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Metro's private brands team’s leaders challenge each other and work together in their quest to grow retailer's own brands with quality products that consumers will embrace and enjoy

Store brand growth is soaring, with more retailers stocking more products on more shelves in more stores

Former Harris Teeter president was keynote speaker at Private Label Trade Show

‘Only private brands provide exclusivity, differentiation and profit growth for retailers,’ industry veteran Allan Noddle says during seminar at Private Label Trade Show

Many manufacturers and retailers of private brands have taken a leadership role in producing products that are Fair Trade Certified

This year’s event will feature about 2,800 exhibit booths — representing virtually all known consumer products categories in grocery as well as nonfoods