Dan Ochwat

Dan Ochwat

Executive Editor

Author Profile

Dan Ochwat is the executive editor of Store Brands magazine, part of the EnsembleIQ network of publications. He's been involved in writing and editing for retail-based trades for nearly two decades, formerly as the editor of Shopper Marketing magazine, and as a writer for Path to Purchase IQ, publications that cover national brand consumer goods marketing and news.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

7/18/2021
Stop & Shop produces another season of its social cooking show
Appearing on Facebook and Instagram, the show “At the Table” highlights the grocer’s Nature’s Promise private brand within recipes and makes it shoppable in recipes posted online.

Dan Ochwat
7/18/2021
Albertsons adds delivery with Uber
The retailer tapped DoorDash last month and becomes Uber’s largest retailer for groceries.

Dan Ochwat
7/18/2021
ShopRite bolsters Bowl & Basket with robust fresh chicken line
More than two dozen fresh chicken options beef up the private brand food line as the retailer looks closer at fresh foods, prepared meals for its shoppers.

Dan Ochwat
7/18/2021
ProAmpac unveils innovation center
The flexible packager will use the facility to collaborate with customers, including those producing private brand packages, on design concepts and to test a package’s performance and sustainability measures.

Dan Ochwat
7/15/2021
Amazon adds certifications to Climate Pledge Friendly
The program, introduced last September, added four certifications, upping the total to more than 20, stamping more than 75,000 own brand and national brand products as sustainable and eco-friendly.

Dan Ochwat
7/15/2021
Nosco opens packaging innovation center
Packaging solutions provider in personal care and snacks market, including for private brands for clients that produce for Walgreens, CVS and Vitamin Shoppe, unveiled a new facility.

Dan Ochwat
7/15/2021
Awakened Foods gains investment
Equity firm puts “significant investment” in the recently formed Awakened Foods and its private label division Awakened Food Crafters.

Dan Ochwat
7/15/2021
Butter Buds develops butter block replacement ingredient
The new coconut oil-based ingredient assists store brand bakery manufacturers looking to produce a dairy-free alternative.

Dan Ochwat
7/15/2021
Shopper survey anticipates stark increase in back-to-school shopping
Apparel is estimated to be a top seller as children brace for a return to in-person school; Walmart and JCPenney have rolled out new private brand clothing for the back-to-school season.

Dan Ochwat
7/14/2021
Walmart adds exclusives with Justice, Bubble for BTS
Apparel expects to be a big category for the back-to-school season, as Walmart ramps up its own brands and exclusives, including special colorways on items with tween brand Justice.

Dan Ochwat