Strategies & Solutions

Innovation rules at Sweets & Snacks Expo
Innovations in candy and snacks recognized during show’s annual Most Innovative New Product Awards, which highlight creative, innovative and fun products new to the marketplace.
Kroger goes all in with meal kits
Acquisition of Home Chef, one of the largest meal-kit delivery companies in the U.S., follows Kroger's introduction of own-brand Prep+Pared Meal Kits, which are now available in more than 525 stores

Disruptors: Aldi means business

By 2022, if all goes well, Aldi will become the nation’s third-largest grocery retailer behind Walmart and Kroger. It's impact on private brands is and will continue to be substantial
Ahold Delhaize USA creates Peapod Digital Labs to drive e-commerce

New entity will ‘serve as the engine that powers’ digital strategies for retailers' U.S. banners
Cold-brew coffee sales continue to perk

Considering that only 7 percent of coffee drinkers say they have made their own cold-brew coffee at home, there is plenty of room to grow. But to grow the segment it will take education on behalf of retailers and manufacturers
For private brands, it pays to be premium

Not all store brand products are driving growth at the same rate, and not all branded products are experiencing declining sales. When dissected by price tier, it’s clear that premium products are winning across the board
The bathroom: A significant store brand

If a consumer has a bad bathroom experience, that store’s trust factor just went down the toilet
Walmart stepping up its focus on private brands

Retailer’s director of investment relations says in call with analysts that Walmart is seizing opportunity to increase private brand quality
E-commerce sales rise 33 percent at Walmart

Retailer reports U.S. comp sales increased 2.1 percent and comp traffic increased 0.8 percent in first quarter
Kroger partners with Ocado ‘to serve customers anything, anytime, anywhere in U.S.’

CEO McMullen says alliance with online supermarket is ‘an innovative, exciting and transformative partnership’ to serve America through food inspiration and uplift’