A new whitepaper from the NPD Group says that the fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market make 6 billion visits annually to the foodservice channel, spending $30 billion a year.

How important can one contract be? According to Dean Foods, enough to shock the system.

A new comparison released by the Private Label Manufacturers Association shows that consumers can save 30 percent or more by switching from national brands to private label products.

New research from Symphony Consulting, a business unit of Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group, shows that private label sales gained in the first four weeks of 2013 from the last four weeks of 2012 after the increased payroll tax kicked in Jan. 1.

National Association of Chain Drug Stores CEO Steven Anderson said Monday at the organization’s regional chain conference in Florida that the drugstore industry was entering a pivotal time as the NACDS marks its 80^th anniversary.

The U.S. nail color and care market fared well during the economic slump, a new report from Mintel, “Nail Color and Care -US, January 2013,” found, while private label nail polish removers benefited most.

A pair of reports issued Wednesday show the strength of digital and mobile couponing in retail channels in 2012, and expected growth in 2013.

Ralcorp announced in an SEC filing today that CEO Kevin Hunt would resign after the company's merger with ConAgra was finalized, getting a one-year, $1 million consulting job with ConAgra in return.

At its analyst day conference in December, CVS unveiled plans to redefine its Gold Emblem consumable private brand, to consolidate household items into a Total Home private label line, and to increase its private brand penetration from 17 percent to “well over 20 percent.”