Private Label Brands

The products for private brand development come from a joint venture between Russet House, a private brand leader in Canada, and Cardinal Foods in the U.S.

The supplier has introduced what it calls an industry first, a keto-certified, low net carb flour for baking products.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.