Suppliers of private label food and drink to multiple retailers may
be given 'traffic light' ratings to show their attention to food
safety and risk management, under a new project,
BeverageDaily.com can reveal.
Consumers are increasingly seeking out private label products that
are unique with improved marketing and packaging, according to a
new report, which claims the US market is ready to see more private
label.
The world's largest frozen foods business Bird's Eye plans to sell
five US factories that make non-branded products, and instead
concentrate on its more profitable trademarked range.
At a time when consumer perceptions of famous brand names are at an
all time low - and private label goods are taking an ever
increasing market share - retailers must start acting more like
brand managers to improve their bargaining...
French supermarket Casino has announced a 17 per cent rise in
first-quarter sales, as domestic performance improves and
international sales smash records.
Private label popularity is challenging the reign of famous brands,
leaving European manufacturers with a tricky dilemma: should they
produce more private labels to recover profits or adapt their
trademarked goods to meet changing...
The global private label goods trend will continue to enjoy record
expansion and eat into famous brand profits if manufacturers fail
to adopt winning strategies to combat competition, say analysts.
A fresh round of price cuts from the two biggest UK food retailers
increases the pressure on suppliers' margins and intensifies
competition between own-label and branded producers, forcing them
to find new ways to adapt, writes...
Economic uncertainty in a number of European countries has given a
boost to sales of private label products over the last year, as
consumers switched from mainstream supermarkets to discount stores.
But the UK's continued dominance...
Private label products are taking an ever larger share of retail
sales, according to a recent survey by ACNielsen, with the drive
towards more premium products opening the door to a number of
non-traditional private label categories...
The share of private label products on supermarket shelves around
the world continues to grow, as visitors to last month's World of
Private Label exhibition discovered.
The seemingly unstoppable expansion of the world's biggest retail
groups has given a major boost to private label manufacturers in
recent years. That growth is reflected in the latest World of
Private Label show, which begins...
Private labels are yet to make much of an inroad into the
confectionery segment, but new analysis from Euromonitor suggests
that the premium chocolate market could provide a rich vein of
growth for private label in the future.
The premium private label products - both food and non-food - of
the leading UK retailers Tesco and Sainsbury are now worth more
than some of the brands they were originally created to emulate,
according to new data from Euromonitor.