PL Buyer’s annual look at the leaders in grocery, drug and mass merchandise retailing, based on 2007 dollar sales. Also included is the latest private label news from these retailers.
Pizza is an extremely flexible meal option — what other food item can be served hot or cold for dinner, lunch and breakfast? And the category performance numbers are a telling sign of pizza's popularity.
The upswing in the dried fruit and nut snacks categories can be attributed, at least in part, to increased consumer interest in healthful, convenient products.
PL Buyer honors Safeway staff, Publix repeats its popular private label giveaway, Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc. opens a store designed to fit the way people intuitively shop, and more.