Private Label Brands

Empire is purchasing 51% of greater Toronto area specialty grocer Longo’s and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce business. 

Already working to reduce food waste with its business model built on delivering unwanted produce, the e-commerce grocer has set goals to become a net-zero carbon company by 2030.

The U.K. chain will expand plant-based meat options, reformulate prepared meals to be healthier and sell more healthy foods by 2025.

Private brand sales increased 7.3%, with net sales up 7.1%, for the U.S. grocery distributor.

Ka-Pop! Snacks and Bubba’s Fine Foods are merging to form Awakened Foods and develop a private label and co-manufacturing arm focusing on healthy snacks, cereal and granola.

Discounter continues its goal to have all own brand packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable — including plastics — by 2025, and positions toward less greenhouse gas, food waste and more.

During Q3 call, retailer updated a significant reset underway at its more than 2,200 locations to make room for its expanded store brand set and improve traffic flow.

The food-and-beverage brand will encompass 700 products across such categories as bakery, ice cream, trail mix, snacks, cake decorating supplies, mocktails and beverage mixers, among others.