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Bestway is relaunching its own-label range under its heritage Best-in branding, The Grocer can reveal. The wholesale giant's relaunched range of 160 lines includes completely new products, as well as [...]

Byline: Alec Mattinson Premier Foods is to exit the frozen pizza category and close a factory employing 57 staff as it continues to focus on branded growth. The Mr Kipling [...]

Waitrose has launched a 'summer-inspired' own-label range using AI technology. The 65-strong lineup was curated using insights from AI tools, social media trends and customer data. The range comprises 39 [...]

Iceland has launched an own-label household range as part of ongoing efforts to improve its full shop offer. The new Home range began rolling into Iceland and Food Warehouse stores [...]

Byline: James Beeson Aldi has unveiled what it claims is the UK's rst paper bottle for own label wine - available across two variants. Cambalala South African Shiraz (13% abv) [...]

Own label is on the march. And that makes the work of women such as Sam Dickson, VP of commercial strategy, operations & own brand at Asda, more vital than [...]

Byline: Emily Deer Director, Newton Europe Own label today is unrecognisable from its earlier iterations. An emphasis on highquality goods, coupled with an increase in customer focus on price, has [...]

'Women are own label's secret weapon' Niamh Leonard- Bedwell, fmcg editor Women are own label's secret weapon. While still under-represented at board level across most of the big retailers and [...]

Waitrose is to cut the price of 200 own-label products as part of a PS30m investment in its New Lower Price value campaign. The investment is Waitrose's second major move [...]

Cracks have appeared in own label's dominance of egg sales. Nearly one in three eggs (32.5%) sold in supermarkets in the past year was branded [NIQ 52 w/e 9 September [...]

Byline: Vince Bamford T oilet paper was once something polite society kept out of view. As recently as the 1970s, people still stashed it under the skirts of plastic ladies [...]

Byline: Matt Chittock Cereal brands are out cold. Just six of the UK's 30 bestsellers have managed to shi more kilos. And the top 10 brands are in desperate need [...]

Parfetts is set to increase its own label range by 20% to 150 lines this year. The wholesaler said it wanted to provide more 'high-quality products' at low prices across [...]

Byline: Rob Brown It's been a sticky few years for spreads. Not only have they had to contend with the huge cost rises and raw material shortages, they've also had [...]

Byline: Matt Chittock Not so long ago, 'restaurant-quality ready meal' was a contradiction in terms. Restaurants were where people went for posh dining; ready meals were for nuking in the [...]

Byline: Daniel Selwood Own label is rising to the occasion. In volume terms, it's outperformed brands in all four home baking sectors in this report. Clearly, Britain's amateur bakers have [...]

Byline: Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Own label is king in pizza. It accounts for 65.5% of the category's value across chilled and frozen. And it consolidated its power in the past 12 [...]

Byline: Matt Chittock he knives are out in cheese. Takehome T sales have grown 18% to PS4.1bn, thanks to soaring prices [Kantar 52 w/e 3 September 2023]. But dig deeper, [...]

42 Own label on the rise Savoury pastries have served up value growth, while own label steals share from [...]

The price of own-label butter is starting to fall, The Grocer's analysis of Assosia data has fond. Eight own-label lines have dropped in price over the past four weeks across [...]

Health-focused online grocer WellEasy has launched an own-label range of 'high-quality organic' staples including nuts, seeds, dried fruits and rice. The membershipbased grocer will add an own-brand raw organic nut [...]

Amazon has launched a marketing campaign for its own-label brand By Amazon, with the tagline 'Food too, who knew?' The private-label brand launched at the same time as its first [...]

Byline: Rachel White Throughout the cost of living crisis, UK consumers have adopted a range of strategies to manage their spending. One trend we have noticed consistently across global shoppers [...]

Waitrose has rolled out a Japanese-style range of 26 products. Japan Menyu will roll into stores and online from 20 September, confirming plans exclusively revealed by The Grocer in June, [...]

Byline: Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Own-label savoury pastry lines from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Aldi have been recalled over fears they may contain small pieces of metal and plastic. A total of [...]

Byline: Jimmy Nicholls As household budgets have faced the squeeze, so has tea. Sales have edged up just 2.5% to PS702.1m in the past year, driven by higher prices - [...]

Delli, an app for artisan and chef-made groceries co-founded by the creator of Depop, is set to launch a small own-label range. Simon Beckerman, founder of secondhand fashion platform Depop, [...]

Byline: Kevin White Arla and Asda have extended their longstanding own-label strategic partnership for a further four years. The dairy co-op will continue to supply own-label milk, cream, cheese, and [...]

Byline: Nicola Gordon-Seymour I t's enough to make even the most even-tempered parent throw a tantrum: average price per pack is up 10.8% across grocery's babycare category. And in brands, [...]

Byline: Stephen Jones Waitrose looks to be gearing up to launch a new Japanese-inspired ownbrand range. The supermarket has registered the trademark for 'Japan Menyu', and an associated logo, with [...]

Byline: Lilith Foster-Collins It's a terrible time for altmeat players. Plant & Bean was the latest casualty this week, with the manufacturer of meat-free products for big brands like Quorn [...]

One Stop has locked prices on more than 80 products as part of its latest Low Everyday Prices campaign. Spanning fresh food, snacks, household and store cupboard goods, the value-led [...]

Byline: Steph Cullen Steph Cullen is head of UK CPG at Circana A er 40 years of retailer investment, 60% of shoppers in Europe now think private labels are as [...]

O wn label grocery is on a roll. Again. In the pandemic, value growth fell behind brands for the first time in six years but it's growing at a serious [...]

Byline: George Nott T hink of own-label packaging, and a functional, borderline dull design probably comes to mind. At European retailer Picnic, that couldn't be further from the truth. When [...]

Emma Weinbren is right to assert that quality, branded vegan products have tended to come at a premium to the shopper (7 January, p3). She is also right to assert [...]

Premier Foods is closing its private-label powdered drinks factory, aecting around 300 roles, as it is redoubles its focus on brands. Premier announced the proposed closure of its loss-making Knighton [...]

Byline: Steve Farrell Sainsbury's has dramatically ramped up its Aldi price campaign, increasing the number of products included by about a third in recent weeks. Sainsbury's was this week listing [...]

Byline: Emma Weinbren Here's a testament to the power of brands. They've fared better than own label cereals in the tough conditions of the past year, despite costing PS2.47 more [...]

Iceland has pledged to freeze the price of its own-brand frozen turkeys this Christmas as concerns mount over rising costs. The retailer has guaranteed to hold the price of its [...]

Planet Organic has entered new own label territory with the launch of a supplement line under a new 'Planet Originals' moniker. The specialist retailer has rolled out a range of [...]

52 Biscuit sales Own label is gaining share, but brands are fighting back with higher levels of [...]

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS Eidyn Premium Scottish Cherry Blossom Gin Aldi Packed in a delightfully ornate bottle, this fruitflavoured gin is made for Aldi by The Old Curiosity Distillery, in Edinburgh. All [...]

JJ Foodservice has launched a dedicated own-brand web page to make it easier for customers to shop affordably. The new page includes more than 500 ownbrand food, drink, packaging and [...]

Byline: George Nott Rapid grocer Gorillas has unveiled two new ownlabel ranges on its app: Gorillas Premium and Gorillas Daily. The ranges became available on the Gorillas app in the [...]

Niamh Leonard-Bedwell Prices of supermarket own-label period products have risen by as much as 57% in recent days - as legislative changes in Scotland make menstrual hygiene items free for [...]

Byline: Lilith Foster-Collins Tesco has been quietly trimming the size of its value own-label range in the midst of the cost of living crisis, analysis for The Grocer has revealed. [...]

Tesco has cut 50g from the weight of all of its own-label ready meals while raising prices in some cases. The retailer has swapped its 450g ready meals for new [...]

I found the article by Kieran Smith of IRI ('Brands vs own label', 30 July, p22) interesting with some fascinating facts. However, I feel Kieran's article did not paint the [...]

Byline: Kieran South As in ation continues to dominate headlines, grocery is starting to feel the real impact. With ONS CPIH gures reaching another record high of 8.2%, latest IRI [...]