Strategies & Solutions

Supplements producer turns influencers into private brands
Healthy Extracts is giving influencers with more than 500,000 followers a way to develop a private label product.
Albertsons could leverage media network for own brands
Retailer launched Albertsons Media Collective as a tool for branded CPGs but will utilize to promote private brands, too.

Instacart adds new app features to help customers save

To help expand savings ahead of the holiday season, leading delivery service Instacart has unveiled four new online features to help shoppers saving money in a variety of ways.
Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada names new president and CEO

Tetra Pak, a leading food processing and packaging solutions company, has named a 20-year veteran of the company to the position of president and CEO of U.S. and Canada operations.
Canadian plant-based company grows through 2 acquisitions

PlantPlus Foods accelerates plant-based protein production across North and South America.
Hershey gets into the private label pretzel biz

Candy company bolsters salty snack business with $1.2 billion acquisition.
Organic Garage adds crunchy snack to private label line

Canadian retail chain Organic Garage has announced a new addition to its Kitchen Originals private label line.
Americans could buy 161M pounds of butter this holiday season

Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin predicts that the sale of butter will continue to surge between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Tim Hortons, Justin Bieber team up for Canadian collaboration

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has launched a new exclusive partnership with music superstar Justin Bieber, including three new flavors of Timbits, and merchandise to come soon.
October online grocery sales numbers carry over from September

Brick Meets Click and Mercatus' Grocery Shopping Survey showed nearly identical online grocery sale numbers in October compared to September.