Two of the nation’s largest Private Brand food retailers — Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize USA — are taking strategic approaches to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into their cultures. Speakers from those retailers outlined each company’s process at the My Private Brand Diversity Summit. Albertsons Aims to Be Change Agent “Our company is doing a
Albertsons announced this week the introduction of Kalyana sustainable wines to its growing lineup of sustainable private brand products. Kalyana wines are crafted from select vineyards and grapes grown in California’s beautiful and diverse Central Coast. Both the vineyards and the winery are certified sustainable by the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA). CSWA has
Position Purpose: The Product Engineering Senior Director will be responsible for managing and interfacing with global manufacturers and global contract designers in order to drive engineering for the private brand products. This will include setting requirements, specifications, and testing protocols for new products, re-engineering programs, and New Product Introductions. In addition to leading and managing
Welcome to My Private Brand Talks a weekly interview series in which I will discuss the state of private brand, retail, and careers with retail executives and private brand thought leaders from around the world. This week’s episode features my conversation with Ivo Petroff senior category manager for grocery Walmart Canada.
British retailer Tesco has announced the test launch of its private brand Tesco Finest line of premium “Restaurant Collection” meal boxes. The collection with packaging designed by branding agency Coley Porter Bell is available in three options retailing at £20 for the chicken or confit duck boxes and £25 for the ox cheek. All boxes
Product attribute metadata solution provide Label Insight, announced its Q1 2021 quarterly release. The release includes new customer-requested features and functionality that improve the ability of their product attribute metadata to drive growth for brands, retailers and data partners. Label Insight provides unique insight to serve their customers through product innovation and market activation based
When the tasting panel first tried what is now Trader Joe’s Small Batch Vodka 10X Distilled, they loved it. It is mellow, remarkably clean, crisp and smooth. This vodka is made from corn, so is gluten-free (vegan, too). But what makes it so easy to drink is first the sweet, delicious water, which is sourced from
7-Eleven Japan’s latest promotional campaign promises that extraordinary moments can be found on the most ordinary days – as demonstrated in the world's largest convenience retailer’s new animated miniseries, ‘Rainbow Finder.’ Each short episode (less than two minutes) is essentially a commercial which features 7-eleven private branded product. The short films have the polish and
Job Summary Responsible for assigned Owned Brands category sales and profit development through category, market, and product trend knowledge and application. Makes customer-led recommendations to meet and exceed Company, Division, and individual targets for Sales and Profit through working with key stakeholders throughout the Company. Manages several diverse categories simultaneously. This manager is expected to
Kroger hosted a virtual 2021 Investor Day today to provide an update on the retailer's strategic initiatives and plans to deliver strong and sustainable total shareholder return of 8% – 11%. "Kroger continues to deliver for customers through our seamless ecosystem and relentless focus on freshness, value and convenience," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and
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