Strategies & Solutions

Walmart Canada beef products showcase sustainable certification
The retailer is adding an on-pack claim to millions of its own brand Your Fresh Market beef products that show the items have been sourced sustainably and certified by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
Bed Bath & Beyond rolls out Simply Essential
More than 1,200 products across the bed, bath and kitchen categories, Simply Essential is the third owned brand to launch this year and brings a value line to the retailer.

Hilmar Cheese opening Kansas production facility

The Doge City, Kan., facility is expected to be operational in 2024 and bring 247 new jobs to the area.
DS Smith invests $140M toward developing recyclable packaging built for e-commerce

The corrugated packager also will build a testing facility in the UK and make all of its packaging recyclable in the next few years.
Natural Grocers sees post-pandemic, year over year sales drop

For the second quarter ended March 31, Natural Grocers said net sales decreased 6.6% to $259.2 million; same-store sales decreased 7%.
Loblaw’s profits grow 30% in Q1

Loblaw saw an impressive sales increase of 133% in e-commerce compared with the first quarter of 2020.
Sprouts dips in first quarter

The retailer saw tremendous growth during the pandemic and is now seeing some comparative sales and profit declines for the quarter ended April 4.
Lassonde’s private label sales were up in Q1 but showed slight decline overall

A leader in private brand juices in the United States, the company overall posted a slight decline in sales for the first three months of 2021.
Q&A: Imperfect Foods Grows Private Brands

Martha Hale, Imperfect Foods chief merchandising officer, discusses with Store Brands the company’s business model and how store brands will help it be a full-service grocer.
ECRM’s 2021 Global Market: Food and Beverage event adds programming

Among the programming added to the virtual trade show will be a panel discussion about what retailers want from store brand suppliers, moderated by SB executive editor Dan Ochwat.