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Private label has picked up its game in recent years, says Paul Infranco,
president of Bridgeton, New Jersey-based Buona Vita Inc., which
introduced four new heat-and-eat meals at PLMA, all of which can ship
under retailers' own labels. "The quality of private label has gotten
better, and consumers are starting to notice," he says.
South St. Paul, Minnesota-based National Choice Bakery co-packs with
many top baked goods brands targeting instore bakery sales, says Gerri
Krenner, the company's sales manager. Private label, she says, has
room for big growth, with success often hinging on how well retailers
merchandise it.
John Pair, director of national accounts - East in the Florence,
Kentucky office of Green Bay, Wisconsin-based American Foods Group,
agrees with Infranco that higher quality has led more retailers to utilize
store brands. There's also a strong economic incentive.
While she can't name names when it comes to private label success
stories, she says there are many. One in particular comes to mind. "One
of our big customers, their private label sales exceeded the sales of the
brand (name product in the same category)."
"The quality is more competitive with national brands, and it's a
value proposition," Pair says. "In most cases private label brings good
margins. That's why demand is up and there's a higher level of commitment from retailers. They want a higher percentage of sales to be
private label."
Telford, Pennsylvania-based Godshall's Quality Meats Inc., a specialist
in premium meats and turkey products, supplies private-label turkey
bacon to about 40 of the top 50 U.S. grocers, in addition to instore deli
products, Brandon Hill, the company's Western regional sales manager,
said from the PLMA show floor. "Private label goes up every year," Hill
says. There's a big difference, he says, from where private label was
a decade ago and where it is now. "It was bottom of the barrel. Now
there's a real commitment to quality, more's been put behind it, and it
really means something" to call a product private label, he says.
At PLMA, American Foods Group highlighted its 22 oz heat-and-eat
meatloaf, turkey meatloaf, Salisbury steak, pot roast, country fried
steak and meatball products.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of instore - December 2017
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EDITOR'S NOTE -- Publix’s differentiators
CONTENTS
SPOTLIGHT - BY THE NUMBERS
COVER STORY -- Publix on the move
COVER STORY -- 'Natural' Private label
COVER STORY -- A new take on meal kits
commissary INSIDER
INSIGHT INSIDER -- 2017 in review
FOOD SAFETY/HEALTH -- Legislation
OPERATIONS -- Energy solutions
EQUIPMENT -- The sous vide emergence
NEWS -- NEED TO KNOW
CATEGORY PERSPECTIVE -- Beyond grocery
SPECIALTY INSIGHTS -- CONSIDER
CONVENTION COVERAGE -- The power of private
MERCHANDISING -- ON DISPLAY
PRODUCT TRENDS -- FIRST TO MARKET
PRODUCT SHOWCASE
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instore - December 2017 - CONTENTS
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instore - December 2017 - SPOTLIGHT - BY THE NUMBERS
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instore - December 2017 - COVER STORY -- Publix on the move
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instore - December 2017 - COVER STORY -- 'Natural' Private label
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instore - December 2017 - COVER STORY -- A new take on meal kits
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instore - December 2017 - INSIGHT INSIDER -- 2017 in review
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instore - December 2017 - OPERATIONS -- Energy solutions
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instore - December 2017 - EQUIPMENT -- The sous vide emergence
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instore - December 2017 - NEWS -- NEED TO KNOW
instore - December 2017 - CATEGORY PERSPECTIVE -- Beyond grocery
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instore - December 2017 - SPECIALTY INSIGHTS -- CONSIDER
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instore - December 2017 - CONVENTION COVERAGE -- The power of private
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instore - December 2017 - MERCHANDISING -- ON DISPLAY
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