
store brand trends,
business,
steven burd,
private label sku rationalization,
store brand sku rationalization,
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markets,
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Tags: wal-mart,
great value,
a&p,
whole foods,
private label trends,
store brand trends,
kellogg,
private label strategy,
store brand strategy,
business,
walmart,
family dollarstores,
bed bath & beyond,
mcdonald's,
grocery,
mass,
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markets,
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...is S.V.P. of Merchandising for A&P.
Palmer's grocery career spans three decades and includes wo... at Safeway on the development of the traditional grocery industry's first organic line, O Organics,...n a strong foothold for when the economy rebounds.
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: a&p,
green way,
america's choice,
innovation,
private label food,
store brand food,
store brand non-foods,
private label non-foods,
private label organic food,
store brand organic food,
the great atlantic & pacific tea co.,
private label beauty and personal care products,
store brand health care products,
store brand pet products,
business,
doug palmer,
via roma,
hartford reserve,
preferred pet,
market spa,
live better,
private labelhealthcare products,
pivate label pet products,
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markets,
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Tags: food lion,
private label promotions,
private label beverages,
store brand beverages,
store brand promotions,
store brand loyalty,
private label loyalty,
private label milk,
store brand milk,
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Tags: supervalu,
store brand packaging,
private label packaging,
private label innovation,
store brand innovation,
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ahold,
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Wal-Mart is about 75 percent complete with its product reformulation and relaunch of its Great Value store brand, said Andrea Thomas, senior vice president of private label brands for the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant.
Speaking at a Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce Champions prese
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wal-mart,
great value,
tide,
private label food,
store brand food,
store brand non-foods,
private label non-foods,
business,
coca-cola,
cheerios,
ocean spray,
andrea thomas,
grocery,
mass,
industry,
markets,
companies,
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Tags: supervalu,
private label food,
store brand food,
private label frozen food,
store brand frozen food,
culinary circle,
business,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
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Next week, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market expects to launch Steel Kettle Whistle, its second store brand beer, which is described as an American-style lager brewed in Wisconsin.
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Tags: private label beverages,
store brand beverages,
fresh & easy,
private label beer,
store brand beer,
steel kettle whistle,
business,
grocery,
lifestyle,
industry,
markets,
companies,
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Tags: private label marketing,
tesco,
private label beverages,
store brand beverages,
store brand marketing,
private label milk,
store brand milk,
carbon footprint,
private label green marketing,
store brand green marketing,
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grocery,
mass,
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markets,
companies,
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Flexibility, thought leadership and innovation led executives at KVAT to create a new and unique store format -- Super Dollar Discount Foods -- to better serve the needs of its large and growing low-income customer base.
Based in Abingdon, Va., the operator of 94 Food City stores and 11 Super Dolla
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: innovation,
,
private label innovation,
store brand innovation,
kvat,
super dollar discount foods,
steven c. smith,
business,
grocery,
dollar,
valu time,
food club,
world classics,
walmart.wal-mart,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
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Tags: kroger,
private label promotions,
private label research,
store brand research,
fresh & easy,
store brand promotions,
store brand marketing,
spartan stores,
private label markting,
business,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
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Tags: private label food,
store brand food,
publix,
phil lempert,
business,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
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Tags: safeway,
every-day-low pricing,
pricing strategies,
private label pricing,
store brand pricing,
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markets,
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Tags: supervalu,
private label food,
store brand food,
private label frozen food,
store brand frozen food,
culinary circle,
stone ridge creamery,
business,
grocery,
industry,
markets,
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food and beverage,
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Tags: private label food,
tesco,
store brand food,
fresh & easy,
private label deli and prepared food,
store brand deli and prepared food,
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grocery,
lifestyle,
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markets,
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Tags: kroger,
private label promotions,
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markets,
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Tags: private label general merchandise,
store brands general merchandise,
private label non-foods,
store brands non-foods,
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markets,
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Tags: supervalu,
private label food,
store brand food,
private label organic food,
store brand organic food,
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o organics,
wild harvest,
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business,
grocery,
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markets,
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safeway,
h-e-b,
randalls,
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store brand taste test,
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mass,
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markets,
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