Items Tagged with "Industry"
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...handising needs.About FFR-DSI, Inc.FFR-DSI, Inc. leads the industry in providing Total Retail Solutions designed to increase sales, improve category management, limit shrink and reduce labor at the point of sale. These products include merchandising and loss prevention systems, shelf-edge label
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Soft-drink company, Cott Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of private-label juice maker Cliffstar Corp. and its affiliated companies for $500 million in cash.Cliffstar is eligible for additional payouts of up to $55 million, depending on its performance this year and the completio
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American consumers have re-learned how to shop — and in the process reshaped the playing field for both consumer packed goods companies and retailers.
The recession made it necessary for Americans to rethink and adjust their shopping patterns, which has resulted in a more strategic, informed
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Eco-friendly cleaning-products company Method Products developed a brand new highly concentrated laundry detergent in a sturdy pump-style bottle, which it claims solves an array of shopper and environmental problems.
The detergent is eight-times more concentrated than others currently on the market
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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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...well as factors influencing the future of the CPG industry.
“Store brands growth galloped dur...sales tend to be more concentrated versus the CPG industry as a whole. One-third of shoppers accoun... store brand sales, versus 59 percent for the CPG industry as a whole.
The healthcare department wi
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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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By Patti Soldavini
To compete effectively against national brands for the consumer’s share of purse, retailers understand they must step up their store brands game. No longer are they hijacking national brand designs for their retail store brands. That was then.
Instead, they are emulating t
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Shoppers are ready to begin spending again, especially the most affluent ones who report they are seeing economic improvement, according to a new GfK North America consumer study commissioned by the Private Label Manufacturers Association.
Without question, the protracted recession has deeply affec
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While many marketers focus on the trendy youth segment, Nielsen Co. research indicates retailers and consumer goods manufacturers are overlooking a group that has tremendous buying power ––the 78 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. today.
At a time when most analysts are predicting much sl
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Consumer packaged goods companies must employ different tactics than those used during the recession and focus on innovation to grow in the future, according to a report from the Grocery Manufacturers Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Innovation is what it will take to encourage household spe
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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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American families are gearing up to spend more than $55 billion this year on back-to-school items and store brands are winning a larger share of the spend, according to The National Retail Federation.
In its 2010 Consumer Intentions and Actions Back to School survey, more than 44 percent of respond
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This week Aldi dares consumers to shop at its stores for one week and compare the cart-to-cart savings to their typical weekly shopping bill.
Joan Kavanaugh
A family of four can save approximately $1,996.80 annually compared to traditional supermarkets’ store brands, or $99
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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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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wegmans food markets,
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...mline execution, according to the findings of the industry’s first Store Brands Packaging Desi...illion in annual retail sales participated in the industry’s first Packaging Design Benchmarki...landmark study will be published later this month.
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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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Store brand sales of over-the-counter (OTC) pain and allergy remedies are rising as Johnson & Johnson sales collapsing as it recalls even more products, including regular Tylenol and now Benadryl.
Over the past month, OTC store brands have increased 23 percent to $51.9 million as J&J’
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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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...Ahold has been a member since 2007, aims to move towards an industry-wide approach to sustainability in palm oil cultivation.
Ahold’s U.S. grocery banners include Giant, Stop & Shop, Giant-Carlisle, Martin’s and online retailer Peapod.
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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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...rinted ruffles –– set to launch in Target soon
Industry observers say CPG companies such as P&G are seeking creative ways to differentiate themselves from competitors to help them gain shelf space and market share. While exclusive retailer lines are not new, they are resurging.
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...y, which stands for “Simplify Her Experience.”
Industry consultant Jim Hertel of Willard Bishop LLC estimates that Project SHE could increase profits by $40 million across Jewel’s 180 stores.
"If the assortment rationalization is done right, it can provide many financial benefits
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...ovation and knowledge management solutions for leading food industry member-owners and customers. Topco leverages the collective volume, knowledge and commitment of these companies to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace by reducing costs and offering winning business-building capabilit
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Toronto-based Cott Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Cliffstar Corporation, the leading store brands manufacturer of shelf-stable juices, for cash consideration of $500 million.Store Brands Packaging Design Research Report: Learn the 3 key factors fueling the explosion in
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A Store Brands Decisions’ Exclusive Report: Consumer Insights on Store Brand Shopping, Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is second part of a two-part interview with Thom Blischok of Symphony IRI. Part 1 titled “Store Brands Purchase Decision Are Made at the Shelf, Not in the Home,&rdqu
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: iri,
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Canadian grocer Sobeys launched a line of chilled ready-to-eat foods, Morrisons of the U.K, a healthy-eating line, while Casino of France rolls out a specialty coffee capsule and Denmark’s SuperGros focuses on an organic and eco-friendly line.
Sobey’s food line, marketed under the Gourm
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morrisons,
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After two years of cutting corners, consumer have learned to get by with less and say they will continue to practice thriftiness at least for the next six to 12 months and perhaps well beyond that, according to NPD Group research.
Many consumers feel that their financial situation will not improve
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Rite Aid is rolling out Simplify, its new “price fighter” store brand, as part of the drug chain’s plan to revamp its entire store brands program with a new look, new brands and additional offerings.
Simplify products currently available in stores include two-ply paper towels and
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markets,
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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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A new study reveals why the best CPG companies realized more than six times the new product revenue compared to the rest, insights that can help retailers develop more successful store brands.
Although billions of dollars are spent developing and launching new consumer packaged goods (CPG) products
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Walmart’s leadership shake up right before the July 4 weekend was topped off with the resignation of John Fleming, chief merchandising officer and principle architect of the company’s remerchandising and SKU rationalization programs.
Bill Simon
In a memo to employees,
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bill simon,
john fleming,
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This fall, Walgreen Co. will begin testing chilled foods –– including sandwiches, wraps, fresh fruit cups, soups and salads –– at approximately a dozen stores.
Walgreens spokesperson Tiffani Washington confirmed the test to the Wall Street Journal, noting the food initiativ
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store brand prepared food,
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walgreens,
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PLMA interviews Joe Angel, vice president and publisher of Packaging World magazine and looks at the changing relationship between private label and packaging suppliers. VIEW VIDEO
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Due primarily to the protracted recession, loyalty to nationally advertised brands has been falling over the past two years, according to research conducted by Decision Analyst Inc.
Based on a survey of 15,384 U.S. grocery shoppers, the company’s “Anatomy of the Recession” shows t
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Kevin Hunt
Less than a week after making a $1.2 billion acquisition of American Italian Pasta Company, Ralcorp Holdings announced three other acquisition –– North American Baking, JT Bakeries and Sepp's Gourmet Foods.
North American Baking, formerly known as PL Foods,
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Perrigo acquired exclusive U.S. store brand rights to sell and distribute over-the-counter (OTC) versions of Allegra, generically known as fexofenadine.
The rights include Fexofenadine HCl 180 mg and 60 mg tabs, Fexofenadine HCl 60 mg and Pseudoephedrine 120 mg tabs, the generic versions of Sanofi-
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private label non-foods,
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store brand drugs,
private label drugs,
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After testing the product in limited markets for nearly a year, Procter & Gamble said it is reviewing results to determine next steps for Tide Basic, a lower-cost version of Tide laundry detergent for budget-conscious shoppers.
Priced 20 percent less than regular Tide, Tide Basic is one way P&a
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Beginning in August, Walgreens said it plans to introduce a selection of Duane Reade’s DR Delish store brands to its stores chainwide.
After acquiring Duane Reade earlier this year, Walgreens’ CEO Greg Wasson said the company was impressed with the success of the DR Delish line. The ann
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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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... years ago, according to Symphony IRI data.
And while most industry players are aware that a majority of shoppers rate store brands as good or better than national brands, they may not know how dramatically different consumers shop for store brands than they do for traditional CPG products.
Two-th
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: iri,
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store brand research,
business,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
symphony iri,
thom blischok,
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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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private label milk,
store brand milk,
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markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
stew leonard's,
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store brand organic beverages,
private label organic beverages,
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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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mass,
industry,
markets,
companies,
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More than half of U.S. consumers tell The Nielsen Company they are likely to shop elsewhere if they notice a reduced product selection, while nearly half of retailers indicate continued plans to decrease assortment.
So far, most consumers haven’t observed assortment changes. Only 7 percent of
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store brands research,
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industry,
markets,
companies,
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...the rate of store brand growth, it is forcing the industry to work smarter and more creatively to id...ion and in-store marketing are areas in which the industry can improve, especially in light of new d...d recession has been a double-edged sword for the industry because it has enabled CPG companies to d
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: giant eagle,
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companies,
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iga,
american italian pasta company,
aipc,
food marketing institure fmi private brands summit,
lidestri,
frozen specialties inc.,
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Ralcorp Holdings is purchasing American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) for $1.2 billion in stock, or $53 a share, a deal that further deepens the company’s store brand food holdings.
Ralcorp, which sells cereals, corn snack products, syrups and salad dressings, said the deal will be fund
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private label acquisitions,
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markets,
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Hannaford Supermarkets and Bloom voluntarily recalled store brand frozen fish purchased from Eastern Fish because the products may contain undeclared sulfites.
Included in the recall are frozen raw extra jumbo shrimp in 16-ounce packages, as well as the same shrimp merchandised in its deli cased.
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BJ’s Wholesale Club launched Wellsley Farms brand pastries inspired by European artisans-style products such as breads, croissants, Danishes, muffins and other pastries.
The new line, featuring enhanced ingredients and old world baking processes, is baked throughout the day at BJ’s 189
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private label bakery,
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business,
club,
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markets,
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New York convenience store chain Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes is expanding its store brands portfolio, including packaged snacks, beverages and coffee.
"We have selected categories that we feel we are being held hostage by direct-store delivery (DSD) vendors with questionable service and terrible pr
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private label snacks,
store brand snacks,
private label beverages,
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...re on product quality and packaging, according to industry analysts.
“Private labels tend to ...,” Carrie Lennard, beauty and personal care industry analyst at Euromonitor International told...ldquo;less is more,” focusing on simplicity.
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Backpedaling on a previous initiative to rationalize SKUs, Walmart is replacing between 300 and 400 grocery items it decided in February to cut, according to Thomas W. Schoewe, executive vice president and CFO.
At a New York meeting with investors the CFO indicated additional SKUs outside of the gr
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A part of its $100 million expansion and renovation project, Kroger stores will feature upgraded ready-to-eat food areas that will offer many store brands menu items positioned to compete with restaurants.
“It is something we consider at all of our store investments and remodels,” spoke
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...;s presentation was outstanding. Retailers looking to model industry best practice for using shopper insights in store brand portfolio development were given a solid road map to follow. -- John Failla, Store Brands Decisions
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: private label research,
store brand research,
business,
grocery,
price chopper,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
sobeys,
iga,
freshco,
foodland,
sobeys urban fresh,
paul flinton,
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Jack Kelley of AIPC (left) and Curt Hollmann of Giant Eagle.
Consumer confidence and spending remains soft and recession-weary shoppers are deeply entrenched in frugal shopping habits, which is driving national brands to more deeply discount and promote their brands to win bac
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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: iri,
store brands trends,
private label trends,
store brand growth,
business,
industry,
markets,
companies,
food and beverage,
symphony iri,
iga,
giante eagle,
apic,
american itelain pasta company,
private lable growth,
lidestri foods,
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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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Author: Maureen AzzatoTags: wegmans,
iri,
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industry,
markets,
companies,
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sobeys,
fmi private brands summit,
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U.S. consumer are signaling a significant change in attitudes and attachment to national brands, and Generation Y is leading the charge.
Retail Forward Intelligence System, Kantar Retail, which tracks the opinions of U.S. family shoppers through a monthly survey of 4,000 consumers, indicates a stro
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...r serve customers,” said Pat Walsh, vice president of industry relations, education and research at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). “The Private Brands Summit is an ideal opportunity to bring together trading partners to identify valuable opportunities and plan strategies to meet cus
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...unit sales declined 2.3 percent.
Tom Pirovano, director of industry insights for Nielsen Co., described the April unit share decline as a “correction” rather than a long-term trend during a recent presentation at the Citi Investment Research Food & Drug Conference.
Year-end 2009 ma
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Dollar General has renamed its DG Everyday line of household cleaning items, paper products and kitchen essentials to DG Home, the company announced on its web site.
The rebranding is part of the discount store chain’s store brands overhaul project, which recently included the launch of DG Ba
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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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Bloom grocery stores is tantalizing consumer senses using a new billboard advertising technology that emits the smell of cooking steak to promote its new line of store brand steak.
Located in Mooresville, N.C, the billboard along River Highway uses a system created by ScentAir of Charlotte, N.C., a
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Entering the competitive yogurt category, Winn-Dixie Stores introduced a line of all-natural organic yogurts that include probiotics and prebiotics that support digestion.
Winn-Dixie Organic Active Yogurt, which has no artificial preservatives or flavors, is USDA-Certified Organic and Kosher-Certif
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...han $900 billion in annual retail sales participated in the industry’s first Packaging Design Benchmarking Study. More than half of the respondents –– including such companies as Walmart, Kroger, Target, Supervalu, Safeway, Costco, Walgreens, 7-Eleven and Dollar General –&nda
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TAYLOR, Mich. – Marfood USA Inc. announced that it donated more than $25,000 in Pemmican Beef Jerky to Feeding America member, Gleaners Community Food Bank in Taylor, Michigan today. On April 1, 2010, to launch the new www.pemmican.com website Marfood USA gave away a free bag of Pe
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Jan-Benedict Steenkamp
The U.S. store brands market is rife with opportunity, but retailers are under marketing their brands, discounting too deeply and prematurely launching premium tier offerings.
“U.S. retailers are not being sufficiently bold. They do not really believe
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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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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Safety Reporting Portal web site, which provides increased access to all interested parties, including concerned citizens, to submit reports concerning regulated products.
“As access to this intern
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Lynn Dornblaser
After several years of increases, new product launches in the U.S. declined 20 percent overall in 2009, however store brand new product introductions increased, according to new Mintel research.
In fact, store brand share of all new products increased from 16.6 pe
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Store brands not only save shoppers money, they promote overall competition in the marketplace, according to research conducted by a group of Arizona State University professors.
The research shows that even if a store brand isn’t a top seller, it promotes lower pries in the category overall,
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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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Costco plans to introduce more store brand consumables under its Kirkland Signature store brand over the next six to nine months, according to transcripts of the company’s call with investors to review third quarter financial results.
Although CFO Richard Galanti declines to specify the items
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The industry’s first research study on retailer store brand packaging design practices has been completed by Store Brands Decisions. Thirty-six retailers responsible for $900 billion in sales, representing more than 58,000 stores participated in the landmark store brands packaging design
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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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What’s behind Walmart’s first drop in customer traffic and revenue in its history? According to author and journalist Darlene Quinn, it’s because the world’s largest retailer got greedy and took its eye off the customer.
“Wal-Mart's hiccup occurred when the retailer, i
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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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Retailers looking for opportunist categories to expand their store brands might want to explore bottled water, peanut butter and cereal, according to Consumer Edge Research.
The research firm surveyed more than 2,500 households and rated 90 categories of grocery products based on the likelihood tha
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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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The world’s largest retailer has yet another plan to cut in-store prices. Walmart is asking suppliers to ceded their U.S. transportation services where the chain believes it can haul products for less. according to a Bloomberg report.
Kelly Abney, Walmart’s vice president of corporate t
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Tugaboos, Rite Aid’s new store brand baby care line is available in all stores with Tugaboos diapers leading the way, including jumbo, overnight diapers and trainers, all of which are hypoallergenic.
The Tugaboos line will soon also include creams, lotions and wipes as well. The new baby care
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Ryan Vero
A Store Brands Decisions' Exclusive
If OfficeMax has its way, the company’s store brands and office supply products will be as ubiquitous on retail shelves as Lay’s Potato Chips.
The third-largest office supply chain already supplies grocers Safeway and Foo
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...to Miller’s “illustrious 30-year career,” industry observers believe the resignation is likely tied to Daymon losing two key customers –– Safeway and Supervalu –– during Miller’s short tenure as CEO.
Milt Sender
Prior to being named
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More than 1,800 store brand manufacturers and suppliers from 65 countries will show their wares at the PLMA World of Private Label show opening today in the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam.
The two-day show features 39 national and regional pavilions, including new ones from Singapore, Hungary,
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Since 2004, sales of gluten-free products have increased 74 percent, and more store brands are touting the gluten-free benefits of their products.
In response to the rising number of U.S. consumer swho suffer from Celiac Disease, more than 62 percent of store brands claim to be gluten-free, t
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Farm-to-bar producer of award-winning natural chocolate for leading European retailers, ICAM S.p.A. is expanding its private label chocolate manufacturing program to North America.
The new North American sales office operating under the brand Agostoni Chocolate, will be located in Los Angeles where
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Perrigo's store brand Zyrtec
Giant healthcare company Perrigo Inc. is gaining profits and market share with its store brand over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that are appealing to cash-strapped customers.
Perrigo offers store band alternatives to products such as allergy medicatio
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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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...d, and communicating savings to its customers, according to industry observers. Although consumers still worry about their finances, they're "emotionally ready to splurge a little bit,” he said in the report.
Jelinek research reveals that consumer have some “frugal fatigue” and ar
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Sailing into new store brands waters, Wegmans has added the name of family-owned Gottlieber Spezialitäten AG to the label of its new Swiss Crepes cookies to communicate their quality and authenticity.
Calling out the manufacturer’s name on the label “allows us to call attention to
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U.S. store brands closed 2009 with strong scores – unit share increased 1.9 points, dollar share was up 2.1 points and in 48 of 117 categories tracked by The Nielsen Co. store brands captured a 20 unit share or better.
With one share point representing a lucrative $5.1 billion in sales, store
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The advertising push behind Great Value may surprise some industry observers who have speculated the retail giant is not serious about its store brands from a marketing perspective and uses them simply to leverage improved pricing from suppliers.
In this case, it looks like Walmart is proving pun
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Shoppers Drug Mart plans to extend its store brand business to include generic drugs to keep consumer prices low.
The Canadian chain of 1,234 stores currently sells assorted store brands in the household and health and beauty care categories under the Life Brand banner “We want to have privat
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Aldi's new Bremer Select store brand entrees are using a combination of flexible packaging and a thermal processing technique that reportedly delivers restaurant quality results.
Previously available to cook frozen vegetables, the packaging and cooking technology is now expanding into foods that fe
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The Food and Drug Administration is seeking comments and research about the usefulness of front-of-package nutrition labeling, which it believes might enhance consumer access to information.
The FDA said it is looking for research that assesses and compares the effectiveness of various front-of-pac
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CVS Caremark Corp. is expanding its grocery section and adding prepared fresh salads and sandwiches at urban stores to bolster non-pharmacy sales and keep pace with competitors.
"We have a select group of stores currently reconfigured where we are tailoring our assortment to how the consumer shops
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Wegmans is offering customers a new twist on its store brand specialty burgers and sliders this grilling season –– fresh ground beef that has been irradiated for extra food safety so customers can enjoy their burgers at their favorite temperature.
“You can cook it the way you like
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Packaging and pallet suppliers that want to continue doing business with Walmart –– which recently announced its goal of eliminate 20 percent of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions from its supply chain by 2015 –– will have to put forth more eco-friendly packaging and shipp
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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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Walmart finds itself in an unusual position –– it is losing core bargain-hunting customers to smaller format stores such as Aldi and Save A Lot, which primarily sell low-priced store brands in boxes averaging 10,000 to 15,000 square feet.
Although analysts are uncertain how much of Walm
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John B. Sanfilippo & Son, the country’s largest private label nut manufacturer, posted significant earnings increases and indicated it is eying some potential acquisitions for next year.
For the first nine months of the year, Sanfilippo earned $11.7 million, up form $3 million in the same
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Kohl's Corp. and Lagardère Active signed a multi-year licensing agreement to expand its successful Elle-branded lifestyle collection into the home category with an Elle Decor line of contemporary home furnishings.
This is the first time Lagardère Active Enterprises has entered into a
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... a roundtable panel with leading independent scientists and industry representatives to further educate ourselves about the environmental and health implications.” BPA is also used in the linings of canned food to prevent corrosion and food contamination. “Our conversations with supplier
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... compared to last year’s prices.McDonald "has put the industry on notice, essentially saying, 'You can't just take our market share by discounting and promoting around us,'" Bill Chappell, an analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, told the Wall Street Journal. "They're now going to focus on m
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The country’s second-largest discount chain no longer is issuing co-branded Visa credit cards, and is instead offering new qualified credit-card applicants its private-label Target credit card accepted only at Target stores and Target.com.
The company said this move is designed to generate gr
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...the SQF program. This standard will give the food industry and consumers an extra measure of assuran...lic affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its 1,500 member c...ll Greer, 202.220.0667, wgreer@fmi.org
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Retail expert Todd Hale, senior vice president for The Nielsen Co. reveals which retailers are poised for the most store brand growth, whether retailer SKU rationalization will be successful and if the price gap between store brands and CPG brands are becoming too big. VIEW VIDEO
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Within the next 10 years, food safety, environmental protection and business sustainability will merge and become a primary concern among consumers, according to a new study conducted by The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Diversey Inc.
The 37-question survey provided a framework for exper
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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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...d results exceeded our expectations. This is the drug store industry’s only customer rewards program focused around pharmacy and wellness."
Customers can sign up for the new Rite Aid wellness+ rewards card, which requires no membership fee, at any of Rite Aid's nearly 4,800 stores. They also
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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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With more than 250 locations in New York City and the surrounding boroughs, and dominant market share, Duane Reade wanted to deepen its relationship with customers and expand its store brand positioning.
The end result was the recent launch of DR Delish, a new line of premium foods, and the reposit
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As the nation’s third largest retailer generating annual U.S. sales of $58 billion from only 414 warehouse stores, Costco’s Kirkland Signature store brand accounts for $11.6 billion, or 20 percent, of those sales, a figure that has grown steadily since the brand launched in 1995.
While
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To lower its inventory costs and free up shelf space for its less expensive and higher-margin store brands, Supervalu reduced SKUs by 20 percent across 10 major food categories, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
"The stuff we took out still positions us to be a leader in assortment and var
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Store brand dollar sales rose for the third consecutive month of the year, but unit volume declined slightly, according to Nielsen data reported by Media Buyer Planner.
During the four-week period ended March 20, 2010, store brand dollar sales rose 2.1 percent on an annual basis, while unit sales d
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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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...se core convenience store shoppers now have less cash, some industry observers believe that is why 7-Eleven is entering the market now with its own low-priced brand.
"They figure that since brands are weaker at that price segment they can capture the full margin rather than pay a premium to a suppl
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...quo; web site....ckaging Design Benchmarking Study to help advance industry best practices in brand development and b...nd building, an area of growing importance to the industry.
For the first time ever, store brand ma
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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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...ews: Over the last six to nine months a big question in the industry centered on how Walmart’s attempt to increase margins at the expense of a central focus on price and item merchandising would work. The question has been answered –– when customer visits drop and market baskets de
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New York drug chain Duane Reade introduces organic and environmentally friendly store brand products, and launches the EcoClub loyalty program to reward shoppers for green purchases, according to a Supermarket News report.
For every dollar spent, shoppers will earn two points in the EcoClub, which
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Green Bay Wis. — Winona Foods is proud to announce the launch of Winona Pure oils, the first truly viable cooking sprays with no additives or chemicals.
Winona Pure is available in olive, sunflower and canola oil, and offers the purity of a bottle with the convenience of an aerosol. Wit
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Generic drug maker Perrigo Co. won an unfair competition lawsuit brought by Rexall Sundown Inc., in New York federal court.
Rexall Sundown, maker of Osteo Bi-Flex, a joint flexibility supplement that contains glucosamine and chondroitin filed suit in the U.S. Eastern District Court of New York, cha
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ConAgra Foods acquired Elan Nutrition, a privately held manufacturer of snack and nutrition bars, which will be integrated into the company’s store brands business. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Con Agra’s store brands unit primarily makes cereal and snack bars.
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The two-point market share gain by store brands since 2007 is leveling off, primarily due to CPG discounting, and some industry players predict they will have a very difficult time regaining lost ground, according to an Ad Age report.
Store brands gained 1.1 share points last year –– th
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Commemorating Earth Day, Safeway is offering buy-two-get-one free discounts on its Bright Green store brand line through April 27, according to a Supermarket News report.
“This is an easy and great way to kick-start your spring-cleaning, save money and do something better for the earth and yo
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Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market launched EatWell, a new line of 17 healthy, ready-to-eat prepared meals and sides “to help customers manage their diets without compromising on taste.”
Made fresh in the company’s Riverside, Calif.-kitchen, products include entrees, salads and
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New research finds that 80 percent of global consumers feel store brands are the same as, or better than, national brands at providing a variety of benefits, according to research conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods, based in New York, N.Y.
While store brands have built their foundation on
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The Italian Trade Commission (ITC) is sponsoring multiple trade missions to Italy over the next few months, with the first one slated for Bari on April 18.
Participants in the April event –– Kehe Distributors, Tree of Life, Daymon Worldwide, Isola Imports and Glazer's Distributors &ndas
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CPG companies such as Procter & Gamble want to attract customers at the shelf and win sales over store brands and other competitors, and they plan to do it by strategically focusing on packaging and design.
Packaging and design is now a core function in brand building directed by Global Brand-B
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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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San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. just rolled out its store brand U Force Sport drink to its network of 1,480 convenience stores this week, the second product in the line following U Force Energy introduced last November.
U Force Sport is sold in 32-ounce and a 20-ounce bottles and is available
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As consumers continue to struggle economically the appeal of store brands is stronger than ever and may even be intensifying, according to a study conducted by GfK Custom Research North America for the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA).
American consumers are at odds with recent report
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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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Target debuted the Caldrea Essential Collection, a new exclusive assortment of home and personal care items featuring three scent selections—Citron Ginger, Olive Oil and Herbs of Provence.
The collection –– which includes hand soap, lotion, dish soap, all purpose cleaner and kitch
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Sales of store brands topped $86.4, up $3.1 billion, across the major U.S. retail channels in 2009, according to The Nielsen Company.
With 2009 gains, store brands now represent 21.8 percent of total dollar volume while comprising only 10 percent of total items in stores. This contrasts dramaticall
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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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...Miller talks about the future of the store brands industry, the importance of Daymon’s continu...quo; He has been a truly visionary leader for the industry and our company. I’m trying to get ...d I think [their low quality perception] hurt our industry for a long, which we seem to have shaken
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Erie, Pa. (March 29, 2010) – Bensur Creative Marketing Group recently developed the brand identity and packaging for IQ Health, RCPharma’s new private label line of over the counter medications and supplements. Bensur also developed a new corporate web site, collateral materials, and a t
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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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TreeHouse Foods CEO Sam Reed said he expects store branded food sales to continue to grow and hopes to make another store brand manufacturer acquisition by the middle of next year, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.
Reed explained that Treehouse –– whose business is focused on st
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Lisa Rider
To understand the future potential of U.S. store brands, retailers and suppliers should “look no further than Europe,” according to an article written by Lisa Rider, vice president, product leadership for Nielsen.
In Europe, store brands enjoy a 40 percent
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The environment remains a concern for the majority of Americans and more than one-third (35 percent) of consumers polled indicate they would pay more for environmentally-friendly products, according to Mintel’s latest report on green living.
“Given this increased interest in the environ
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Healthcare giant Perrigo Co, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire private-label infant formula and baby foods manufacturer, PBM Holdings Inc., for $808 million in cash.
PBM makes private label baby food for retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Target.
“This acquisition position
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U.K’s Waitrose has introduced 90 new store brand products geared to inspire grab-and-go lunchtime eaters who are often forced to eat and work at their desks.
Targeting what it calls “al desko” diners, Waitrose is expanding its sandwich and salad line to include open-faced sandwich
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit Continues in Greece with Internationally Celebrated Gaea Products (Athens, Greece) – March 24, 2010 -- While the world’s attention recently has focused on Greece’s financial woes, entrepreneurism is alive, well and growing in the lush Agrinion region in W
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John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), maker of Fisher Nuts and one of America’s largest store brand snack nut manufacturers, is implementing Demand Foresight’s best-of-breed demand planning and supply chain management software.
Based in Illinois, JBSS has five processing facilities natio
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...kely remain store brand fans post-recession, some industry pundits say deflation could hurt retailer...hile deflation may be the current situation, some industry analysts predict price inflation again la...ore pain,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
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...inistration.
“It’s a wake-up call for the food industry as a whole to be more thorough in evaluating the safety of ingredients,” Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia told Bloomberg. “Big companies are putting their trust in suppl
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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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In partnership with 7-Eleven Mexico, Dallas-based 7-Eleven is developing store brand foods that will appeal to Hispanic shoppers, according to a Supermarket News report.
The products will be sold in 7-Eleven’s U.S. location with a high concentration of Hispanic shoppers and in 1,200 stores op
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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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...ed by Daymon employees embedded at a retailer organization. Industry insiders estimate that as many as 75 to 80 Daymon employees are embedded at Safeway. It is unclear at this time if Safeway plans to hire additional staff to replace those resources.“The broker role is much more prevalent in t
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...nd has proven invaluable to companies in the food industry,” said Tom Chestnut, NSF Internatio...f our extensive food safety credentials. The food industry relies on NSF International to provide cr... auditors are among the most knowledgeable in the industry,” said Christian Lupo, General Mana
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Peter C. Pappas, 66, the president and co-chief executive officer of Clement Pappas & Co., based in Carneys Point, N.J., died at his home March 8 after a long illness.
Pappas helped transform his father’s small vegetable cannery into a large juice and beverage company, which has significa
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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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Target announced plans to roll out Shaun White Shoes, an exclusive collection featuring skate-inspired shoes for boys and young men, which will debut nationwide in all 1,740 Target stores and on the retailer’s web site early next fall.
The collection will be designed by Shaun White in collabo
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OfficeMax introduces the company's first high-tech store brand product line under the brand name Engage, featuring innovative and affordable technology products and accessories that reflect its tagline –– Connect to the Future of Computer Technology.
The first product to launch under th
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Walmart launched its new housewares and home decor store brand, called Hometrends, which includes bedding, bath, dining, furniture and home decorating accessories.
Available in most stores and online, Hometrends products are available in a variety of colors and contemporary patterns a well as natur
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Despite the weak economy, Target tallied a 49 percent increase in brand value, leapfrogging Best Buy and The Home Depot to take the No. 2 spot on Interbrand’s list of the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands.
“As a brand-led company, Target focused on improving its operations and boosted it
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...ferentiate yourself.”
Simon also confirmed what some industry observers have long believed – that Walmart primarily uses its Great Value store brand as leverage to extract concessions from suppliers, such as lower prices, and enhanced marketing and merchandising benefits.
"The Great
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...ng a broad competitive scope,” an anonymous industry source told Store BrandsDecisions. "They ... bags, or anything that is small and fragile, the industry source said. Products not suited for RRP,...In his presentation, Hayman said RRP is “an industry initiative that is not going away”
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With the objective of growing sales by mid-single digits over the next several years, OfficeMax said it plans to sell its store brand office supplies in other retail outlets including grocery stores, drug stores and mass merchandisers.
The third-largest seller of office supplies also plans to offer
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By increasing its Finest store brand wines to include an additional 23 SKUs, Tesco hopes to double its sales, according to a Planet Retail report.
Tesco will be increasing its store brand wines from the current 77 SKUs to more than 100 wines to encourage shoppers to trade up, although the company s
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Sam’s Club expands its store brand wine offerings with the introduction of Infinite, a 2008 Spanish red wine that is a traditional Tempranillo variety with a small proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Infinite will join several other store brand wines Sam’s Club has incorporated into its l
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Supervalu launched WholeCare Pet store brand, a complete line of food products for dogs and cats that also includes a variety of treats and pet supplies.
The new line will replace the company’s two former private-label pet product brands –– Happy Tails and NutriPlan ––
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Dollar General has big plans to launch and heavily promote it store brands, including the relaunch of its Bobbie Brooks women's apparel line as well as its True Living home products, Holiday Style and Perfect Harvest seasonal collections.
The chain is in the process of searching for a team of 10 to
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Booz & Co.’s consumer survey reveals a “new frugality may be an enduring feature of the post-recession economy,” which has consumers saving more and deferring consumption, weakening brand loyalty. This entrenched behavior is unlikely to change even as the general economy reboun
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Wal-Mart relaunched Marketside.com to better showcase its new private label line of prepared meals, produce and bakery items with a tool that walks customers through a vibrantly colored European-style marketplace.
“Fresh, delicious foods shouldn’t be expensive,” the web site procl
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Dean Foods , a leading dairy company in the United States and a global leader in soy products, today announced the promotion of Chris Sliva, 46, to the new position of President, Morningstar effective immediately. Sliva is currently Chief Operating Officer of the Morningstar Division of Dean Foods.
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GFSI announces today that it has formally recognised the alignment of the food safety elements of the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock scopes with the GFSI Guidance Document Version 5. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), managed by The Consumer Goods Forum, announced today that the food
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...creases to comply with the programs, an anonymous industry source told Store Brands Decisions.
&ldq...ave their own color schemes and logos,” the industry source explained. “This also makes ... repackaging) and unique packaging inventory, the industry source estimated.
Editor's Note: Next, w
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Shearer’s Foods Inc. has agreed to buy Snack Alliance Inc., the maker of store-brand potato chips for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., but term of the deal were not disclosed.
Shearer’s –– an Ohio distributor of private label snacks that is majority owned by New York City private equit
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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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In partnership with Walt Disney Company, Carrefour launched a new store brand food line for children with a strong commitment to nutrition that includes approximately 50 products
Called Carrefour Kids, the line features Disney characters and includes cereal, pasta, stewed fruit, cream cheese, tarts
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Store brands now represents just under 18 percent of consumer packaged goods dollar sales and 23 percent of total units at all retail outlets, up nearly a full share point versus a year ago, according to Information Resources Inc’s February Times & Trends report titled “2009 CPG Year
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This week Trader Joe’s expanded its earlier lot-specific recall of its store brand chocolate chip granola bars due to possible salmonella contamination.
On its web site, Trader Joe’s wrote to its customers: “We have been alerted by our supplier … that there is a possibility
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...tionally accepted set of food safety requirements, based on industry best practice and sound science, which are developed through a consensus building process by key stakeholders in the food supply chain, according to a GFSI statement.
FSSC 22000 was recognized “for the scopes of the processi
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gfsi,
fssc 2200,
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synergy 22000,
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companies,
food and beverage,
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