Packaged Foods

Company attributes dip in net sales to pandemic gains a year ago and inflation, private label demand.

The program aims to get shoppers to try the private brands and save money as consumer goods prices continue to rise.

The companies paired up this year in a co-manufacturing deal for Modern Meat branded items but also private brand production.

The lawsuit, settled by a federal judge in Illinois, claimed the private label food leader overstated its business performance following its acquisition of ConAgra’s private label business.

The retailer said 318 new store brand launches in the quarter helped reach 25.2% market penetration, while fresh has outpaced center store sales by 200 basis points, two-year stacked.

1010data named plant-based foods its category of the year, as it saw 199% annual growth in online sales of meat substitutes, according to its research.

The online meal-kit provider is adding an online market for U.S. shoppers to purchase add-on private brand and branded pantry items, ready-to-heat foods.

The healthy grocer has introduced own brand items inspired by Hatch Chiles of New Mexico and 13 innovative summer products, 10 of which are exclusive to the retailer.