Product Development and Management

The salty snack shake up will now have Utz as the primary producer of the Vitner’s brand of snacks as opposed to private brand leader Snak King

DS Smith’s Brrr Box cooler is an alternative to Styrofoam coolers sold by retailers

Canadian retailer built an online and in-store program that classifies thousands of products by lifestyle and wellness traits

The retailer rolled out a ready-to-drink old fashioned, whiskey sour

Global packaging supplier’s leadership will continue to lead after two groups acquire majority stake

GlanHealth is a private labeling marketing program for the company's line of eco-friendly skin and surface sanitizing products

Co-manufacturing agreement with Real Vision could produce $25 million worth of Modern Meat branded product in the United States; Real Vision has provided more than 250 SKUs of store brand and branded products in its history

Olam Americas acquires CPB, the chile pepper business of Mizkan Americas, a popular private label, foodservice producer of New Mexico green chiles

A new feature, each print issue of Store Brands will highlight a category performing very well; the December issue started with seasonings, a center store staple that has more than 70 million consumers buying private brands

The mold inhibition calculator can help suppliers identify performance issues like mold and texture issues in certain formulations of tortillas

Pretzels Inc.’s new facility will open in 2021 in Kansas, expanding its production capacity of store brand pretzels and snacks

Actress Nicole Kidman is SeraLabs' first strategic business partner and global brand ambassador for the company’s topical products, which also does private label production

Marjorie Murphy has been named vice president of client service, global strategy director for the leader in private brand packaging design

The three-story facility is in the Netherlands near Europe’s growing demand for plant-based foods

Wonder Natural Foods was recently acquired by Wickapogue Management, which updated the imaging of its branded peanut butter products

The organic and healthy foods store listed its annual product trends heading into the new year, including some of its store brands

New gifting sets and products under its Lacura line have launched as holiday gift ideas

The products, Unbreakable Performance Fueled by GNC, are named after Glazer’s gym for training athletes and celebrities

The new chocolate bar is certified Fairtrade, guaranteeing farmers through the co-op earn the set Fairtrade Minimum Price

Private label cleaning products company and packager gains flexibility in manufacturing with new warehouse space in Charlotte area

Trader Joe’s launched three new, limited-time baking mixes for the holiday season

The packaging change is another step in the retailer’s pledge to make own brand packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2022

Clay Dockery, vice president of corporate brands at the premier coffee supplier, talks trends in store brand coffee