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Byline: K. Canning Retailers will find ample private brand opportunities in ros», sparkling and fruit wines, as well as varietals such as Pinotage, Tempranillo, Grenache and Malbec. Over recent decades, [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers have an opportunity to grow store brand share of the single-cup coffee segment through an emphasis on value and quality. Although store brands have been playing [...]

Byline: K. Canning On-trend ethnic profiles and healthful tweaks will give store brand frozen skillet meals staying power in the years to come. When it comes to allowing consumers to [...]

Byline: K. Canning Consumers are spending less money in the shaving care category, posing a challenge for marketers. The U.S. shaving care market currently faces a number of challenges to [...]

Byline: K. Canning The supply chain is going high-tech, and smart retailers are reaping the benefits. Logistics represent a huge -- and expensive -- aspect of doing business in the [...]

Byline: K. Canning Healthful ingredients, gluten-free formulations and indulgent flavors could help retailers grab their fair share of the growing snack bar category. As convenient grab-and-go options, snack bars continue [...]

Byline: K. Canning With health benefits and a distinct flavor, pure maple syrup is poised for growth as an alternative sweetener. When it comes to caloric sweeteners, pure maple syrup [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers should look to ethnic varieties, along with convenience-minded preparations, to grow store brand sales in the rice category. Much like the pasta category at retail, the [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers that invest in bolder flavors, clean-label formulations and more variety will heat up sales of fresh store brand soup. In its February 2014 'Left Side of [...]

Byline: K. Canning Olives already have a health halo, but new varieties, flavor profiles and packaging formats will encourage additional usage occasions. Olives mesh perfectly with today's high consumer interest [...]

Byline: K. Canning Consumers are looking for convenient options, alternative delivery formats and other enhancements when it comes to own-brand OTC products. The United States is the largest global market [...]

Byline: K. Canning Flavor excitement and better-for-you formulations could help spur growth within the peanut butter category. According to 'Peanut Butter Production in the US,' a 2013 report from IBS [...]

Byline: K. Canning Rice is well-situated as a gluten-free grain, and organic and specialty rice offerings have a particularly bright future. Rice has long been a versatile, affordable meal staple [...]

Byline: K. Canning Online communications and social media will be increasingly important tools for marketing store brand diapers. The U.S. disposable diapers category certainly has seen better times. The category [...]

Byline: K. Canning Trends worth consideration for frozen meals and entr»es include growing consumer interest in meatless fare and Asian flavors. The bad news for frozen meals and entr»es? Overall, [...]

Byline: K. Canning Sales of shelf-stable soups have been lackluster of late, but restaurant-quality ethnic-inspired offerings could help spur growth in the category. Growing consumer interest in more healthful fare [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers might want to consider new packaging formats and sodium reductions for store brand olives. Olive bars have been popping up in grocery stores across the United [...]

Byline: K. Canning Consumers love the convenience of ready-to-serve pasta sauce, but convenience alone won't cut it. Pasta dishes ranging from spaghetti and meatballs to fettuccine Alfredo long have been [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers could grow sales of store brand dried fruit items by playing up their antioxidant benefits and promoting usage occasions that go beyond traditional snacking. Like its [...]

Byline: K. Canning Whether they want to fight the aging process or get an energy boost, today's consumers are turning to vitamins and supplements more often. When it comes to [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers could take sales of store brand soup to new levels by focusing on trends toward convenience, heartiness and more. When it comes to comfort foods, soup [...]

Byline: K. Canning Pure maple syrup is great on its own, but it also is becoming a sought-after healthful ingredient in other food products. Pure maple syrup not only is [...]

Byline: K. Canning To grow sales of store brand olive oil, retailers might want to look to bold flavor infusions, super-premium products, and more. Thanks to its health halo and [...]

Byline: K. Canning New stuffings, flavorings, packaging formats and even usages could help retailers boost growth within the store brand olive category. Olives have been around for thousands of years, [...]

Byline: K. Canning Natural positioning and an emphasis on smaller-sized pieces can help retailers boost sales of store brand candy. Today, candy can be found in an abundance of flavors [...]

Byline: K. Canning Look to regional fare from countries outside of China for product development inspiration within the Asian appetizers category. These days, eggrolls and pot stickers are mainstays of [...]

Byline: K. Canning Retailers that wish to grow sales of store brand snack and meal bars should look to natural and customized formulations -- and, potentially, savory blends. Nowadays, consumers [...]

Private label is here to stay--and grow--in the United States, a new report from the Hartman Group concludes. And although the lousy economy has nudged more consumers toward the store […]

Speaking during the March 24 General Session of IRI Summit 2010 in San Antonio, Randy Edeker, president and chief operating officer for West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc., provided a [...]

Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI) unveiled a new name, SymphonyIRI Group Inc., in late March. The renamed company will build on its established leadership position in market measurement, the company [...]

World Wide Packaging Inc., a Florham Park, N.J.-based supplier of cosmetic packaging components, said it partnered with Nu-World Beauty, a Carteret, N.J.-based contract manufacturer, to introduce 'tube in a tube' [...]

Kronos Foods, a supplier of Mediterranean foods for foodservice and retail, marked the move to its new Glendale Heights, Ill., home with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and plant tours on Feb. [...]

In February, First Lady Michelle Obama announced a campaign aimed at combating childhood obesity. Dubbed 'Let's Move,' the initiative's goals are providing more healthful foods in schools, helping kids to [...]

Global Tissue Group (GTG), a supplier of bath tissue, facial tissue, paper towels and napkins for retailers' private label programs, has a new home. The company said it recently moved [...]

Private label foods are riding a phenomenal growth wave--and are becoming increasingly important tools for retailer differentiation. Retailers and suppliers that plan carefully in terms of new items, promotions and [...]

The American Heart Association (AHA) announced an update to its widely recognized heart-check mark to enhance the mark's communication value. The move was based, in part, on a consumer survey [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it has seen a 'virtual tsunami of environmental marketing' during the past few years, reports Peabody, Mass.-based Webster Industries in a recent issue of [...]

The new Innovation Hall and the general rosy state of the private label industry combined to make the 2009 Private Label Manufacturers Association's (PLMA) Private Label Trade Show an exciting [...]

Canadian shoppers who were driven to store brands out of financial necessity now claim a longer-term loyalty to these products, according to "Control Label Perceptions, Usage Patterns & Intentions," a […]

Despite numerous warnings about the risks posed by cardiovascular diseases, Americans still are not doing enough to improve their heart health, according to "Opportunities in Heart Health: Consumer Attitudes & […]

When City of Commerce, Calif.-based Smart & Final made the decision to undergo a private label consolidation effort in early 2008, the warehouse grocery retailer had a specific goal in […]