NEW YORK -- The supermarket industry's flirtation with "better-for-you" salty snacks is poised to become a full-blown affair -- and the match maker is Frito-Lay.At a press briefing here, the snack manufacturer said it...
SOMERS, N.Y. -- It's a brand-new year -- just the right time for a reality check on private-label soft drinks.That's just what Craig Weatherup, president and chief executive officer of Pepsi-Cola Co. here, thinks is...
Some major product categories in center store were dealt major challenges this year, which kept the merchandising decision makers at supermarket chains on their toes.Here's a handful of specific events that shaped the...
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Supermarkets aren't the only retailers putting stock in store brands as one way to fuel their prosperity.Private label is also crucial to the survival strategy of mass merchandising giant Kmart, in a...
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The future for store-brand snacks is in marketing upscale, value-added products, while the "piled high and sold cheap" approach will fade out, said exhibitors and attendees at the Private Label...
PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here has begun offering shoppers advice on making "smart food" purchases in dry grocery and departments, in a program that links advertising with in-store information kiosks.For the new...
TORONTO -- David Nichol's got religion.His religion is superpremium private label, and he wants you to believe, too.Indeed, according to Nichol, if supermarket operators don't get religion, and get it fast, they're...
CHICAGO -- The growth of premium store brands is leading supermarket chains into muddy waters in defining quality, said the head of quality assurance at Kroger Co., Cincinnati."By virtue of their success, premium...
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Finast here is carrying President's Choice private-label products in its 40 stores in northeast Ohio in an apparent bid to replace its Sensational upscale private label.The chain, a subsidiary...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food here is grouping together about 500 dry grocery and frozen food items under a new program known as Nature's Choice, in a possible jab at specialty grocer and market interloper Fresh Fields...