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While the retail ice cream category has seen sales flatten and even tumble slightly in recent years, its novelties cousin has fared much better. For the 52 weeks ending Dec. [...]

It's hard to beat a pep rally as a means to spur excitement among a collective high school student body before a big game. It's been a while (quite a [...]

It's painful for some of us to even think about it. All those years of shunning cholesterol-laden eggs and choking down fat-free muffins appear to have been for naught. If [...]

What gives burgers a leaner profile and boosts juiciness in marinated chicken breasts? Adds texture to meatballs and binds water in frankfurters? Becomes a protein-packed extender for school-cafeteria sloppy Joes […]

Few other foods are as tempting or satisfying as chocolate. As an ingredient, it adds decadence to our dairy desserts, a sweet richness to our dairy beverages. Moreover, chocolate is […]

Last month, I received a rather interesting email from a PR firm representing the Silk nondairy brand. The email informed me that the Golden Globes would be joining the 'dairy-free [...]

* Dairy products make excellent delivery vehicles for probiotics--the gastrointestinal workhorses of the bacterial world. We scrub down our kitchens and bathrooms with antimicrobial cleansers, make sure to cook our […]

The U.S. retail ice cream segment certainly has seen easier times. According to 'Ice Cream and Frozen Novelties--U.S.,' a report published in May 2019 by global market research firm Mintel, [...]

Anew year is here, so its time for fresh starts and lofty goals. For dairy processors, its also a prime time to go after some untapped (or under-tapped) product development [...]

Acenturies-old art, sausage-making long has transformed pork and beef into zesty products ranging from breakfast links to kielbasa. Until fairly recently, however, sausage manufacturers rarely have ventured from traditional spice […]

We savor the flavor and aroma of a tender pot roast cooked slowly alongside fresh carrots, celery and onions. Our mouths water at the thought of a chicken breast brushed [...]

Some of us gravitate toward the sweet, delicate flavor of vanilla. Others seek out the more decadent blend of chocolate and caramel. Whatever the craving might be, we're not likely […]

Although fried chicken and roasted turkey still enjoy a dedicated fan base, many of us have come to appreciate poultry products with a flavor intensity that goes beyond such conventional […]

Researchers and developers need much more than an available processing facility to transform innovative ideas into successful new dairy products. Those ideas must somehow be turned into palatable products that […]

What do green tea, cranberries and yogurt have in common? At first glance, seemingly nothing but edibility. If you've been paying close attention to the steady stream of recent food […]

Sixty or so years ago, beef, pork, and poultry hung in refrigerated storerooms and graced the display cases of neighborhood butcher shops. The butcher cut the meat to order, and […]

Juicy chicken steeped in a sweet mango sauce and accompanied by a tasty blend of Japanese sticky and long-grain rices. Maple-glazed carrots drenched in a velvety maple-syrup and butter sauce. [...]

Once upon a time, milk was an essential accompaniment to virtually every lunch and dinner. Delivered in glass bottles by friendly neighborhood milkmen, this ubiquitous white fluid held a very […]

As a society, we are no longer content to live a salt-and-pepper, steak-sauce and ketchup existence. When it comes to our meat, we've grown accustomed to flavors that resonate boldness, […]

Long gone are the days of cheddar cheese versus mozzarella, of white milk versus chocolate. When today's consumers stroll the grocery aisles, they expect to meet up with an extensive […]

Danone North America, headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., and Broomfield, Colo., said it is continuing the long-term commitment of French parent company Danone to balancing financial success with social and [...]

Up until recently, cottage cheese was arguably one of the most yawn-worthy subcategories within the cultured dairy segment. With so much other innovation in the cultured dairy space, consumers likely [...]

About a decade ago, Greek yogurt was the game-changer in the U.S. cultured products space. But newer cultured dairy products are now providing some competition--and adding excitement to the dairy [...]

Going into 2018, the global dairy industry is looking at a number of challenges. On the commodity side, lower pricing--thanks to an oversupply of skim milk powder, particularly in the [...]

Dairies and cheesemakers often choose rigid containers to set products apart from the competition and meet sustainability targets. And new rigid container offerings can help dairy processors enhance shelf impact, [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Bulk offerings, an online presence and value-added features could help invigorate store brands within the mature paper products segment Paper products such as toilet tissue and paper [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers could benefit by adapting own-brand food and beverage packaging to mesh with evolving consumer needs It's imperative that packaging protects the food or beverage product it [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Trends toward organic/non-GMO, transparency and new usages spell opportunity for store brand edible oils The edible oils category is no slouch. Sales in the United States will [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Consumers' desire for fewer, simpler ingredients spurs category North American consumers have long relied on sauces and marinades to add flavor and pizzazz to fare ranging from [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning The right flavors and fragrances are critical to private brand differentiation As English poet William Cowper famously wrote in 1785, 'Variety's the spice of life.' And nothing [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Is it a snack, or is it a meal? Retailers have an opportunity to address the blurring between the two with targeted own-brand product development. In recent [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Meet Robin VanDenabeele, director of private label for Fresh Thyme Farmers Market and our 2016 Retail Executive of the Year. As the director of private label for [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Store Brands provides an 'instant replay' of some of the past year's most significant retail- and store brand-related news. As 2016 nears a close, Store Brands once [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Optimal shelf placement, off-shelf displays and eye-catching shelf tags could jumpstart sales of private brand nutritional beverages. These days, many consumers rely on store-bought beverages to do [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning The honorees in our 2016 Store Brand Achievement Awards demonstrate excellence and creativity in private brand-related product development and marketing. In our September issue, we paid tribute [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning To succeed, children's food and beverage packaging needs elements that appeal not only to kids, but also their parents. Retailers face somewhat of a challenge when it [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers offering multi-tier store brand programs need to effectively communicate each tier's unique positioning. Not all that long ago, private brand options were limited to knockoffs of [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning For 2016, store brands in 109 food/beverage and non-food categories posted dollar and unit sales gains -- and total sales -- that meet our Movers and Shakers [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers that look to emerging flavor, fragrance and ingredient trends for product development inspiration will win on the private brand differentiation front. Fashion trends come and go. [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is building a private brand program that emphasizes clean ingredients, locally sourced products and value pricing. When shoppers first step foot into a [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers that stay up to date with the rapidly transforming coffee and tea segment will find own-brand success. In the past few years, few other categories have [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers that take steps to reduce the environmental impact of own-brand packaging could reduce costs and gain sales. These days, sustainability initiatives can have a big payback. [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers could find that even small improvements to merchandising efforts could go a long way to attract shoppers to private brand feminine hygiene products. In many stores, [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Consumer loyalty to -- and trust in -- the big brands is waning for many reasons, giving store brands the opportunity to gain market share. Much has [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers will want to look to minimally processed, clean-label food and beverages in addressing consumers' health and wellness needs. Health and wellness have been major themes within [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning By leveraging current and emerging flavor trends, retailers could innovate and differentiate on the private brand side. Private brand differentiation is critical to many retailers these days [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning To create successful own-brand health- and wellness-oriented products, retailers need to know the product attributes most important to consumers -- and the ingredients that could deliver those [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Packaging design is a critical marketing vehicle for store brand premium food and beverages. Whether it's a box of chocolates imported from Belgium or a pasta sauce [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Our 2016 Editors' Picks winners aim to lead category innovation efforts instead of following the national brands. For our first-ever Editors' Picks program, we invited private label [...]

Byline: Kathie Canning Retailers that approach the private brand naming process thoughtfully will be better able to build consumer trust and loyalty. A badly chosen brand name can kill a [...]