Strategy

The Minneapolis-based retailer is expanding the product assortment sold to the Canadian retailer as it eyes new opportunities for its private brands elsewhere.

A new report from the National Retail Federation shows consumers are tapping the brakes on spending.

The specialty grocer's store brand products accounted for 21% of sales in the first quarter and more new items are in the pipeline.

The company is adding four new categories with plans to launch private label items in the coming months.

The company said distribution exits in its coffee and in-store bakery categories, as well as the restart of one of TreeHouse’s broth facilities negatively impacted sales figures.

The new facility in Illinois is designed to help consolidate smaller loads and get products to stores faster.

The grocer said a shift in the Easter holiday to the first quarter helped give revenue a modest bump in the first quarter.

The grocer is adding frozen desserts under its Own Brands lines Know & Love, Prestige and SE Grocers.