Moving fast with fresh opportunities

While grab-and-go foods are evolving, retailers have the chance to up their own-brand offerings with convenient, on-trend and healthy foods

Packaging & Labeling

7-Eleven private brands win package design awards

Designed by Brandimage, redesigned Slurpee cups and dried fruit and organic juice packaging recognized with 2018 American Package Design Awards

Retailer News & Profiles

CVS launches ‘Beauty in Real Life’

Advertising campaign demonstrates retailer's commitment to authenticity; unveils first images featuring the CVS Beauty Mark

Retailer News & Profiles

Wakefern to meet with private brand suppliers during ECRM-facilitated program

Manufacturers and other vendors interested in participating in May 17 meeting can apply online

2018 State of the Industry Report

4/5/2018 — Private brands are flourishing according to a recent Daymon study, but there are still retailers that need to take their store brand programs to the next level — or else.

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Product Development and Management

Giant Food launches Taste of Inspirations premium private brand

New line features 85 items

Packaging & Labeling

Equator Design appoints new U.S. client services director

Matt Caldwell will serve in this role for the U.K.-based company’s Chicago and new Cincinnati offices

Webcast Archive

Inside Daymon's 'Private Brand Intelligence Report 2018'

View On Demand! Private brands are setting the pace for differentiation in retail. Last year retailer-branded sales outpaced national brands by about eight times.

Beverages

New Trader Joe’s beverage seemingly inspired by the U.K.’s upcoming royal wedding

Soon after the announcement that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have a lemon and elderflower wedding cake, Trader Joe’s debuts its private brand Lemon Elderflower Soda

Retailer News & Profiles

Retailers taking wait-and-see approach to Farm Bill

Program was a key issue on the agenda during grocers’ recent “Day in Washington” Supermarket Industry Fly-in

Dairy, Refrigerated & Frozen

Consumer advocate prefers Aldi ice cream in blind taste test with leading brands

Syndicated talk show personality Clark Howard rates Aldi store brand ice cream higher than Häagen-Dazs, Ben & Jerry’s

PLMA Private Label Hall of Fame

Private Label Hall of Fame welcomes 5 new members

2018 class changed the industry and store brands for the better

Latest Blogs

From the Editors

Apr

Baseball stadiums provide food for thought

Creative offerings on menus throughout America’s 30 baseball stadiums just might spark a few ideas for private brands

Apr

Why millennials matter (even though you’re tired of hearing about them)

Generation could have a tremendous impact on a possible boom of private brands

Industry Briefs

Apr

Biggest U.S. grocery retailers score poorly on reducing food waste

Mar

Label Insight launches Capture product imaging service

Feb

Aldi steps up its fresh offerings

Feb

Tyler the Creator raves about Wegmans’ overall brand during Rochester stop

Feb

TreeHouse Foods closing California plant

More Briefs

Looking for store brand suppliers?

Look no further. The Store Brands Buyers' Guide is the most comprehensive directory of its kind in the market.

Buyers' Guide

Podcast: What Albertsons/Rite-Aid merger means for their store brands

Kantar Consulting’s Diana Sheehan says both companies’ store brands will complement each other, leading to an increase in footprint and penetration of their own brands

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