Innovation

Trader Joe’s Brazil Nut Body Butter for Summer

Calling out, around the store, are you ready for a brand new cream? Summer’s here, and the Body Butter, will make your dry skin gleam... Pardon us, Motown, but Trader Joe’s Brazil Nut Body Butter truly deserves a melodic introduction! If shoppers are looking for the ideal skin smoother for summer, this new product delivers. This is a thick and incredibly rich moisturizer with an almost whipped texture, crafted with an impressive list of ingredients that includes coconut oil, shea butter, açaí extract, and guarana extract – guarana seeds contain about twice as much caffeine as coffee beans, and may

Chewy Debuts Fresh Pet Food Range

Online pet food retailer Chewy has introduced a new range of fresh pet food products in its premium private brand Tylee’s. Chewy executives announced the new products in the retailer’s first-quarter 2021 letter to shareholders. The new Tylee fresh pet food range will feature innovative packaging developed and patented by the Chewy team to be both sustainable and preserves product quality. “We are currently in Beta mode and will soon launch initial distribution in three geographies covering approximately 60% of Chewy’s customer base, and we intend to grow both our fresh catalog and expand geographic distribution as we scale this business,” Chewy executives wrote

Walmart Debuts Onn Private Brand Streaming Devices

Walmart has quietly introduced two new private brand media streaming devices in the Onn brand. They will sell for $25 and $30. The $30 onn. Android TV UHD Streaming Device model is listed as an Ultra HD device with full support for 4K, while the onn. FHD Streaming Stick is a smaller, plug-in stick that supports playback in standard HD. Both include full support for Google's Android TV streaming platform and Dolby Audio, and a white remote with button-activated Google Assistant voice controls and dedicated buttons for Netflix, Disney Plus, YouTube and HBOMax. At $25 for a full-HD streaming stick

Coffee Innovation from Trilliant

Why go to the café when the café can come to you? Private brand manufacturer Trilliant Food & Nutrition has answered the question with a new innovative range of Café Caps Coffee Creations and Café Caps Hot Cocoa Creations, all-in-one single-serve solutions that conveniently bring a premium café experience to shopper’s homes. In stores this September, the cup + cap process is unique, but simple – for Café Caps Coffee Creations, pour the cap, brew your single-serve cup, and enjoy a café quality hot beverage. The cap is what sets Café Caps apart from traditional single-serve cups and allows it

Target’s Good & Gather’s Extends into Plant-Based

Good & Gather, Target's grocery private brand which launched in 2019 is jumping on the plant-based craze as it introduces Good & Gather Plant Based, a new range featuring plant-based creations like decadent non-dairy chocolate-flavored mousse dip, crispy chick’n tenders, savory buffalo-style cauliflower wings and more. Rick Gomez, executive vice president and chief food and beverage officer, Target New items like Good & Gather Plant Based dips and meat alternatives are already available, and other products like creamers and salad dressings will launch through fall — joining the hundreds of plant-alternative items already featured in Target's curated selection

Walmart Adds vet-formulated pet food Pure Balance PRO+

This National Pet Month, Walmart is excited to celebrate all the pets we’ve welcomed into our homes – new and old. To celebrate the retailer has extended its existing private brand Pure Balance into a new vet-formulated dog and cat food range called PRO+. Launching at a price point that is lower than similar premium pet food items, Pure Balance PRO+ is a great value and makes it easy and affordable for customers to make your pet’s nutrition a top priority. Walmart will stock pet beds from its private brand Vibrant Life. “We’ve seen strong growth across durables, specifically with beds

Catania Oils Debuts New 750ml Avocado Oil

Private brand oil manufacturer Catania Oils announced last week the launch of its newest product, 750 ML Marconi Avocado Oil. Available to consumers and private label customers, today’s announcement highlights Catania’s pledge to meet customer demand by bringing innovation and quality products to market. Previously, Catania Oils supplied avocado oil in its Bag-in-Box packaging in a 1.5-liter size. Answering the demand for a smaller size for retail and private label customers, Catania developed new packaging in a 750ML light-blocking bottle to preserve freshness. Catania Oils’ SVP of Retail Mark Coleman There are numerous benefits to cooking with avocado

Something Sweet from Trader Joe’s – Pastel de Nata

As the old cliché goes, necessity is the mother of invention, but there’s something to be said about the parental capabilities of simple practicality, too. For example: a few centuries back, monks and nuns in Portugal began using egg whites to starch their habits, which created a real surplus of egg yolks within monasteries. Rather than let them go to waste, they began developing yolk-centered desserts, the most successful of which came to be known as pastel de nata, or, as it's known throughout the rest of the world, the Portuguese Custard Tart. While Trader Joe’s Custard Tarts may come

Natural Grocers Launches Vitamins & Supplements

Lakewood, Colorado-based natural and organic grocer Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has introduced a new line of private brand Natural Grocers Brand Vitamins & Supplements. The range of 100+ vitamins, herbs, minerals, and precision formulas is "poised to fill the void of murky credentials and dubious quality that swamp the online marketplace. Our comprehensive range of vitamins, herbs, and precision formulas are priced to be accessible to everyone while actually providing pure, potent ingredients and the best in Good Manufacturing Practices. Our name is a seal of trust: time-tested, evidence-based, and family-vouched-for because when it comes to unprecedented quality, names