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Trader Joe's Private Label World Revealed

With sales of approximately $8 billion, Trader Joe’s, is roughly as large as Fortune 500 companies such as Whole Foods and bigger than Bed Bath & Beyond.But unlike its larger Fortune 500 counterparts, Trade Joe’s typically carries 4,000 SKUs, 80 percent of which are store brands. &ld Read More...

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Traditional Grocery Stores Lose Private Label Share to Specialty Retailers

Specialty food retailers, such as Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, enjoyed greater growth in store brand sales between 2005 and 2009 than traditional supermarkets, according to “Private Label Food and Beverage in the U.S,” a market research report published by Packaged Facts. Growth Read More...

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PLMA Announces ‘Salute to Excellence Awards'

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 Read More...

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Trader Joe's Recalls Store Brand Granola Bars

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 Read More...

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Bay Area Store Brands Beat Out CPG

Grocery store brands have been gaining ground over the past 10 years in various panel tastings sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle. In the end, it comes down to taste, not the label, the newspaper reported. In its Taster's Choice column, which has panelists such as local chefs, cookbook author Read More...

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Store Brand Ground Beef Recalled in Eight Eastern States

Fairbank Farms, based in an Asheville, N.Y. issued a voluntary recall for fresh ground beef sold in eight eastern states under various store brand labels that could be tainted by E.coli . The meat may be connected to at least 28 cases of E. coli illness and two deaths, according to general media r Read More...

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